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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … between 2000 and 2004 in which water was considered to be the likely source (Table 6.8 in: Wilson, 2005). … human settlements. To keep pathogens at bay, there need to be multiple lines of defence. When the first defences are breached, the loading of pathogens tends to be erratic, difficult to predict and unevenly distributed …
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  • Why do so many fear the bicycle?

    … quantifying the risk of cycling injury. We found it to be low compared to other activites that New Zealanders … literally, to the side of the road), and how this might be changed.   “It is too dangerous” is the reason given most … activities in New Zealand. What should these comparisons be based on? Risk per hour, per kilometre, per head of …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … goal is short on detail, and so a nice “100%” touch would be to have a law that actually prohibited all commercial … some measles outbreaks last year, this goal might well be achievable in the near future (albeit a little after the … an up-to-date cost-effectiveness analysis may need to be done, it is likely to be a worthwhile investment (based on …
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  • Can earthquakes be good for public health?

    … in shaky Wellington, makes one regularly wonder what might be the potential long-term benefits of earthquakes for public … new energy efficient buildings. After earthquakes it may be possible to apply state-of-the-art urban design to make … Perhaps then (at least for places like Wellington), it may be worthwhile for people to consistently try to use stairs, …
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  • It’s been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand – here are 3 ways to improve our response

    … and adverse health effects. This strategy needs to be delivered in an effective and equitable way. An integrated … Covid-19 as another important infectious disease to be controlled . 2 The first big challenge is identifying an … attacks and other circulatory diseases 8 and appears to be driving an increase in excess mortality in many countries. …
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  • Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?

    … population health means that the legislative calendar will be packed with efforts to catch up on matters that have been left largely to market forces. There will be bottlenecks in policy expertise, in legal drafting, and in … The amount of tobacco smoke pollution in cars can be worse than in the smokiest pub. Even with car windows …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … with Pākehā. 4 Māori were also three times more likely to be hospitalised 4 and almost three times more likely to die … For us, equity means something. It is about who will be left on our paepae, in our homes and in our communities. … Pākehā mean that we are far more likely than Pākehā to be exposed to COVID-19 in the event of established community …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … that the evidence from randomised controlled trials should be weighted more heavily than the results of the PURE Study … – possible, but unlikely. 3. “ Reverse causation cannot be completely ruled out” as the PURE authors’ state. Reverse … to completely rule out reverse causation, it could be that undiagnosed pathological processes were reducing …
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  • Can we manage dual use of smoking and vaping more effectively?

    … reported starting vaping in the expectation it would be a safer, but near similar, experience to smoking. They … complex rituals around tobacco consumption, which may be as important as accessing nicotine [6, 7].  Vaping did not … over their ENDS use. How can full transition to vaping be supported in NZ? Our findings have some important …
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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal

    … accompanying progress review found that the goal will not be achieved on current trends, and will be missed by a wide margin for Māori and Pacific peoples, … options for the type of retail environments which would be allowed to sell tobacco. In addition, we propose …
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