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  • NZ’s smart use of big data: Employment & income impacts of selected health conditions

    … health information for decision-makers. Here we look at a recent output: a Treasury Working Paper that considers the … support increases, and income losses in the four years after first diagnosis for six of the conditions (stroke, … the four-year follow-up period – probably reflecting the often severe residual health damage from a stroke. In the …
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  • Market deregulation → ↑ fast food consumption → ↑ obesity. Clever international study that includes NZ data

    … Professor Tony Blakely. A clever study just published in the Bulletin of the World … (Trialing voluntary agreements before regulation is often preferred by Government and the food industry, but it is also often unsuccessful or limited in its impact – remember the …
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  • “100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting

    … (see this NZ Herald piece). Nevertheless, there is a case for striving to achieve the “100% level” with certain … health goals worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a hazard or risk. Namely, tobacco, human papilloma virus … well be achievable in the near future (albeit a little after the target date). But what else should we have? A good …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … damage in most countries around the world. Nevertheless, a number of jurisdictions appear to have eliminated community … such, these jurisdictions can provide encouragement that a country like NZ can successfully work to regain its former elimination status [1], while waiting for a vaccine or therapeutics to become available. A key goal is …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … children’s poor health due to diet-related diseases. It is a good time to reflect not only on the content of those … frameworks for those approaches. This blog explores a co-regulatory approach that could be applied to the … are different) is exempt from this hazy classification? Often we see black or white policy options — mandatory or …
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  • Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity

    … access to health services, poorer quality of care, and a failure of health services to improve outcomes for Māori, … Centre contacted each of the five major parties with a set of questions about their position on five areas … years within the previous single health authority system. A new path forward is needed that gives Māori greater say …
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  • Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to prepare the country for … Crump, and co-authors look at the advantages of having a CDC to build the science capacity needed for responding to … existing infectious disease threats. New Zealand’s lack of a specialised national infectious disease centre makes us an …
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  • The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter

    … day. We critically review the narrative that smoking is a “choice”, a mantra perpetuated by the tobacco industry, … to growing evidence their products caused serious, often fatal, illnesses. Studies linking smoking and lung … Nor could it prevent litigation against tobacco companies. After decades of claiming health researchers had not proven …
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  • Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options

    … Compared to a ‘normal’ body weight (BMI 20-<25), being obese (BMI ≥ 30) is associated with a 69% higher coronary heart disease death rate and a 47% higher stroke death rate [1]. The same excess rates for …
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  • The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks

    … A study published today finds that the UK soft drink levy … obesity, diabetes and dental caries) – when considering a range of different Drinks Industry responses. In this Blog … seriously – well, they at least decided to introduce a levy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs).  Post-Brexit, the …
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