Story: Health and society

More links and websites

• Cancer Society

  The Cancer Society works to reduce the incidence of cancer and to improve cancer care.

• Health Inequalities Research Programme

  A research programme based in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago.

• Healthy Housing – He Kainga Oranga

  This research programme studies the links between housing and health.

• Heart Foundation

  The Heart Foundation funds research and promotes heart health.

• New Zealand Health Survey – Ministry of Health

  Information about the health and well-being of New Zealanders which is updated annually.

• The Social Report 2016 – Te pūrongo oranga tangata

  A report on the well-being of New Zealanders that explores change over time and how social outcomes vary for different groups of people.

More suggestions and sources

• Dew, Kevin, and Anna Matheson, eds. Understanding health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.

• Dew, Kevin, and Peter Davis, eds. Health and society in Aotearoa New Zealand. 2nd ed. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2004.

• Gauld, Robin. Revolving doors: New Zealand’s health reforms, the continuing saga. Wellington: Health Services Research Centre; Institute of Policy Studies, 2009.

• Shaw, Susan, and Bron Deed, eds. Health & environment in Aotearoa/New Zealand. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2010.