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  • Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?

    … credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health and sustainability. But no one has previously looked … deprived neighbourhoods. However, for cycling to work, the association with deprivation varied by city. Surprisingly, … most, albeit only at 5km. New methods for NZ To obtain the information for the report we surveyed councils, collected …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … collaborators and the NZ public on key COVID-19 risk management issues. Clear communication with the public is … the NZ context, but they need to be revised now that more information on pandemic transmission is available. Such … “elimination” below). It would help if the Ministry of Health updated its website to clearly differentiate active …
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  • A single shot to prevent cancer? HPV vaccine can!

    … has yet to reach the original 75% target. The World Health Organization now recommends a 1-dose vaccine schedule … datasheet that specifies a 2-dose schedule. However, health authorities can address this barrier. A single dose … harm.” These findings are reinforced by reviews by the  American Autonomic Society 14 , a Cochrane Review of …
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  • Divesting from fossil fuels – is this good for public health?

    … the Australian National University and the British Medical Association? They have all decided in the last few months to … the arguments around such disinvestment from a public health perspective.   To understand why these organisations … divestment from fossil fuels that has its basis in public health. In its crudest form, the argument runs that cheap …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … declined since its peak in the 1960s, after the serious health risks it poses became clear. Government policies and … specific date. Achieving endgame goals will bring profound health benefits but face opposition. Tobacco companies have … endgame measures, attempted to metamorphose into public health allies, and tried to shape social norms by framing …
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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data released in early December suggest … summarising key points from the 2018/19 and 2019/20 NZ Health Surveys (NZHS), a rolling survey conducted every year … details of the methods are available on the Ministry of Health website. The findings reveal a different picture from …
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  • NZ should prepare for a potentially severe global coronavirus pandemic

    … and institutional advantages in managing this major health and economic threat. Now is the time for maximum … and 49 deaths [6]). Following that pandemic, the World Health Organization met and concluded that the pandemic … thousand) means that it will have severe effects on global health. Strengths of the NZ response to date Firstly, NZ was …
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  • Analysis of a new NZ Treasury Report on soft drink tax

    … Gluckman), the Heart Foundation and New Zealand Medical Association, and many other international and national … the tax according to a just published study in the journal Health Affairs . Likewise the tax in Berkeley, California has … elsewhere like: “In view of the limited empirical information about this elasticity [of total caloric intake], …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … just published on optimising the design of bread for heart health. Using linear programming we found it possible to … commercially available breads in 15 countries from a heart health perspective, as well as being lower cost. Such bread designs could be promoted by health agencies and utilised in conjunction with a …
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  • Covid-19 was no black swan, but a paradigmatic black elephant

    … for decades Myriad organisations had called for increased health security funding The world ignored all these warnings … circulated and all the States Parties to the International Health Regulations had committed to implementing them (few … all the harm. Escaping black elephants By definition, information about black elephants is widely understood. To …
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