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  • A new online calculator for estimating how much a society might spend on life-saving interventions

    … of their gross domestic product (GDP) on health, e.g., at least 10% in countries like as NZ. Furthermore, the … might be reasonably considered to be important e.g., equity impacts, public acceptability, and feasibility (as … variation using different cost-effectiveness thresholds e.g., at a discount rate of 3%, the maximum amount to spend to …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … injury prevention, salt and tobacco (further domains, e.g. diet and obesity, will be added in the future). The … for now, are what we call ‘heterogeneity’ evaluations, e.g. colorectal cancer screening by ethnicity.  In the future, … different plausible values for each input parameter (e.g. % change in incidence rate, uptake, intervention cost, …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … also questions attitudes that condone smoking in cars (e.g. “I don’t do it often, so it can’t be too bad”), thus … these campaigns recognise that individual dispositions (e.g. expectations about smoking) and interactions with environments (e.g. role modelling and social norms) will shape smoking …
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  • Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes

    … obesity and hence benefit population health. Such a tax (e.g., at the 20% level) would probably not have as large an … drinks are nutrient poor, have healthier alternatives (e.g. water, milk or diet fizzy drinks), and seem to be a … point reduction in energy intake from SSBs. 5. Disease (e.g. diabetes) incidence will change as follows: –      Post …
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  • Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?

    … also ranged more widely to other interventions (e.g. food labelling). During the discussion with the MPs, our … future (costly) diseases) to least cost-effective (e.g. $760,000 per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) saved … environment to be more conducive to physical activity (e.g. active transport options, walkability)? Now we have scale, …
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  • New modelling on the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in NZ associated with arriving travellers

    … and especially for travel from other countries (e.g., from an “amber zone” country like Japan or a “red zone” … increase with the spread of more infectious variants (e.g., the B.1.617.1 currently spreading in Melbourne 3 ) and if … where the source country has high disease burdens (e.g., amber and red zone countries). Also with the spread of …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    … initiation and limits successful smoking cessation (e.g., for youth smoking , adult smoking , for reduced smoking … know how increasing the price of tobacco reduces demand (e.g., typically a 10% increase in the price of tobacco leads to … elasticities and with NZ data on the value of time (e.g., NZTA data indicating $7.18 per hour for travel time). …
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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … for measured time varying potential confounders (e.g. GDP, percent living in urban areas).  The result was a … way.  They showed that increasing economic freedom (e.g. trade, labour, monetary and other ‘freedoms’) strongly … them, are not compromised by free trade agreements, e.g. the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership. Place controls on …
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  • The Government’s transport plans work against our health

    … Figure 1 below). 1 Transport can both improve health (e.g. by facilitating access employment and healthcare) and cause significant harm (e.g. through air pollution exposure). These benefits and harms … wide range of health conditions through weather events (e.g. floods and landslides) as well as altering ecosystems thus …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … art and fashion imagery to connect with young people (e.g., the campaign run for Vype (now Vuse), illustrated below), … restricts flavours available from “generic” retailers (e.g., dairies, supermarkets and service stations). The fruit … menthol and mint flavours. Specialist vape retailers (e.g., R18 vape stores) will continue to be able to sell a more …
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