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Public Health - Useful Links

• Auckland Regional Public Health Service. The main public health provider for CMDHB. 
  For communicable disease or food safety issues contact ARPHS on (09) 630 7431.
  Reports, often covering Counties Manukau residents can be found at http://www.arphs.govt.nz/publications/Publications.asp. 
   

• Public Health Intelligence. 
  This group within the Ministry of Health monitors the health of the New Zealand population, analysing health outcomes, risks, and determinants of health.  It measures how healthy the New Zealand population is over time and looks at inequalities in health across regional boundaries and between various population groups.  PHIOnline provides interactive mapping and data provision.
   

• Local Authorities – population information:
  Manukau
  Papakura
  Franklin
  Auckland Region (Auckland Regional Council)
   

• Lets Beat Diabetes has its own website dedicated to the “whole society, whole life course, whole family/whanau" approach to preventing and managing diabetes.
  
  CMDHB and Let's Beat Diabetes are implementing the government's Health Eating Health Action Plan (HEHA) in our region http://www.moh.govt.nz/healthyeatinghealthyaction
   

• CMDHB is an action leader in Tomorrow’s Manukau, a 10 year vision of where we want Manukau to head.  CMDHB has been involved with Tomorrow’s Manukau since its inception.
   

• Each Council has a Long-term Council Community Plan (LTCCP). 
  These provide important signals on the public health environment being created locally. 
  Manukau
  Papakura
  Franklin

Manukau City also has a separate Health Policy and Action Plan for Manukau City Council (PDF 696k)

• The Regional Growth Strategy, developed from 1996 to 1999 is still an important document, determining where future growth across Auckland will be.  It can be found at http://www.arc.govt.nz/auckland-region/growth/implementation-section/growth-strategy-info.cfm; with further development at http://www.arc.govt.nz/arc/auckland-region/auckland-region-planning-documents/.  As a result new growth areas in Counties Manukau will be mainly at Flat Bush and Takanini. 
   

• Manukau City participated in the Quality of Life survey of New Zealand’s largest cities. 
  Published in February 2005 – see http://www.manukau.govt.nz/default.aspx?page=qualityoflifereport&id=363
   

• Auckland Regional Physical Activity and Sport Strategy - see also the Sport Auckland website.
  Each of the Councils in the CMDHB area are participating in this strategy.
   

• Collaborative Action Plan on Child Poverty in Manukau
  http://www.manukau.govt.nz/default.aspx?id=3879
   

• Social Impacts of Gambling in Manukau City - report for Manukau City Council (July 2003) http://www.manukau.govt.nz/uploadedFiles/manukau.govt.nz/Publications/Social/gambling.pdf

 

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Published:  06-Nov-2006  |  Website enquiries:  Web Content Manager