This literature review provides an overview of evidence-based health literacy education, training tools and resources for health professionals available in New Zealand and overseas. This report begins by defining the…continue reading
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Social Development Dialogue – Wairarapa, 11 June
We’d love to invite you to join Community Research, the New Zealand Council of Social Services and the Social Development Partners, for a discussion of the current environment, and the…continue reading
Economics in policy-making – briefings from the New Economics Foundation
The New Economics Foundation are offering a series of 10 briefings to equip readers with the ability to identify weak rationale and challenge it, the first two are below and…continue reading
General Practices in Whānau Ora Collectives
In February this year the Ministry of Health released its report on the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives, as at September 2012. The results in the report…continue reading
Resources available, The Case Foundation
The Case Foundation “invests in ideas that can change the world”. They are a family foundation that specialises in learning in four key areas: Social Media, Active Citizenship, Good Giving…continue reading
The Health of Māori Adults and Children
This paper presents key findings about the health and wellbeing of Māori adults and children in 2011/12, which come from the New Zealand Health Survey. In summary In 2011/12, almost…continue reading
Making Health Services Adolescent-Friendly, World Health Organisation
World Health Organization. (2013). Geneva: World Health Organization. This guidebook sets out the public health rationale for making it easier for adolescents to obtain the health services they need to…continue reading
Whānau, Disability, and Whānau Ora Research
Whānau, Disability, and Whānau Ora Research #1 Disability is not something individuals have. What individuals have are impairments… Disability is the process which happens when one group of people create…continue reading
Resources on International Philanthropy and Grantmaking
The Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) Knowledge Center is a clearinghouse for publications produced by them, Some of the resources available include: WINGS Forum 2010: Innovation and Impact –…continue reading
Stark Findings About Poverty in the UK Revealed in Open University Collaborative Report
Findings of a new report into poverty and social exclusion make grim reading of the extent of deprivation and financial difficulties faced by people in the UK. The Poverty and…continue reading
Building Child Aware Communities
“Speaking at the Child Aware Approaches Conference in Melbourne (11-12 April 2013), Julie Collins, Minister for Community Services, said the Australian Government would be providing $810,000 to assist communities to…continue reading
Samoan Ways of Knowing
Epistemology is about the relationship between someone who seeks to know and what can be known. It is about how we come to have knowledge. According to Wilson (2008, p.…continue reading