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  • What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress towards a Smokefree Aotearoa?

    … adults. Introduction Last year we provided an analysis of 10 key points about smoking and vaping from the 2018-19 NZ … 2018/19 and 2019/20. The increase in EC use since 2015/16 does not appear to be associated with an acceleration in the … and appealing) as set out in the ASAP strategy [6]. … What does the 2019/20 NZ Health Survey tell us about progress …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … reviews) on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of dietary counselling as a health intervention. Most studies … effective and cost-effective intervention [1]) – but what about dietary counselling? What does the most recent evidence in major reviews show? A …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … thinking. Short-term thinking leads to the neglect of multiple public health problems particularly long-term … on land that is at risk of flooding or slips and which does not adequately consider the mounting impacts of climate … lurching from one inadequate short-term fix to another. What is new in this Briefing The problematic dominance of …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … expensive health care system. However, the large number of state and local governments provide a wealth of potential … Government (and local governments in NZ) need to determine what are their own health priorities. This can consider the … to learn public health lessons from such places. … What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United …
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  • What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm from e-cigarettes?

    … results are highly variable but all suggest lower levels of risk to vapers relative to tobacco smokers. Yet as the … use these products is also a likely determinant of what toxicants they inhale. For example, there is evidence … which represents the greater risk to health. … What does recent biomarker literature say about the likely harm …
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  • Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19

    … Analysis of countries with reasonable quality data implies that the … Aucklander who happens to be there at the same time? What about if you’re in Northland or Waikato? It is genuinely … is based on achieving reasonably consistent thresholds for what is an acceptable risk in relation to the strategy being …
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  • NZ’s Quitline Service is value-for-money: But how does it compare with other tobacco control actions in a league table?

    … just published a journal article on the cost-effectiveness of NZ’s Quitline service (including its associated promotion … Also, as with some other preventive interventions, it does take decades for the peak health gains and cost-savings … (QALYs gained on x-axis, at 3% discounting) But what if the Government doesn’t use endgame strategies? While …
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  • Tax reform pros & cons: A brief look from a Public Health perspective

    … more than others. In this blog we take a brief look at what potential there is for revising the NZ tax system from a … health perspective. Many factors determine the design of tax policies in developed countries. These include … misuse (an important concern in NZ [21-23]). Alcohol tax does not appear to be regressive in the NZ setting [24]. …
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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 … health threats. We argue for consolidating a range of dispersed public health activities into a strong national …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The impact of hunger on learning

    …   Summary Associate Minister of Education, David Seymour wants to cut funding to the Ka … Ako Healthy School Lunch Programme by 30-50%, claiming it does not improve attendance or school achievement.  In part … hunger 8 and less hunger improves school achievement. What’s new in this briefing? We report high rates of food …
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