Health invaders in New Zealand primary schools

Primary health care in New Zealand.

Primary health care the New Zealand way.

Primary health care the New Zealand way In the Wairarapa region, in the southeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island, health officials have struck upon a novel yet effective way to treat often wary members of the local Maori population. Holly Else reports. Many Maori perceive hospitals and general-practice surgeries as unfriendly environments and can be reluctant to seek health care at the...

Primary health care in New Zealand: who has access?

OBJECTIVE We examined the demographic, socioeconomic, health behaviour and health determinants of financial barriers to access to general practitioner services, prescription drugs and dental care in New Zealand (NZ). METHODS Data from SoFIE-health, which is an add-on to the Statistics New Zealand-led Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE), were analyzed using logistic regression. R...

Universal telenursing triage in Australia and New Zealand - a new primary health service.

BACKGROUND Most Australian and all New Zealand residents now have 24 hour access to free telephone advice and symptom triage. Australasia is following an international trend triggered by a perceived need for standardised advice, demand management (primary care and emergency department), and equity of access. A growing literature describes the impact of this new service on existing primary healt...

Ergonomic, Safety and Environmental Health Status of Primary Schools in Markazi Province / Iran in 2003-2004

Introduction: A childs world centers around the home, school and the local community. These should be healthy places. But in reality, these places are often so unhealthy that they underlie majority of accident and disease among children in the developing world. The aim of this study was to determine ergonomic, safety and environmental health status at primary schools in Markazi province. Materi...