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Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health
… and impact of evictions is an important public health and social welfare issue . Housing supports physical health by … health through providing a sense of identity, a point for social contact, and protection from negative social conditions. We are using the term “eviction” to refer …
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Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC
… Briefings, contributing authors, subscriber numbers, and media coverage indicate there is a role for this independent … website. Briefing articles are regularly covered by the media with each article generating an average of 5-6 media … used by other organisations in different sectors such as social housing, infrastructure, transport, and water …
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Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre
… equity and communicate these effectively to the public, media, and decision-makers. The PHCC will be covering … for over a decade. The shift from print and the role of social media has led a shrinking of news rooms and … employing organisation. Such work includes award-winning social media campaigns , such as that used to support the …
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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… New research demonstrates that social disadvantage is a factor fuelling Aotearoa New … risk factors for dementia are associated with increasing social disadvantage. “Māori and Pacific peoples are … promotes exercise and social connection," says Dr Ma’u. … Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising …
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Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey
… people living in these conditions include lack of concern, social withdrawal, hostile attitudes, being older, and in … their neighbours, and their pets. 5 Because of the social isolation and distrust of others, people who live in … but that “longer-term, less formal approaches by social and mental health services are likely to show better …
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NZ’s COVID-19 response compared to selected other jurisdictions: Australia, Taiwan and the United States
… Media discourse in NZ has involved comparing NZ’s COVID-19 … and Fauci). A Canadian anthropologist has also linked social inequality and the lack of social cohesion in the US to its failed pandemic response …
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Standardised packaging: A new era in reducing tobacco marketing in NZ
… why communications with smokers – whether on-pack or mass media – must be salient and timely to have strong and … impact: first, by running an intensive complementary mass media campaign that channels dissonance caused by the new … high profile launch activities, such as complementary mass media campaigns to encourage quitting, will heighten the new …
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“Nudging” to improve QR scanning and mask wearing to protect us all during a pandemic
… Levels, this blog considers the supplementary role for social marketing and environmental strategies that could … on public transport is mandatory at Alert Level 1, media reports (and observations by some of us) suggest mask … easier to perform than others. Examples of successful social marketing “nudges” include printing the image of a …
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Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?
… Overall trends may also be influenced by changes in media reporting over time (eg, interest in reporting on minor … NZ Severe weather events can also cause much economic and social disruption. Insurance claims for the 185 events … to avoid swimming or collecting shellfish. Figure 4. Social impacts 1 from severe weather events associated with …
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Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa
… and clinical interventions, while overlooking broader social determinants. Central principles for suicide … non-governmental organisations, civil society, academia, media and the private sector to address the challenges of … gender; 7 structural determinants including macroeconomic/social policies, racism, discrimination, impacts of …
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