Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

New Zealand leads the way in helping patients stop smoking  -  New Zealand has led the way with the Ministry of Health's Guidelines for Helping People to Stop Smoking, which set a goal of reducing smoking and ...

Our next flag?  - he first of two referendums on changing New Zealand's flag could be held as ... “When people say New Zealanders were buried under that flag, that's ...

Young on Niue looking for more self reliance  - Niue is independent in free association with New Zealand and aid from New ... Younger people now are beginning to realise that and I think they have ...

What's the most annoying mobile phone habit?  - Nearly 60 per cent of New Zealand travellers said their smartphones were very ... Almost two thirds of New Zealanders found people making calls on ...

Young writers join Toi Maori  - The hui is being held at the Manukau Institute of Technology marae and will include seminars, workshops, and public readings by contemporary Maori  ...

Not enough services for mentally ill Maori youth  - Mental health services in New Zealand are struggling to keep up with the increasing rate of mental illness, substance abuse and suicide in Maori  ...

Maori information for Maori landowners  -  Maori owners of land administered by the new Maori Trustee, Te Tumu Paeroa, can now find out what's happening with new online information and ...

Ex-Dolly sex workers face Papua witch hunt  - Why should the people of Papua accept Surabaya's prostitutes coming to Papua ?. . They don't want to help build [our country], but for sure they will ...

Unbelievable Reactions People Have Had to the Ebola Outbreak  -  Papua New Guinea is one of the last frontiers of adventure travel, providing an unparalleled array of natural beauty, exotic wildlife and cultural tradition ...

Junk food, alcohol and gambling sponsors "saturate" sport  - Australian sport is rife with the promotion of alcohol, junk food and gambling, with nearly three quarters of sports sponsored by a company that sells those products, a study shows. An audit of the 53 sporting organisations that have received funding from the Australian Sports Commission indicated a pervasive level of influence by companies that sell "unhealthy" products.

Concern post-traumatic stress leading to an increase in number of veterans in prison  - There are concerns post-traumatic stress among Australia's veterans is ... I found that in the majority of cases, mental health had a profound effect on ...

Around the World in Three LGBT Books  - One of the things that I love about being part of the LGBT community is feeling strongly connected to the rainbow way that spans the globe. Sometimes our experiences are different -- vastly so -- but there is some commonality in struggle and, for me and most likely for many others, this increases empathy and identification. Recently, I read three books -- Pride Climbing Higher: Stories by LGBT People from Nepal, Mardis Gras (a collection of photos from Australia), and The Last Conception (a story about an East Indian woman who is also American) reminded me that we are all deeply connected.

There's more to education than spelling and numbers  - There is now a raft of Australian and international evidence for what ... the future of Australia , our democracy, our future mental health and our ability to ...

Mobile mental health for prisoners  -  The Victorian prison system's first mobile forensic mental health unit has been officially opened at the Metropolitan Remand Centre (MRC).Minister for Corrections, Edward O'Donohue said the new integrated mental health unit, developed in partnership with Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare), would be based at the MRC in Melbourne's west and staff would travel to other prisons as required. 

Physiotherapist paves the way in mental health  - “In Australia , one in four or five people will experience some sort of mental health issue throughout their life, so whether you are in a psychiatric  ...

Indigenous enrolments on the rise at CSU amongst the highest in Australia  - CHARLES Sturt University (CSU) has one of the highest rates of indigenous student enrolments in the country but, according to the head of Orange's ...

Why Australia's outback is globally important  - It includes less than 5% of the Australian population, but a relatively high proportion (more than a quarter) of that population is Indigenous . Many of ...

Indigenous and refugee programs win immunisation boost  - Winners are from across Australia and include medical groups in Mildura, Townsville, Geraldton and Brisbane. They each receive $20,000 for their ...

Greens warn new curriculum will take schools back to the past  - GSK’s 2014 Immunisation Grants have been awarded to programs that are helping improve access and awareness of vaccination services for Indigenous and refugee communities. Winners are from across Australia and include medical groups in Mildura, Townsville, Geraldton and Brisbane. They each receive $20,000 for their program. Dr Neil Hearnden, a GP vaccination specialist and chair of the GSK grants independent judging panel, says this year’s winners demonstrated an outstanding ability to connect with hard to reach communities. 

Programs closes the gap on indigenous breast cancer screening  - Breast cancer is the second most common cancer experienced by indigenous women yet their participation in BreastScreen Australia remains lower ...