Health Needs Assessment

The Health Needs Assessment (HNA) involves the collection and subsequent analysis of data on the population's demand and need for health services. This provides guidance for prioritising health needs and services and determining the DHB’s strategic priorities for the medium and long term. HNA plays an important part in guiding the DHB in effectively balancing their efforts in achieving the goals and objectives specific to their strategic direction alongside the New Zealand Health Strategy (NZHS) and New Zealand Disability Strategy (NZDS).

The aims of this HNA are:

•  to examine the health status of the Waikato population and set the scene for District Strategic Plan (DSP) 2009-2018;
  

• to provide a comprehensive data resource for clinicians and providers to enable focused service design and planning.
  

Health Needs Assessment 2008

Part A - Preface
Part B - Executive Summary
01 Introduction
02 Data sources and limitations
03 Demographics
04 Lifestyle factors
05 Health & Population priorities
06 Circulatory System Diseases
07 Malignant Cancer
08 External Causes
09 Diabetes Mellitus
10 Respiratory System Diseases
11 Renal Services
12 Mental Health Services
13 Child Health
14 Youth Health
15 Health of Older People
16 Primary Health Care
17 Rural Health
18 Health Status of Refugees and New Migrants
19 Disability Support Services
20 Avoidable Hospitalisation
21 Sexual and Reproductive Health
22 Notifiable and other Diseases

Supporting documents

Supplementary Health Needs Assessment - Waikato Pacific People
Supplementary Health Needs Assessment - Waikato Other Ethnic Group
Supplementary Health Needs Assessment - Waikato Maori

For further information please contact:

• Revathi Balakrishnan
  Strategic Planner
  Planning and Funding Division
  Waikato District Health Board
  (07) 834 3646 Ext 7810

(Please note that this document is re-written every three years.)