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SHORE and Whariki News
3rd and 4th November -
Social and Health Research Seminar Series
Dr Chris Wilkins presented findings on Criminal Justice Outcomes for Cannabis Use in New Zealand, 1990-2008 at venues in Auckland and Wellington.
The following two reports summarise the data presented in the seminar: National Police Apprehensions for Cannabis Offences in New Zealand, 1999-2008 and Conviction and Sentencing for Cannabis Use Offences in New Zealand, 1990-2008.
The seminar was organised by SHORE and Whariki, in collaboration with the School of Public Health Massey University, as part of an occasional series of social and health research seminars.
11 June 2009
2008 IDMS findings released:
RECENT TRENDS IN ILLEGAL
DRUG USE IN
NEW ZEALAND, 2006-2008
Findings from the 2006, 2007 and
2008 Illicit Drug Monitoring System
(IDMS) (full report) and Executive Summary
February 2009
Te Ropu Whariki release The evaluation hikoi:
A Maori overview of programme evaluation.
December 2008
Release of report Assessment of the Social Impacts of Gambling in New Zealand
Erratum 10/02/09: Please note that on page 62 of the report under the heading Criminal activity the percentage figure given in the first line had been corrected to 25% (from 38%)
September 2008
SHORE and Whariki awarded Outstanding Team Research Medal
August 2008
Release of dates for upcoming Easy Evaluation Workshops
14 July 2008
Release of findings from the 2007 Illicit Drug Monitoring System (IDMS)
17 December 2007 (SHORE & Whariki Occasional Seminar Series)
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health:
an insiders view with an Urban Health focus.
Professor Tord Kjellstrom has been working for two years as
the Chair of the Knowledge Network on Urban Settings (KNUS)
of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. He
will talk about the recent work KNUS has undertaken for the
Commission.
11am
- 12.00 noon
Level 7, Massey University House
90 Symonds St
Auckland
13 August 2007 (SHORE & Whariki Occasional Seminar
Series)
Children’s spaces and places: Participatory
research in search of impact
Associate Professor Colin McDougall, Department of Public
Health, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide
12.00
noon– 1pm
Level 7, Massey University House
90 Symonds St
Auckland
31 July 2007
Launch of MSM Talk research project
26 July 2007
Release of findings from the 2006
Illicit Drug Monitoring System (IDMS)
October 25-26 2006
Easy
Evaluation: Planning and evaluation workshop for health
promoters, Auckland
13 June 2006
Release of report of the 2006 National Household
Survey of Legal
Party Pill Use.
March 2006 - Gambling
Social Marketing Project
Project description and Invitation
to participate
February 2006 - New Zealand Values Survey
Release of findings on the public
life values of New Zealanders
December 2005
Release of SHORE and Whariki report describing the
work and achievements of the group since during the past year.
The publication is organised in three sections: SHORE
2005 Report; Whariki
2005 Report; and Whariki
and SHORE Project List.
9-12 December 2005
SHORE hosts a meeting on alcohol policies for NGOs
from the Asia-Pacific region. A report on
the meeting, which was organised by the Global Alcohol Policy
Alliance and SHORE and co-sponsored by the WHO, was published
in Issue
3 of the Globe 2005.
30 November 2005
Release of findings from the 2005
Illicit Drug Monitoring System (IDMS), a SHORE project
led by Dr Chris
Wilkins
27 October 2005 (SHORE
& Whariki Occasional Seminar Series)
Alcohol
advertising regulation in Australia by Associate
Professor Sandra Jones, from the University of Wollongong
Centre for Health Behaviour and Communication Research
13 October 2005
Auckland launch of
New Zealand Identities – Departures and Destinations published by Victoria University Press. Belinda
Borell and Tim
McCreanor contributed chapters on Cultural Identity for
Young Maori in South Auckland and Talking Pakeha Identities.
Tim McCreanor is
also a co-editor with James H. Liu, Tracey McIntosh and Teresia
Teaiwa.
5th-6th October 2005
The next two day SHORE and Whariki Evaluation
and Programme Planning Workshop will be held in Auckland
New Zealand Values Survey 2005 - July releases
The first two in a series of releases on Values
Survey findings are available to download. These initial
releases report the economic values of New Zealanders in relation
to Taxation
and Commitment
to New Zealand
16-17 June 2005, Wellington
SHORE and Whariki National Alcohol Workforce Training
workshop. Click here
to see an outline of the programme and download powerpoint
presentations.
