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Ngā pārongo, ngā taputapu me ngā rauemi , Information, tools and resources

Here’s a range of information, tools and resources relevant to the top eight health issues and your work with whānau.

Information about Māori health issues

Antibiotics	Kick That Bug campaign information for health professionals
Arthritis and gout	Gout brochure for whānau (PDF, 1.5MB)
Cancer	Information about improving services for Māori
Child health	Well Child / Tamariki Ora campaign information for health professionals Well Child / Tamariki Ora handbook
Diabetes	Diabetes campaign information for health professionals
Digestive system	Gut Reaction campaign information for health professionals
Heart and cardiovascular disease	One Heart Many Lives campaign information for health professionals
Māori health	Māori health publications from Te Kete Hauora, the Māori Health Directorate
Mental health	Like Minds, Like Mine campaign information for health professionals Patients Like Me, website for whānau Information about Whānau Ora, a programme from the Mental Health Commission
Obesity	Key facts about obesity Healthy Eating, Healthy Action campaign information for health professionals Oranga Kai, booklet about health eating for adult Māori (PDF 3.3MB)
Respiratory diseases	Asthma resources for whānau
Safe medicine use	He Rongoā Pai, He Oranga Whānau, a website for health professionals Information sheet about optimal use of medicines for health professionals (PDF 220KB) Information sheet about access to medicines for health professionals (PDF 412KB) MedSafe consumer information

Additional Reading

Download documents and abstracts relevant to the top eight health issues.

Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Ron King and Neil Pearce. Regional Variations in Asthma Hospitalisations Among Māori and non-Māori. Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 30-January-2004, Vol 117 No 1188.

PHARMAC. Research Report. A Qualitative Investigation of the Impact and Barriers to Use of Antipsychotic Medication. Māori Tangata Whaiora in Aotearoa. November, 2006. (PDF 452KB).

BPACNZ. Best Practice Journal. Treatment of Gout. Issue 8. BPACNZ. Dunedin, September 2007.

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