The alarming incidence of obesity rates has reached epidemic proportions, turning into a major health challenge worldwide, and New Zealand is no exception. Despite healthcare providers’ best efforts, obesity still affects all people of all ages and ethnicities. Pasefika peoples, including Samoans, reportedly have the highest rates of obesity and face more health disparities, compared...

This guide shows how to carry out a health literacy review and build a health-literate organisation. Summary Individuals and whānau face a series of demands on their health literacy when navigating their way through the health system. These demands impact on consumers’ ability to access health information, care and services. Internationally, support is growing for...

Examines the health literacy experiences among Māori and their whānau carers who use palliative care. Executive summary The New Zealand Palliative Care Strategy recognised the need for local and national policies that support the specific needs of Māori.

This report examines the outcomes of a health literacy proof-of-concept trial, which looked at the potential for improving health literacy standards in the community via the integration of two existing broadband technologies. Executive summary This report examines the outcomes of a health literacy proof-of-concept trial held at the University of Melbourne. Despite the dramatic rise...

Background: The National Heart Foundation of New Zealand perceived a need to support non-nutritionally trained primary care practitioners providing nutrition counselling to patients with or at risk of cardiovascular disease. A brief dietary assessment tool was commissioned. Objective: This study aimed to determine how a brief dietary assessment tool should be designed for use by...