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  • Transport, carbon emission reduction and health- the possibility of a virtuous circle?

    … Shaw and Simon Hales reflect on the weak evidence on health co-benefits for some ‘big’ environmental policies, but … ‘no-brainer’ actions that can be taken now with likely health and environmental co-benefit. They have recently published a systematic review “Health Co-Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation Policies in …
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  • Long Covid: High economic burden justifies further preventive efforts

    … Government can take immediate action to reduce this joint health and economic burden by improving Covid vaccination … growing recognition of a substantial impact on population health Long Covid refers to a change in health status that can persist for months or years following …
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  • Thoughts on NZ Adopting an Aussie Community Health Programme … and Forthcoming Nutrition Policy Events

    … Blakely and Associate Professor Nick Wilson Late last year Health Minister Tony Ryall visited Victoria, Australia , to … a series of four forthcoming blog posts here at Public Health Expert. The Australian programme has healthy nutrition … smoking. Actually, large chunks of it sound like the old Health Eating – Healthy Action programme. “The Healthy …
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  • Human health impacts of plastic exposure – an evolving evidence base

    … Summary The evidence for harm to human health caused by plastic has grown in the last five years, … a recent study provides preliminary evidence of an association between pre-natal exposure to BPA and autism. 12 … the plastic surfaces (see below).  There   is insufficient information to draw firm conclusions on the toxicity related …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … to the current recommendations of the NZ Ministry of Health appointed “Prostate Cancer Taskforce” that men should … cancer screening is appropriate for them after being given information and discussing the issues with their general … practitioner. To support this process, the Ministry of Health released a pamphlet for men and their families. This …
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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … it is smokers who suffer most immediately from the deadly health impacts of the tobacco industry’s products, and who … this age-group can have profound implications for future health. Reducing uptake of smoking among young people is also … tobacco tax increases (see a review in the Supplementary Information file associated with this work some of us did …
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  • Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care

    … The pandemic has highlighted many problems in the NZ health system. This blog will address the question of … Covid-19 patients in the community and the Ministry of Health has provided central funding throughout the country … HOW MANY INTERPRETERS DO WE NEED? We have very imprecise information on how many people might require interpreter …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Simple transport system changes could quickly relieve the crisis in our hospitals

    … speed limit reductions.   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. Image … conditions ( 6500 per year just from NO 2 air pollution ), management of asthma in children ( 13000 cases per year ), …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … levels of exposure, and creating an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service, with a focus on establishing lifetime access … on overseas estimates applied to Aotearoa New Zealand health data. Establishing the number of workplace injuries … Aotearoa-specific data for the estimates presented above, information on (at the very least) Group 1 and 2A …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … then asks more broadly what is known about the longer term health outcomes for military personnel participating in war – … comparison group is used. So what is known about long-term health impacts of combat experience? For veterans of WWI, the … “the majority of studies suggested a small-to-moderate association between combat exposure and postdeployment …
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