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Types of Inhaler Devices Factsheet
Device factsheets for metered-dose inhalers (MDI), Turbuhaler, Spiromax, Accuhaler, Ellipta, Breezhaler, HandiHaler, and Respimat, covering how to use, care for, and replace each device.
Guide to Support Rangatahi to Quit Vaping
A five-step clinical pathway (screening, assessment, readiness, pharmacotherapy, and follow-up) for health professionals to support adolescents and young adults to quit vaping.
Spacer Factsheet
This factsheet explains what a spacer is, how to use and maintain one, and why it's recommended for anyone using a metered-dose inhaler.
Nebuliser Factsheet
This factsheet explaina what a nebuliser is, how it compares to spacers, and which groups of people are most likely to benefit from using one.
NZ Child Asthma Guidelines
These guidelines are designed to aid health professionals in delivering asthma care in the community and in emergency departments, providing simple, practical and evidence-based guidance.
LDCT Screening Offers Targeted Approach for Detecting Lung Cancer Earlier in People at Highest Risk
This factsheet demonstrates lung cancer risk factors beyond smoking, to inform targeted screening eligibility criteria that boosts early detection without overdiagnosis.
Strong Economic Case for Implementing LDCT Screening for Lung Cancer
This factsheet demonstrates how lung cancer is the costliest cancer globally, making investment in LDCT screening economically justified.
Screening Creates Opportunities to Detect Lung Cancer Earlier
This factsheet shows how LDCT screening meets key public health screening criteria and can shift lung cancer from a late-diagnosed, often fatal disease to one detected early and treated effectively.
Reducing Deaths from Lung Cancer is Essential to Strengthening Overall Cancer Control
This factsheet demonstrates lung cancer's outsized share of global cancer deaths, and how screening dramatically improves survival outcomes compared with unscreened populations.
LDCT Screening can Reduce Inequities by Targeting People Most at Risk of Lung Cancer
This factsheet covers how targeted LDCT screening can reduce socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer outcomes by tackling access barriers and late presentation.
AIR Asthma Action Plan
This ‘Anti-Inflammatory Reliever (AIR)’ therapy asthma action plan shows how to control your asthma long term, and helps to identify what to do when you are well, unwell or need help in an emergency.
Asthma Patient Handbook
This handbook contains information and advice about asthma to help you better understand and manage your condition.
Child Asthma Symptom Diary
This resource is a symptom diary for healthcare practitioners to give to their child patients and their parents/caregivers, and is used in conjunction with the Child Asthma Plan.
Proposed Clinical Pathway to Support Rangatahi to Quit Vaping
A resource for health professionals to assess and support adolescents and young adults (AYA) on their quit vaping journey
School Asthma Checklist
Use this checklist of preventative measures to help reduce the risk of asthma-related sickness at school.
Breathlessness Quick Reference Guide
A quick reference guide for managing breathlessness. Available in English, te reo Māori and Samoan.
Breathlessness Strategies for COPD
Breathlessness is a major symptom in COPD. This comprehensive document outlines various strategies and techniques to help manage breathlessness.
Your Lung Cancer Care Team
This document explains the roles of the different healthcare professionals in a lung cancer care team and emphasizes keeping their contact information.
Lung Cancer Surgery
This brochure explains lung cancer surgery, including when it may be an option and the different types of procedures used to remove lung tumours.
Radiation Treatment
This brochure explains radiation treatment for lung cancer, including how it works, when it may be used, and the different techniques available.
