General health topics and self-care
General health topics and self-care
These New Zealand websites provide reliable information on many health topics, conditions, medications and health advice.
Health Navigator
Provides New Zealanders with trusted online resources and information on health topics, diseases, conditions, medications, health services and healthy living advice.
KidsHealth
This website aims to provide parents, caregivers and family/whānau with accurate and reliable information about their children's health.
KidsHealth has been created by the Paediatric Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) and the Starship Foundation, funded by the Ministry of Health.
Ministry of Health
The government ministry responsible for health and disability funding and policy - improving, promoting and protecting the health of all New Zealanders. They have a comprehensive section on health topics/conditions.
health.govt.nz and particularly the section Your health A-Z
This is not a complete list. It covers some of the main health topics and reliable websites that offering a good range of support, resources and information.
- Age Concern - advice, services, information for older people and their families
- Cancer Society NZ
- Dementia NZ
- Diabetes NZ
- Are you ok - family violence, how to get help or change
- Heart Foundation
- Just the facts - for young adults, information about sexual health, STIs and safer sex
- Mental Health Foundation
- Organ Donation NZ
- Seniorline - for older people making decisions about staying at home, rest homes, day care etc
- Stroke Foundation
- SmartStart for pregnancy and looking after your baby
- Te Hokinga a Wairua End of Life Service - covers information on what to do after a loved one dies, and planning for what you want to happen when you die.
- HPA - Programmes and resources for alcohol, immunisation, mental health, minimising gambling harm, nutrition and physical activity, skin-cancer prevention, tobacco control/smokefree, and workplace wellbeing.
- Health Ed - Provides a catalogue of free health resources brought to you by the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) and the Ministry of Health.