Social Policy Journal of New Zealand articles from July 2005

Social Policy Journal of New Zealand archives from July 2005

"Trust me, I'm from the government": the complex relationship between trust in government and quality of governance.(Policy Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract A comparative analysis of data for a sample of 45 countries illustrates that trust in government does not have a statistically significant correlation with any of a variety of other key policy objectives. The evidence suggests...

What do we mean by "happiness"? The relevance of subjective wellbeing to social policy.(Policy Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract Recent research in economics, sociology and psychology has re-ignited interest in human happiness, and this interest has extended into social policy research and analysis. Happiness research has challenged some of the axioms of...

A differential response model for child protection in New Zealand: supporting more timely and effective responses to notifications.(Policy Development Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract In 2005 Parliament will consider amendments to the Children, Young Persons and Their Families (CYP&F) Act 1989. The amendments enable the introduction of a differential response model under which the Department of Child, Youth and...

YouthGrow: developing community with youth through employment.(Policy Development Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract Meaningful employment for youth on the margins of society is difficult to find and hard to sustain in the market-driven economy. This paper describes the development of a job creation programme called YouthGrow in Dunedin, New...

Clutter in indigenous knowledge, research and history: a Samoan perspective.(Research Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract The transfer of traditional knowledge in the Pacific is often governed by tapu, and sometimes the full meaning of certain knowledge may be lost to the new generation. This is particularly a problem for expatriate communities....

Implementing the primary health care strategy: a Maori health provider perspective.(Research Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract This paper discusses the development of Ngati Porou Hauora (NPH), an East Coast Maori health provider, into a Primary Health Organisation (PHO), the cornerstone of the Primary Health Care Strategy (PHCS). It illustrates how NPH's...

Collaborative research with Maori on sensitive issues: the application of tikanga and kaupapa in research on Maori sudden infant death syndrome.(Research Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract This paper describes research practices and experiences employed by Maori field researchers within the context of a current research project that investigates the knowledge and insights of Maori families that have lost a child to...

Women officers working in men's prisons.(Research Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstaract New Zealand was a late starter in the international trend towards employing female prison officers to work in men's prisons. Even after the first such officer was appointed in 1985, resistance to the idea continued in some...

What works to reduce alcohol-related harm and why aren't the policies more popular?(Research Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract There is a considerable body of research evidence documenting effective policies that reduce the harm a community incurs from alcohol. These effective policies include influencing accessibility to alcohol (including the price the...

Characteristics of amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) use in New Zealand: informing policy responses.(Research Papers)
July 1, 2005... Abstract New Zealand has recently experienced dramatic increases in seizures of amphetamine-type stimulant (ATS) drugs and detections of clandestine amphetamine laboratories. Secondary analysis of ATS drug use in New Zealand from the 2001...

IAOS Satellite Meeting "Measuring Small and Indigenous Populations".(International Association for Official Statistics)
July 1, 2005... The IAOS (International Association for Official Statistics) Satellite Meeting "Measuring Small and Indigenous Populations" was held in Wellington on 14-15 April 2005. The meeting was hosted by New Zealand's national statistics office,...

Workshop on probabilistic projection and micro-simulation methodologies for demographic, family and related issues.
July 1, 2005... The somewhat imposing title of this workshop (held on 6-8 December 2004 at Waikato University) may cause some readers to turn very quickly to the next item in this journal. To be fair, some of the sessions were indeed quite technical. However,...

Social Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Critical Introduction (3rd Edition) by Christine Cheyne, Mike O'Brien And Michael Belgrave.
July 1, 2005... Social Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Critical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2005) is rich in detail, fully contextualised to New Zealand and, in its third edition, up to date in important respects. The eleven chapters in the...