Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 283-289 , April 2006

Conceptions and uses of public health ideas by New Zealand government policymakers: report on a five-agency survey

  • R. Gauld

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, P.O. Box 913, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +64 3 479 8632; fax: +64 3 479 7298.
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  • A. Bloomfield

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • C. Kiro

      Affiliations

    • Office of the Commissioner for Children, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • J. Lavis

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada
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  • S. Ross

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada

Received 8 November 2004 ,Revised 8 June 2005 ,Accepted 13 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.008

Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 283-289 , April 2006

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