June 2005
Liane Penney invites feedback on: Maori
and Health Practitioners Talk About Heart Disease,
a draft report on Phase 1 findings of a Whariki
project based in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland exploring the experience
of healthcare for Maori with ischaemic heart disease (IHD).
14 June 2005, Release of Exit Survey
During
2004 the Auckland Regional Exit Breath Survey investigated
breath alcohol levels of people under the age of 25 years
exiting On Licence premises (nightclubs, taverns and rural
hotels) in the Auckland Region. The selected premise types
included those premises commonly referred to as bars and pubs.
Data collection took place over four successive weekends.
Two hundred and fifty On Licence premises were randomly selected
to be visited. Click here
to view the report.
4-8 April 2005, Five
Day Evaluation Course
The Centre for Social and Health Outcomes Research and Evaluation
and Whariki Research Group, Massey University, Auckland in
collaboration with the Wellington School of Government, Victoria
University, Wellington offer a five
day evaluation course for health promotion practitioners and
those wanting to refresh and further develop their evaluation
skills. Click here
for more information.
Wednesday
9 March 2005
(SHORE
& Whariki Occasional Seminar Series)
Marketing and alcohol: commercial, critical and social perspectives
by Professor
Gerard Hastings, Director of the Institute for Social
Marketing and Centre for Tobacco Control Research, University
of Stirling and the Open University
11.00
am – 12.00 noon
Level 7, Massey University House
90 Symonds St
Auckland
Tuesday
1 March 2005 (SHORE & Whariki Occasional Seminar
Series)
Alcohol Marketing
- new developments and new responses by Professor Peter
Anderson, Dr Ann Hope, Professor David Jernigan, Suaree Borell,
Mandi Gregory and Hector Tuiwai
10.00
am – 12.30 pm
Parnell Community Centre, Jubilee
Building
545 Parnell Rd, Auckland
February 2005
Professor Jurgen Rehm Alcohol Advisory Council Visiting
Fellow will be based at SHORE during February. Professor Rehm
works at the Addiction Research Institute, Switzerland and
the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada.
While in New Zealand Professor Rehm will present
findings on the Burden of Death Disease and Disability
due to Alcohol in New Zealand with Professor Rod Jackson
and Dr Jennie O'Connor from the University of Auckland.
Details of the seminars in Wellington and Christchurch
can be found on the ALAC
website.
Thursday 4 November 2004
New Release - Pacific
Drugs Alcohol and Gambling Survey 2003 report
Tuesday 5 October 2004
New Release - The
Socio-Economic Impact of Amphetamine Type Stimulants in New
Zealand: Final Report and Research
Briefings: Level
of Use and Health Harms (I); The
Black Market for ATS and Use of ATS by Arrestees (II);
and Future Trends
in the Use and Supply of Methamphetamine (III). Click here
to see Massey News coverage of the research findings which
includes a link to a 3 News item on the release of the report.
23 September 2004
SHORE hosts the Asia
Pacific Meeting on Alcohol Policy, Auckland
September 2004
Dr Paul Duignan awarded the Fulbright Senior Scholar
Award for 2005. See Massey
News story.
27 August 2004
SHORE is designated a World Health Organization Collaborating
Centre for Research and Training in Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Thursday
5 August 2004
Release of SHORE and Whariki report describing the
work and achievements of the group since its establishment
at Massey University in July 2002. The publication is organised
in three sections:
SHORE 2004 Report;
Whariki 2004 Report; and Whariki
and SHORE Project List. The SHORE
2004 Report and Whariki
2004 Report links download the entire report beginning
at the SHORE or Whariki cover and section, depending on which
link is activated.
Wednesday 4 August
New Release - Pseudopatrons
2004 Report
Wednesday 28 July 2004 (SHORE Occasional Seminar Series)
Marginality,
Identity and Death by Dr Tracey McIntosh
Department of Sociology, University of Auckland
11.00 am – 12.00 pm
SHORE,
7th floor, 90 Symonds St, Auckland
Public Health Workforce Development Project - Update 23/10/03
Release of report Workforce
development to support a population health approach in Primary
Health Organisations: Initial report for discussion for
comment
Major publication
October 2003
Professor Sally
Casswell is one of the collaborating authors for Alcohol:
No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy
recently published by the Oxford University Press. The book
describes evidence-based and effective policies for the prevention
and management of alcohol-related problems
July 2003
Te Ao Waipiro 2000: Maori National Alcohol Survey
by Helen
Moewaka Barnes, Mervyl McPherson, Krishna Bhatta
Thursday 25 September 2003
Dr
Chris Wilkins interviewed on Morning Report and TVNZ and
TV3 news after the release of the United
Nations survey report on ecstasy and amphetamines, which
identified New Zealand as having one of the highest proportions
of ecstasy and amphetamine abusers in the world
Marsden
Fund Awards 2003 - 10 September
Dr Chris
Wilkins has been awarded a Fast-Start Marsden grant to
investigate organised crime in the illicit markets for cannabis,
amphetamine and ecstasy in New Zealand. The Marsden
Fund is administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand
and only a small percentage of applicants are successful.
