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  • Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base

    … from plastics. Introduction In 2019, the authors were part of an expert panel advising PM Ardern on how to address the wicked problem of plastic pollution. 1 The evidence base for environmental … plastic pollution globally. Implications for policy and practice ix NZ should continue to take steps to reduce …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … problems created by long-term erosion and fragmentation of national public health capacity. Fortunately the present … provides an opportunity to describe and build the kind of public health capacity needed to manage measles, pandemics … that NZ should learn from and adopt best international practice and establish a national public health agency. We …
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  • The policy bonfire of environment protection: 10 examples that threaten public health

    … shows a clear pattern towards allowing more pollution of water, air, and climate. The implications for public health of these policy changes are significant, impacting … 3300 premature adult deaths per year as a result of air pollution and an estimated 34,000 people become ill …
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  • Is funding Euthanasia a health priority for Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2?

    … Providing equity of access for assisted dying without equity of access to palliative care is to completely undermine the … the vast majority of other services provided in General Practice and Specialist Private Practice in that it is …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … high quality communication by the NZ Government for much of the COVID-19 pandemic has been remarked on. But given that … improvements could be made. Potentially the most important of these would be to further depoliticise the COVID-19 … criticism solely regarding COVID-19, using an agreed upon code of conduct. These opposition parties would then get …
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  • What does art have to do with public health, and how can they work together?

    … time that the Public Health Summer School (University of Otago, Wellington) has considered art, and its … practitioners and academics. In this blog we consider some of the issues raised and build the case for ongoing … between the arts and public health. So what was the point of this eclectic gathering? Contemporary public health faces …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … offer the opportunity to deliver and assess the impact of clinical trials remotely, something which researchers are … blog we share the lessons we learnt during the conduct of SALTS, a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa, … participants; four, build software in separate blocks of code that only connect where necessary; five, include live …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … we are extremely concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our whānau and communities. We … within the health and disability system, and in the whole-of-government ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. And we are … and pay little attention to te Tiriti o Waitangi and the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights. 28 …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … smoking and quitting, support for, and perceived impacts of, key measures included in the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document , and data on use of illicit tobacco products. Introduction and methods The NZ … in the plan include: greatly reducing the availability of smoked tobacco products by permitting these products to be …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … Fonterra and MBIE, investigated the relative contributions of nitrate in our diet from water and food. The report comes … in drinking water or the diet present an increased risk of cancer.” In this blog, we explain why the evidence in this … Centre aimed to investigate the relative contributions of water and food to New Zealanders’ overall nitrate intake …
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