Asthma education in primary care: A focus on improving outcomes for Māori and Pacific peoples

Asthma education in primary care

Māori and Pacific peoples in New Zealand are disproportionately...

Smoking cessation beyond the ABC: Tailoring strategies to high-risk groups

Smoking rates are declining in New Zealand as more and more...

Upfront - Sudden unexpected death in infancy: Where are we now?

The incidence of SUDI has declined significantly since public...

Bronchiectasis: rates still increasing among Pacific peoples

Bronchiectasis is a lung disease characterised by irreversible...

Bronchiolitis in infants

Bronchiolitis is the most common lower respiratory tract infection...

Addressing weight issues in young people and families in New Zealand

New Zealand is one of the most overweight countries in the world....

How to plan a catch-up immunisation

Although immunisation rates among Māori and Pacific peoples...

Managing skin infections in Māori and Pacific families

Compared to other developed countries, New Zealand has one of...

Pertussis: an avoidable epidemic

This article is out of date. Please see: Pertussis: halting...

The management of community acquired pneumonia

Pneumonia is a significant cause of hospitalisation and mortality...

Diagnosis and management of COPD in Māori and Pacific peoples

COPD disproportionately affects Māori and Pacific peoples...

Building cultural competence: the Medical Council's direction

The New Zealand Medical Council's approach to cultural com...

Cardiovascular disease risk assessment: what are the PHO Performance Programme indicators and how are they best achieved?

The PHO Performance Programme is a quality improvement initiative...

Rheumatic fever in Māori: what can we do better?

In New Zealand, acute rheumatic fever is now almost exclusively...

Increasing the uptake of breast screening

Significant progress has been made in increasing the rate of...

Genes, fructose, allopurinol and gout

A short article on gout with specific reference to Pacific...

Skin infections in Pacific peoples

Serious skin infections such as cellulitis, abscesses and impetigo...

Promoting healthy lifestyles for Pacific peoples

Ask a Pacific person what a healthy lifestyle means for them...

Rheumatic fever - the neglected disease

New Zealand continues to have high rates of rheumatic fever,...

Close contact infectious diseases: an increasing concern for Pacific peoples

Pacific peoples have poorer health status than other New Zealanders,...

The burden of bronchiectasis in Pacific peoples

In most developed countries the incidence of bronchiectasis...

Overcoming barriers to cervical screening in Pacific women

Cervical screening rates in New Zealand have continued to increase...

Pacific health providers

Pacific Health providers in New Zealand first began to emerge...

Upfront: The health of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa is everybody's business

New Zealanders of Pacific descent come from approximately 20...

PHO Performance Programme - high needs populations

The PHO Performance Programme recognises the increased health...

Smoking related cancer morbidity and mortality

The majority of people with cancer will initially present to...

Breast screening - achieving equity

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in New Zealand...

Cervical smears - achieving equity

After the introduction of the National Cervical Screening Programme,...

Free smoking cessation training for health professionals

Akoranga aukati kai paipaA brief overview of how and where to...

One Heart Many Lives

He manawa takitahi, he iwi takitini “One Heart Many Lives”...

Introduction to adult depression

Mental disorders are extremely common with over one third of...

Guide to asthma management in children

To compliment the childhood asthma decision support tool. This...

Inequalities in asthma prevalence morbidity and mortality

Māori and Pacific children with asthma suffer more severe...

A Māori/Pacific nursing service in a mainstream PHO

A PHO shares its experience and outcomes of establishing a unique...

Making Ethnicity Data Count

Knowing ethnicity allows us to have a more comprehensive and...

Opportunistic interventions in primary care can reduce stroke risk

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in New Zealand, after...