1825 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health

Written Question

Published date: 12 Feb 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	1825 (2025)
Question asked:	29 Jan 2025
Member asking:	Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Health
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	09 Feb 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_01825_2025
Document guid:	ab2cedf9-c510-416d-bf2c-f30edb132ea3

1825 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Associate Minister of Health: What progress, if any, has been made in the quarter July to September 2024 on the action ‘Work with colleagues involved with other key non-communicable diseases and population health to design and implement a health promotion programme that is tailored to each ethnic group, delivered in a culturally appropriate way, addresses the unequal social determinants to health and promotes brain health for all people in Aotearoa’ under the objective ‘Reduce the incidence of dementia mate wareware’ within Te Whatu Ora’s Improving Dementia Mate Wareware Services in Aotearoa New Zealand Action Plan?

Hon Casey Costello: I am advised that in the July to September 2024 quarter, Health New Zealand progressed a range of initiatives that contribute to reducing the 12 risk factors of dementia. The initiatives cover: • Smoking cessation projects • Nutrition and physical activity projects • Mental Health and wellbeing / Nōku te Ao • Alcohol Harm reduction projects