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  • Keeping public health on the agenda for the new government

    … Summary The Public Health Expert Briefing will be highlighting evidence-informed public health solutions in a new series: Briefings to the Incoming … include: a clean environment, safe and healthy housing, access to healthy food, and a fair and equitable society. It …
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  • Media release: Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress

    … heat your home can not only lead to poor physical health but can also increase the risk of severe mental health distress, according to new overseas research. … consumer protections in Aotearoa to ensure everyone has access to warm, dry, healthy housing.” 4 April 2023 … Media …
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  • Minimum pricing of alcohol: what does the evidence say?

    … Jennie Connor, University of Otago, researches the public health impacts of alcohol policy in NZ   Last month Justice … minimum price policy on alcohol prevents harm (and reduces health inequalities) appears to be stronger than Collins … benefits from reduction in other people’s drinking in the community – all for the price of giving up very cheap …
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  • And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry

    … now have some variety of a sugary drinks tax, 1 a public health measure that is rapidly gaining traction amongst … blog we explain how the UK levy works (it is clever), what health impacts this levy might have (it is much more than via … about sugary drinks tax;  the evidence on the negative health impacts of sugary drinks is much stronger than it is …
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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … (eg, more poor smokers, more smokers with mental health conditions). The net effect should be a reduced rate … journal Tobacco Control (14)) drawing on evidence from the Health Promotion Agency’s Health and Lifestyle surveys from 2008-2014, mirrored the …
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  • Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context

    … amounts of alcohol are beneficial to cardiovascular health.  But actually in research circles this ‘fact’ is … The actual net effect of alcohol consumption on population health, or death rates here, depends also on how the … for working out the net effect of alcohol on population health. The following will decrease death rates in a …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … social norms, which also support long-term improvements in health outcomes. In this blog, we consider the role of social … policy measures. Third, in line with the Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion, social marketing may help build supportive … marketing may privilege population groups with greater access to resources while disadvantaging priority groups …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we consider the many public health implications of the decision to hold the Olympic and … country and city, effects on the attending athletes and staff themselves, and the indirect effects on global health and equity. Lessons from this event are also …
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  • Tackling child poverty: will the nation’s political leaders honour Richie Poulton’s legacy?

    … and policy relevance of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study which he led for over 20 years. … has significant negative long-term impacts (e.g. for health, educational achievement, employment, and income). It … Professor Poulton directed the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study  (commonly known as the ‘Dunedin …
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  • Media release: Treaty Principles Bill poses major risk to public health and equity

    … Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill threatens public health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand according to law and public health experts. Te Wānanga o Raukawa’s  Dr Carwyn Jones and … need for public opposition to safeguard Māori rights and health equity in the latest Briefing from the Public Health …
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