123 Results

  • How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?

    … is surprisingly difficult. In this Blog, and accompanying video , we summarize new research using NZ’s linked … of “what mediates the causal association of exposure X with outcome Y?” – that a massive methodological push has … journal Epidemiology [1]. There is also an accompanying video of Tony Blakely presenting the findings in a seminar. …
    Briefing

  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … Doing this requires the ability to use regional zones with complete travel restrictions between them to allow for … from Northland or the Waikato). 2) Support faster and more complete contact tracing by mandating the use of either QR … makes contact tracing more difficult, slower, and less complete for health authorities. Therefore, QR code scanning …
    Briefing

  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … in a journal, we explored the costs and benefits of complete border closure in NZ in response to new pandemic … cost-beneficial in some scenarios. Even in the face of a complete end to trade (both exports and imports in scenario … imports would continue with appropriate controls to ensure complete isolation of incoming air cargo crews and ship crews …
    Briefing

  • COVID-19, Christmas, the New Year and Summer Holidays: What the NZ Government and individuals can do to minimise the risks

    … Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, several variants of the original wild type virus have emerged . All viruses mutate … of antibody response observed with two doses against the original SARS-CoV-2 strains. Similar findings have been … mean that eligible travellers entering NZ generally must complete 7 days in MIQ followed by 3 days home quarantine. …
    Briefing

  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … at preventing Delta transmission compared with the original strain of the pandemic virus. In this blog we … infect between 5 to 7 other people (much higher than the original strain R o =2.79 [3] or even the Alpha variant with …
    Briefing

  • Potential health co-benefits from eradicating rats, stoats and possums in NZ towns and cities

    … potential health benefits from the eradication or near-complete control of these pest species.   The recently … for pest-free campaigns in other suburbs. Although complete eradication of rats might be difficult in NZ cities, … with poisoning campaigns, hence the listed benefits of complete possum eradication might be somewhat limited in some …
    Briefing

  • Rodents running riot in supermarkets – do we need to worry?

    … of years. 2 It is likely that rodents were one of the original reasons why cats were domesticated. 3 The close … shedding one rat faecal pellet may contain up to 1.0 x 10 8 Salmonella colony-forming units. 7   Supermarkets are … mice urine contains 3.1x10 3 and rat urine contains 5.7 x 10 6 Leptospira cells per millilitre. 18 Contact with …
    Briefing

  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … by Government will also be required. Below is a short video summary of this blog (see here for a longer video .) Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has collectively managed …
    Briefing

  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … the best place to start answering this question is the original reason as why we built the Virtual Supermarket: to … task? To figure this out, we asked 123 NZ shoppers to complete 3 shops in the Virtual Supermarket and collect their … to Professor Ingrid Steenhuis with whom I developed the original idea for a Virtual Supermarket for public health …
    Briefing

  • More than 147km – the transformative potential of the Wellington bike network plan

    … the city to be cycled once the proposed cycle network is complete (see footnote at end of this blog), but this could … of the infrastructure was quite low quality, it wasn’t a complete network and this was a one-off project rather than a … cycling. In Christchurch the council has a 15-year plan to complete 101km cycle network around the city by 2029. Only …
    Briefing

Subscribe

Briefing CTA

Public Health Expert Briefing

Get the latest insights from the public health research community delivered straight to your inbox for free. Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest research, analysis and commentary from the Public Health Expert Briefing.

PHCC logo PHCC

The PHCC is funded by a philanthropic endowment from the Gama Foundation and hosted by the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.

Contact

Email phcc@phcc.org.nz
43 Hanson Street, Mt Cook, 
Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara
PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6242
New Zealand | Aotearoa

 

Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)