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  • Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”

    … of Otago, Wellington. Indeed, I set up this very Public Health Expert Blog with Nick Wilson ten years ago. Now I am … virus, or are close to such a definition (28 days without community transmission of cases where the source is unknown). … downtown hotels. Two hotels have had outbreaks among the staff undertaking the quarantine. These staff, in large part, …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … also various ways we could make further improvements in health, safety and the environment. The good news is that … well in the well-being domain ( see previous Public Health Expert blog ). Higher self-reported health (2/36): When asked, “How is your health in general?” …
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  • Local alcohol policies: What’s the opportunity to reduce harm?

    … developing and adopting stronger LAPs that better reflect community expectations.  This Briefing outlines the renewed … contributes to very high levels of harm and perpetuates health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). This Briefing … concern which normalises use and provides overly easy access to affordable alcohol. 5 High quality evidence …
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  • How to Systematically Reduce the Border Failure Risk for COVID-19 in Aotearoa/NZ

    … it is an excellent time for a systematic review by NZ health authorities to identify optimal methods for reducing … nation internationally when it comes to eliminating community transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1-3 The … destinations that are experiencing active COVID-19 community transmission. Additionally, shipping and operation …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … and cost-effectiveness of dietary counselling as a health intervention. Most studies suggest that dietary … nurses, doctors and various allied health workers (from community health workers to personal trainers in gyms). Such … – since they are not dependent on differential access to health services by different social groups. Indeed, …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … out five potential strategies for achieving this important health and equity goal and discuss their implementation. … strategy A (to make smoked tobacco products harder to access) and strategy B (to make smoked tobacco products … who smoke and live in more remote areas have reasonable access to tobacco products. Sales restrictions could …
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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 … opinion, HTV is the international leader in large-scale, community-based, health promotion approaches to obesity … . Its proof of principle came from several long-term community initiatives which I led in the 2000s in and around …
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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 supported by over 60 public health experts.  How was Food-EPI conducted? Diet-related … NZ 1 . These are related to our food environments 2 . Health Coalition Aotearoa and The University of Auckland …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … smokefree legislation. Ratified by Aotearoa, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control … meeting all requirements the FCTC places on them and their staff. Tobacco companies have an overwhelming commercial … and implementation of new policies. 2, 7, 8 The World Health Organization (WHO) developed the Framework Convention …
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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … just affect industry, it will impact energy savings and health. In this Briefing, we lay out the evidence for … of the submissions also came from builders, designers, community trusts and researchers. There was almost universal … Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) analysis including health, carbon and other elements found a positive cost …
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