Active Canterbury Network Newsletter

No issues available for 2010 so far

  Issue 21 - July/August 2010 (232kb) 

Health Promoting Schools Magazine

  Issue 26 - May 2010 (1.1Mb) 

Healthy Christchurch Newsletter

  Issue 79 - August 2010 (166kb) 

Healthy Eating Good Food Recipes

No new additions recently.

Healthy Nibbles

  Advertising to Children - August 2010 (57kb) 

A series of Healthy Nibbles is also available for School Canteens.

Healthy Nibbles for Teenagers

  Social Snacks - August 2010 (105kb) 

A series of Healthy Nibbles is also available for School Canteens.

Healthy Nibbles for Tots

  Picky Eaters - May 2010 (43kb) 

Public Health Information Quarterly

  Issue 3 - July 2010 (88kb) 

Public Health Information Reports

  Summary of Hauora Waitaha i: Health Profile for Māori in Canterbury (302kB)

Surveillance Reports

  Notifiable Diseases for Week ending 20 August 2010 (66kb)
  For the month of July 2010 (67kb) 
  Influenza for Week ending 26 August 2010 (48kb) 

For more information on any of these publications or how to receive them either by mail or email, please click on their title.

Feature Publication

Hauora Waitaha i: Health Profile for Māori in Canterbury

This profile prepared for the Canterbury District Health Board provides the first comprehensive picture of the health of Māori in Canterbury. It is hoped that it will be useful for Māori and those working to improve health for Māori in Canterbury. The profile draws on data from a range of sources. These data are presented in such a way as to allow comparison of the health of Māori and non-Māori in Canterbury, and the health of Māori in Canterbury and at the national level.

The overall picture that emerges is that for a number of health indicators, Māori in Canterbury are in a better position than Māori nationally but in a worse position than non-Māori in Canterbury.

For more information and to download, visit the Public Health Information Reports page.

Feature Publication

Investing in Public Health

This briefing paper explains why investing in public health is a sensible economic strategy, and how investment in public health makes an important contribution to improving the health of individuals and of our population.

 The paper shows that for resource allocation to be ethical and effective, public health interventions need to be assessed using equivalent criteria for effectiveness and cost-effectiveness as health care interventions when health funding is allocated.

For more information, download the full briefing paper.