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ASH has a long and successful history of taking action to reduce the harm caused by tobacco in New Zealand. On their website you will find information about ASH’s current campaigns, how to get involved and the community health promotion work that they do.
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HSC (Health Sponsorship Council)
HSC is a New Zealand government agency that uses health promotion to promote health and encourage healthy lifestyles.
The long-term focus of the HSC is on reducing the social, financial and health sector costs of smoking, skin cancer, problem gambling, and obesity.
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The Heart Foundation promotes all lifestyle choices that will lead to a healthy heart. Get your patients/clients to take the test to see how ‘old’ their heart is. The Heart Foundation provides ABC training.
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Here you can find information about the work nurses are doing to develop and enhance their contribution to health services in New Zealand.
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The tobacco Team at Pacific Heart Beat provides smoking cessation training for health and community workers and smokefree presentations to church, work and community groups.
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Plunket is the largest provider of support services for the development, health and wellbeing of children. These services are available free to New Zealand families with children from birth to 5 years old.
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The Smokefree Coalition uses the best available evidence to form positions on tobacco control issues, and has a population-based, public health focus. They work closely with other organisations with an interest in tobacco control.
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Websites that reflect the feelings and actions of those who are in the process of quitting are very useful to browse as they will provide insight into the problems that quitters encounter and give pointers to the type of support with which you can provide them.
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Their role is to improve and protect the health of all Māori by contributing to efforts in reducing tobacco use, exposure to environment tobacco smoke and their adverse health consequences. Under the auspices of Te Hotu Manawa Maori, Aukati Kai Paipa provides quality training, support and advice.
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Since 1998, Te Reo Marama has been dedicated, on behalf of the Tupeka-Auahi Kore community and the wider Māori community, to tobacco resistance. The main role undertaken is to advocate evidence-based positions on tobacco-related issues at a local, national and international level.
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The Society offers information to health professionals, students and people with cancer and their families. They have been very supportive of Smokefree Nurses by co-sponsoring seminars.
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Tobacco Free Nurses is the first national program in the USA created with the objectives of helping nurses quit, providing resources to nurses who want to help their patients quit and to promote tobacco control in the agenda of nursing organisations
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