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  • Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”

    … A bit like a letter home. I have now been full-time at the University of … and public health medicine specialist in Victoria, as a person who is new to the State, and not part of the formal … in a fast moving pandemic situation. Moreover, from what I can gauge the Premier and CHO and their teams have mostly …
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  • Reducing the health burden from contaminated drinking water in NZ: Opportunities arising from the new Water Services Bill

    … we consider how the new Water Services Bill might provide a framework to enable the new water regulator, Taumata … key aspects of the Water Services Bill and how they can improve public health and enable robust public health … a nationally coordinated public health agency that can take an ‘all hazards’ approach to managing the …
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  • Five actions to support New Zealand’s Covid-19 response, with a focus on Auckland

    … Auckland returns to Covid-19 elimination or transitions to a suppression approach, there are critical actions that can be taken to strengthen pandemic control measures, … to review Covid-19 containment measures and how they can be further enhanced in Auckland. This meeting could …
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  • Alcohol and suicide: The facts

    … use often exacerbates mental health problems and is a well-known risk factor for suicide. Health experts are … and aggression. 2 Alcohol is a depressant, and its use can impair decision making and result in feelings of despair … heavy alcohol use often go together. Longitudinal studies show that heavy alcohol use and alcohol dependence are …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … to NZ’s drinking water” is the headline on the cover of a recent New Zealand Listener. It refers to the outbreak in … Inquiry. It certainly is alarming that so many people can become sick so quickly due to a failure in the supply of … Regional Council, a third of fresh water monitoring sites show deteriorating quality, more than double the national …
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  • Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable

    … of increased risk.  When it comes to speed limits, we need a more balanced approach to protect public health and … speeds to which our vehicles are configured that takes a longer-term view of societal, environmental and economic … risk to pedestrians at any given speed, a risk that can only be moderated by lower speeds. 15 For side impacts, …
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  • How the tobacco industry targets young people to achieve a new generation of smokers

    … media handle #tobaccoexposed reminds us that, despite a new-found interest in ‘ unsmoking ’ the world, and moving … of the general public, particularly people who smoke, is a matter of public record, as too are failed promises to stop … believable. As numerous internal tobacco company documents show, giving this industry the benefit of the doubt has never …
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  • Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying

    … Minister Shane Jones admitted taking “ soundings ” from a tobacco company staff member, dismissing his obligations … is limited. Most published data are from industry and show that nicotine pouches have substantially lower levels of … oral nicotine products, such as nicotine pouches, can provide, and the critical role that the proposed …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … cost-effectiveness – and potentially many other things.  A league table is a useful tool for researchers and … interventions vary (often hugely) in the health gain they can achieve, and the cost (cost savings some of the time). A … each compared to ‘do nothing’: twice-yearly faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) among 50-74 …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … This Briefing reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences of housing … to also look upstream to explore how the phenomenon can be prevented in the first place. Building on this, recent … greater housing stability? So, what are some ways we can look upstream and prevent housing instability for LGBTIQ+ …
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