Outcomes

Niki (18 years)   "if the me programme hadn't come to my school, I would probably still be putting up with the symptoms and not knowing what it was, cos you probably just think its normal. I don't get the pains anymore and the other symptoms have gone too."

is constantly evaluated and subject to audit.  School students and staff are asked to evaluate the programme. Consistent outcomes over 8 years show:

• staff        
  - 100% assessment for suitability, appropriateness, content and resources
  - 100% requesting me be available each year
  
  
• students 
  -  81% ranked the session 8+ / 10 for its usefulness, friendliness and importance to them.  

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The Community Trust has funded the programme since the mid 1990s in Canterbury, Nelson and Marlborough.  ENZ is working to make available in other regions. 

Outcomes monitored at the Endometriosis Centre of Excellence at Oxford Clinic Women's Health in Christchurch since 2001 show a three-fold increase in young women under 20 presenting with symptoms suggestive of endometriosis.  Of those proceeding to laparoscopy 96% were diagnosed with endometriosis.  This confirms that a suspicion of endometriosis from diligent clinical history taking, allows accurate prediction of the disease prior to laparoscopy.