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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … in monetary terms.  The Rule disregards broader public health impacts of increased speed limits, such as … need a more balanced approach to protect public health and community safety, an approach that aligns with design speeds … to quantify is the price that increased speeds imposes on community mobility, such as walking and cycling: faster …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … detect infectious people and areas; (3) Expanding vaccine access and mandates to protect key groups and slow … , police stations ), suggests ongoing transmission in the community. Covid-19 infection appears to be established in … achieve the levels of vaccine coverage needed to limit the health and social harm caused by the current pandemic. …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table Series: Prevention versus treatment, voluntary versus mandatory, targeted versus untargeted – can we generalize?

    … what approaches might typically generate the most health gain and be best value-for-money. In two of the … we have overviewed the concept of league tables to compare health sector interventions, and provided a ‘mini-user guide’ … breast cancer patients in the next 50+ years combined. The health gains from prevention are often decades away (although …
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  • Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention

    … New Zealand should make us think about the adverse public health and economic impacts. This blog post considers these … by central and local government so as to better reduce the health and economic impacts of flooding disasters.   The … NZ work has also considered the adverse mental health and community level impacts from the Manawatu floods in 2004 (4). …
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  • Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … housing deprivation often experience further debilitating health consequences, with impacts on their education and … critical policy actions to better enable all people to access warm, dry, safe, affordable housing that they have … homes need to be provided by central or local government, community trusts, iwi or hapū, using innovative models, such …
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  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … the findings of this report and freeze cuts to public health and related staff positions while future pandemic response capabilities … inevitable pandemic, the report says NZ must build public health capacity to increase the range of response options and …
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  • Walking and cycling for transport is good for physical activity levels in Kiwis!

    … Physical activity is good for health. Higher levels of physical activity are associated … reduced rates of breast and colon cancer, better mental health, lower obesity rates, lower heart disease, stroke (the … day have a 76% higher chance of achieving the Ministry of Health physical activity guidelines than those who drive …
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  • How best to classify and count NZ’s border control failures in the COVID-19 pandemic?

    … Credit is owed to political leadership, science advisors, health workers, iwi [3], and indeed the whole “Team of 5 million”. The staff in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facilities … pandemic control context is one where a person in the NZ community is infectious with SARS-CoV-2 at a time when the …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … hazards in homes) appears to be a very cost-effective health sector intervention. But even more cost-effective was … intervention to reduce injurious falls among community-dwelling older people (3). It usually involves a … could invest in HSAM for low-income older Māori in their community. At an average cost of $250 per home (based on NZ …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Two Injury Prevention Strategies to Reduce Pressure on the Health System

    … these measures and i f political leaders explained the health and economic benefits – majority public support for … is quite plausible .   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at reducing pressure on the … was fully dedicated to fund increases in numbers of health staff or to a prevention programme such as healthy school …
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