Fast Start grants have been set up to help promising young
scientists to establish their careers
Evaluation
and Programme Planning Workshops
See dates and details for upcoming workshops to be held in
Auckland
and Northland
Wednesday
13 August 2003 (SHORE Occasional Seminar Series)
"Enlisting
media support for public health gains: WHO's experience
with the food industry, by David Porter, World Health Organization
1.00 -2.00pm
SHORE, Massey House, Level 7, 90 Symonds Street, Auckland
28 May 2003
Some of the findings presented by Chris Wilkin's to the
4th International Conference on Drugs and Young People are
reported in the Dominion Post under the headline -
Tinny houses attract youth.
Tuesday 20 May 2003
Whariki survey findings are cited in a Smokefree e-News
report on the impact of the It's About Whanau TV campaign
which encourages Maori to stop smoking.
Wednesday 9 April 2003 (SHORE Occasional Seminar Series)
“If
you refuse [their advances], next time when they come, they
no longer drink Foster's": Cambodian "beer girls",
married women, and strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention and
fair trade beer, by Professor Ian Lubek
3.30-4.30pm
SHORE Centre, Level 7, 90 Symonds Street, Auckland
17-18 March 2003
2nd
Annual Measuring, Monitoring & Managing Outcomes in Health
Conference will be chaired by Professor Sally Casswell
and Dr Paul Duignan
14 March 2003
Summary of recent research on marketing alcohol to young
people
March 2003
SHORE response to Advertising Standards Authority Liquor
Advertising Review
Dear Colleagues,
We have been asked about SHORE’s response to the
ASA review of alcohol advertising.
After consideration we will not be making a substantive
submission to the ASA review. This reflects a belief
that our time is better spent disseminating the research
base available to inform policy decisions on alcohol
marketing to a broader audience. This decision reflects
the fact that the review is being carried out under
the auspices of an industry body with strong vested
interests which therefore may not provide the best process
for consideration of these issues.
Our decision should not be taken as implying any lack
of integrity of people on the review panel; this is
clearly not the case. Rather our feeling is that spending
time on a submission is an opportunity cost in terms
of our time which can be better spent elsewhere. We
do, however, appreciate that the ASA review has had
a very positive spin off in terms of the debate which
has been engendered in the field and in the media.
I continue to have involvement in this research area
and have recently made presentations at a number of
international conferences and meetings. Some information
about these is available on our
website.
As we produce new material for publication this will
be made known to people on this e-list.
There is considerable interest in the issue of marketing
– particularly in relation to the response of young
people - internationally. The World Health Organisation
has signalled this as an area of concern and held a
working meeting on the topic in Valencia in May 2002.
For a copy of the Valencia Declaration and other information
on alcohol marketing visit the Global Alcohol Policy
Alliance website http://www.ias.org.uk/theglobe/2002gapa2/default.html
A monograph containing the papers from the Valencia
meeting is due to be published by WHO later this year.
A number of governments have also indicated interest
in reviewing alcohol marketing issues and in the United
States advocates are exploring new research-based policy
approaches – visit www.camy.org
for information about this. A key issue to note here
is that the emphasis has moved away from detailed examination
of the content of advertising or indeed the relationship
between advertising/marketing and consumption/harm.
The focus is now on the level of exposure of young people
to such advertising/marketing as it is accepted that
this is in need of control.
We expect that, given the local and international interest
in this issue, an opportunity to make a submission to
a government initiated review process may well be available
in the future and look forward to making a detailed
submissionto such a review.
posted to aandd@netlink.co.nz
by Professor Sally Casswell |
20 February 2003
SAPPHI
collaboration (SHORE Academic Partnership with Public Health
Intelligence) launched by the Minister of Health at SHORE
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