THE NEW ZEALAND
MEDICAL JOURNAL
NZMJ 13 March 2009, Vol 122 No 1291; ISSN 1175 8716 Page 1 of 125
URL: http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1291/3524/ ©NZMA
CONTENTS
This Issue in the Journal
4 A summary of the original articles featured in this issue
Editorials
6 Eliminating ethnic disparities in health through immunisation: New
Zealand's chance to earn global respect
Cameron C Grant, Nikki Turner, Rhys Jones
10 Globalisation and its impact on the South Pacific
Brennan Edwardes, Frank Frizelle
Original Articles
14 Routine vaccination coverage of 11 year olds, by ethnicity, through
school-based vaccination in South Auckland
Belinda J Loring, Elana T Curtis
22 The use and misuse of media headlines: lessons from the MeNZB™
immunisation campaign
Nikki M Turner, Deon G York, Helen A Petousis-Harris
28 Lack of coordination between health policy and medical education: a
contributing factor to the resignation of specialist trainees in Fiji?
Kimberly M Oman, Kim Usher, Rob Moulds
39 Improving participation in breast screening in a rural general practice
with a predominately Mori population
Rachel M Thomson, Sue Crengle, Ross Lawrenson
Special Article
48 Delivering a safe and effective strain-specific vaccine to control an
epidemic of group B meningococcal disease
Jane O’Hallahan, Anne McNicholas, Yvonne Galloway,
Eileen O’Leary, Christine Roseveare
Review Article
60 New Zealand’s impact on health in the South Pacific: scope for
improvement?
Rosemary Wyber, Nick Wilson, Michael Baker