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  • The Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty and tobacco: no cause to celebrate

    … Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Treaty means for public health. Despite the partial exemption of investor-state … between agreements such as the TPP and public health in general are left untouched.   The Trans Pacific … a ‘tobacco carve-out’, and a ‘win’ for tobacco and global health [1]. The effort that was necessary to achieve the …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … that tried to answer that question from a NZ public health perspective. In this blog we discuss what we found and … ‘what next’ for using these new technological tools for health research and promotion in NZ. In NZ, tobacco use and … a resource-constrained health sector. This is whilst the private sector continues to develop more health-related …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … girls is clearly a “good value-for-money” way to protect health – even at the modest 47% coverage. Because of slightly … rates, the programme makes a contribution to reducing health inequalities. But a more intensive school-only vaccination programme (73% coverage as in Australia) would achieve more health gain and still be …
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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Summary As He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory to protect health. A new report shows up to 55% of residential consumers … are required for housing in Aotearoa. 1 The most serious health outcome of energy hardship is death, which is why we …
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  • Obesity at last on Government agenda, but will Healthy Families NZ be good enough ?

    … will be based on Healthy Together Victoria (HTV) which the Health Minister, Tony Ryall, visited on a recent trip to Australia. Although no details are available, it is pertinent … of Healthy Together Victoria: Victorian Minister for Health, Hon David Davis, Prof Boyd Swinburn, Dr Alan Shiell, …
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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, … achieve a comprehensive response to the environmental and health threats from plastics. Introduction In 2019, the … case for urgent action. 2 The evidence base for the human health impacts of plastics was less developed 1 but it was …
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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 … assessment programme developed by Curtin University in Australia: the Occupational Integrated Database Exposure … “control” survey, 962 participants were selected from a private research company panel: a stratified random sample of …
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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 health system of Aotearoa NZ. Raising alcohol taxes to …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … an urgent call to action. This research was conducted by Health Coalition Aotearoa and The University of Auckland and … that aims to monitor, benchmark and support public and private sector actions to increase healthy food environments … labelling system implemented in New Zealand and Australia that rates the overall nutritional profile of …
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  • The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks

    … drink levy being introduced in 2017 is likely to benefit health (reduced obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when … So what impact might this levy actually have on public health?  A paper published today in the journal Lancet Public Health (including one of us [TB] as a co-author; press …
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