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Sought for Health Promotion Programmes Complimentary and Alternative Health New
Website Launched for Carers New Zealand GPs call for end to direct to consumer advertising
Complimentary
and Alternative Health
A discussion paper released by the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Complementary and Alternative Health sought public feedback on policy issues, including
The report is available from www.newhealth.govt.nz/maccah.htm
New Zealand GPs call for end to direct to consumer advertising- article from the British Medical Journal, Zosia Kmietowicz, London GPs in New Zealand are petitioning the health minister to ban the advertising of prescription drugs to patients. New Zealand is one of only two countries that allow drug companies to advertise directly to the public; the other is the United States. But GPs in New Zealand say that such advertising causes many problems that are bad for doctors, the economy, and patients. They have estimated that it cost the country $NZ2.7m (£0.94m; $1.56m; €1.3m) between April 2002 and January 2003 to switch people to a new asthma inhaler after it was widely advertised on television. The switch was not necessarily right for all patients, say the GPs. But because patients had seen it advertised they were determined to have it, spending some of New Zealand’s health budget along the way.
Arsenal Football Club and Testicular Cancer-article from the British Medical Journal Susan Mayor, London The London football team Arsenal is supporting the launch of a new internet information resource on testicular cancer that is based on men's experiences of the cancer. The resource is one of several on the website of DIPEx , which uses interviews with people with various diseases to develop health information and to provide answers to important questions. Arsenal players are helping to promote the DIPEx testicular cancer site in a poster and video that will be seen during men's health week this week in the United Kingdom. If you click on a topic on the DIPEx website you won't get a fact sheet on a disease. Instead you get the choice of seeing videos or listening to or reading interviews with between 30 and 50 people with that disease. These people come from around the country and are of different ages and ethnic backgrounds, and they have different severities of the disease, so anyone looking at the site is likely to find at least one person they can relate to. For each condition on the website the people who were interviewed were asked to tell the story of their illness from their own perspective. Researchers in the Department of Primary Care at the University of Oxford, which runs the DIPEx site as a registered charity, then sort out the key themes. The project provides valid research information about people's experiences of illness. Researchers used a method called "purposive sampling," which means that they keep interviewing people with the condition until no more new issues arise. They are then fairly sure that most—if not all—issues have been raised.
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Website Launched for Carers
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Statement - New Website Part of Carer Support Package A new website providing information for New Zealanders who care for family members is part of a wider package of government support for informal carers throughout the country, Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson said today. Launching the Carers New Zealand website in Wellington, Ms Dyson said one in five New Zealanders are estimated to have caring responsibilities for family members who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, age-related illness or are recovering from serious injury. "Many carers feel isolated, ill-informed and undervalued. This website, funded by the Ministry of Health, will provide a raft of health and disability information that carers need about such things as financial assistance, support services, and how to cope with medical and personal needs. It will also link carers to each other, enabling them to share ideas and experiences throughout the country." Ruth Dyson said the website was part of a partnership that had been set up between the Ministry of Health and Carers New Zealand to support carers, in line with the New Zealand Disability Strategy's objective to 'value families, whanau and people providing ongoing support'.
She said that the government was also implementing a range of other initiatives to support carers, including: · training programmes for carers, including a 'by Maori for Maori' programme providing training and access to information and support networks; · a review of needs assessment services to ensure that carers' needs are recognised; · a review of government policy regarding families who apply to be paid caregivers for family members; and · establishing national networks of carers, including a network for those who provide care for people with high and complex needs.
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Sought for Health Promotion Programmes
Many health promotion and positive ageing programmes are delivered with the invaluable assistance and support from older people, whose wealth of knowledge and skills help to make them so successful. Programmes do vary in each council region, but if you feel you may be able to help, contact your local Age Concern through the Age Concern New Zealand website.
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