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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies and … been made freely available to students and staff from our medical school library (University of Otago, Wellington) and the medical students have a semi-structured classroom session …
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  • The Smokefree legislation is evidence-based, removing it is not

    … Prof Janet Hoek ,  Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Richard Edwards ,  Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public …
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  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … Authors details  Dr Janine Nip , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … significant and valuable differences for hospital staff, medical centres and patients. Even with reduced private road … Australasia have alcohol-related ‘injuries, intoxication, medical conditions (or) injuries caused by an …
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  • Media release: A new voice to boost New Zealand’s response to major public health challenges

    … The new Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) will boost the impact of research to improve … at the launch of the PHCC (9 February) he says the Centre has been set up to strengthen communication between … drivers of climate change.” As part of launching the new Centre, the PHCC will be publishing a series of articles on …
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  • Media release: New Zealand urged to boost pandemic preparedness as bird flu spreads in US cattle

    … of a new Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . At the forefront of their recommendations is the … Richard Webby is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds, based in Memphis, and at the centre of efforts to track this emerging outbreak. “Based on …
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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … Author details Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Public … Prof Janet Hoek , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago … Prof Andrew Waa , Co-Director of ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, Eru Pomare Centre, University of Otago Wellington …
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  • A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!

    … and address misinformation. Author details Dr Oz Mansoor , Medical Officer of Health, Tairāwhiti (on sabbatical with the Public Health Communication Centre) Prof Nikki Turner , Department of General Practice and Primary Care, University of Auckland, and Medical Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre Prof …
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  • High levels of CO2 found in small study of early childhood centres: Improving ventilation in the time of COVID-19

    … where people gather and spend time. 1 In this study run by medical students, the CO 2 levels were measured in six … monitoring have applications to both the children at the centre and also for the health and well-being of staff and … Paterson, Grace George and Sam George were 6 th year medical students (trainee interns) on a public health …
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  • Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC

    … a year since the launch of the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) and the new-look Public Health Expert Briefing … Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre .   The PHCC is dedicated to communicating and … please get in touch . If you have any feedback on the Centre, the Briefing, and how we can better inform advances …
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