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1.7.5 Regional Collaboration
There are potentially significant gains to be made from DHBs working together in new and innovative ways, both in cost savings and better patient wellbeing. Regional services’ planning is a vehicle to progress regional system integration and regional service development opportunities. It is vital that this is a whole of system approach and as such, it is vital for primary care to be engaged in developments in this arena.
1.8 Key Measures of Performance
1.8.1 Long Term Impact - People Take Greater Responsibility for their Health
Population health and prevention programmes ensure people are better protected from harm, more informed of the signs and symptoms of ill health and supported to reduce risk behaviours and modify lifestyles in order to maintain good health. It is expected a focus on this impact will reduce the number of presentations in primary care and admissions to hospital and specialist services associated with long term conditions.
1.8.1.1 Fewer People Smoke Why is this important?
Smoking is a major contributor to preventable illness and long term conditions, such as cancer, respiratory disease, heart disease and strokes. Supporting our population to say “no” to tobacco smoking is our foremost opportunity to target improvements in the health of our population and to reduce health inequalities for Māori.
How will we know we are succeeding?
While a number of initiatives and interventions occur in this area, we will focus on monitoring the percentage of people taking up smoking.
1.8.1.2 Reduction in Vaccine Preventable Diseases Why is this important?
Immunisation can prevent a number of diseases and is a very cost-effective health intervention. Immunisation provides protection not only for individuals, but for the whole
Measure
Baseline 2009
Target 2015
Target 2016
Target 2017
Percentage of Year 10 students who have never smoked8
60.5%
75.7%
Increased percentage
8 Reporting is based on school year and based on surveying a sample of schools in New Zealand
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