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Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?
… Looking at Google Street View can be amusing – as with the image of a cow with its face blurred out by Google’s algorithm for anonymising humans ( see here ). But this tool can help with research – as we report in a just published …
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In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?
… Response Act 2020 (‘Covid Act’) expires on 13 May 2022. A further time-limited legal framework will be needed to support Covid policy. A new Bill will require public submissions and thorough consideration by a parliamentary select committee. The Government should begin …
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Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic
… the last two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, NZ has used a range of public health measures that have played a direct … of events on mortality patterns is excess deaths which can provide information about the burden of mortality . … gives a figure of ~1.14 million excess deaths since the start of the pandemic in 2020. This number is also in line …
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Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic
… In Aotearoa/NZ, Getting Through Together already provides a statement of shared values which can be used to guide a wide range of responses. In response … not be deprived of other rights. Quarantine measures can be implemented in ways that are respectful, supportive …
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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 … which make this observed association spurious. And one can always quibble about whether the instrument variable was … of its publicly funded health system, then society can justifiably curtail deleterious and unintended …
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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 … internationally.” The Covid-19 pandemic showed NZ can deliver a highly effective response to a global health … for Māori and Pacific Peoples,” says Professor Baker. “We can do better with an Aotearoa CDC bringing our expertise …
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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… coverage levels (than the current 47% level) with some simple steps. For example, making it only available for … ambivalence). If the UK and various Canadian Provinces can get over 80% HPV vaccination coverage, so should NZ. … (as is proceeding in Northland) may be reasonably feasible start. Another goal might be to achieve 100% renewable energy …
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Smokefree cars – an important step towards protecting children from the hazards of smoking
… harm in Aotearoa. Secondhand smoke (SHS) is a health hazard for children and causes serious diseases, … a law is finally being enacted in Aotearoa, what effect can we expect and how can we maximise the positive impacts of the law while …
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A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away
… the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) broadcast a documentary supposedly debunking the science on the … you are like me and your brain starts to hurt when people start talking about types of fat, here are the very basics. … over time and place. Diet is complex. For example, a ‘simple’ meta-analysis summary of all studies on percentage …
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Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping
… the NZ Health Survey (NZHS). Previous analyses revealed a steady but unspectacular decrease in smoking prevalence … were concentrated among younger age groups, continuing a long-standing trend. The 2020/21 survey also revealed a … for such a review, which should assess how regulations can best balance the interests of people who smoke and could …
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