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In October 2023, the Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora launched its Research and Evaluation Fund. This internal fund enables a strategic approach to generating evidence that aligns with the priorities of the health system and is underpinned by the best practice research and evaluation.
It also contributes to a learning health system through its processes, and ultimately, the evidence products it will generate. This supports evidence-based policy and decision-making which will contribute to improved health outcomes for all New Zealanders.
The Ministry’s Strategy and Policy | Te Pou Rautaki group hosts the Fund.
Funded projects
Projects receiving funding often involve a partnership between Ministry groups and other organisations or community groups across the health and disability system.
| Project title | Ministry groups involved | Health and disability system partners |
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| Drug and Substance Checking Legislation |
| Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora |
| Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan |
| Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora |
| Allied Health - Care Capacity Demand Methodology (CCDM) pilot |
| Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora |
| Evaluation of primary health care service delivery models for tangata whaikaha Māori |
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| Project title | Ministry groups involved | Health and disability system partners |
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| Showing impact and innovation: Māori-led primary-care delivery at the Porirua Health Hub |
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| Measures of Pae Ora |
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| Climate and Health Vulnerability and Adaption (V&A) assessment |
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| Health of Disabled People Outcomes Framework |
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| Enabling evidence-informed policy to address inequities and the harm that results from the sub-optimal use of medicines |
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| Project title | Ministry groups involved | Health and disability system partners |
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| Improving the quality of Pacific peoples’ health data |
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| Exploring the experiences and impact of vaping among Pacific youth in New Zealand Pacific Health Team |
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| Proportion and number of cancer cases (+/- deaths) attributable to modifiable exposures in New Zealand |
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| Āti Awa Toa Hauora Partnership Board Whānau Voice data storage and protection solutions |
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| Investigating capture-recapture as a tool for estimating prevalence and bias in administrative data: A proof of concept estimating prevalence of Gout |
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| What is this thing called the Mental Wellbeing System? – Lived experience mapping of the system that produces mental wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand |
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| Leveraging Explainable AI to Identify Novel Risk Factors and Inform Policy Interventions for Diabetes in New Zealand |
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Evaluation of the Fund
Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the Fund is crucial to its improvement, and to our understanding of how the Fund is, or not, meeting its priorities. In the early stages we have looked at Fund processes, including what worked well, what didn’t work well, and improvement suggestions. The Fund has also been subject to an external assurance review. Evaluation activities continue, with an increasing focus on outcomes and impact over time.
