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  • A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away

    … methods to improve the quality and causal inference of our research – more of that below.  During the week, the … If you are like me and your brain starts to hurt when people start talking about types of fat, here are the very … the ratio of things like omega 3 to omega 6 fats; how high the percentage of saturated fat is in the diet – it …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … BMC Infectious Diseases  (1). This blog briefly examines how a possible population screening programme, that tests and … cancer incidence and mortality in New Zealand.   The rate of new cases of stomach cancer presenting each year have … by age, sex and ethnicity (6). There are many considerations in designing a systematic strategy for …
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  • A Statue of Merit: Dr Margaret Cruickshank and the 1918 influenza pandemic

    … military statues which represent the racist history of the Southern United States. But in this blog we briefly … presence of the statue could cause additional suffering to many people e.g., can you imagine a statue of Hitler in any public …
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  • Would reducing the number of tobacco retail outlets achieve the Smokefree 2025 goal?

    …   Figure 1. Map of current tobacco retailers in New Zealand (n=6000) How can we achieve the 2025 goal of a smokefree nation? The … this national survey of smokers and this survey of young people ). … Would reducing the number of tobacco retail …
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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … Summary The Ministry of Health is inviting submissions on the second Draft Suicide … Suicide Action Plan must include. Every year almost 600 people die by suicide in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), and 75% of them …
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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … 2025 goal and proposes substantially reducing the number of retailers selling tobacco. In this blog, we examine … businesses. Opponents of retail reductions claim that people who go to dairies to buy cigarettes typically spend … carried out with independent small retailers suggests many would prefer not to sell tobacco, and would accept a …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … speaking there are two benefits to vaccination; protection of the individual and protection of the community (by … homes Everyone 80 and over and front-line health workers People aged 75 and over People aged 70 and over and … Image by  torstensimon  from  Pixabay … How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New …
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  • “Nudging” to improve QR scanning and mask wearing to protect us all during a pandemic

    … marketing and environmental strategies that could “nudge” people towards these protective behaviours. Image by Luke … across varied settings raises important questions about how compliance could be improved in settings where scanning … and mask wearing occur. This approach recognises that many behaviours are not planned but occur in response to …
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  • Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC

    … and improve the health, well-being, and equity of the people of Aotearoa New Zealand and the health of the … force that often works against public health interests in many areas including food and alcohol policy, environmental … principles of public health ( The public health lens ) and how this perspective can make a tangible difference in the …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … best practice, but New Zealand falls short in many areas including for healthy food and drinks in all … a comprehensive multi-sector food systems strategy and for people to have sufficient income to make healthy food choices … survey is urgently needed. This briefing outlines how we conducted Food-EPI in Aotearoa NZ . It looks …
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