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  • Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $

    … in which she overviews the recent Budget from a child health perspective, and then lays out the case and evidence f … and exercise more. This is modelled on the Australian Health Together Victoria Programme which encompasses more … – Project Energize . Funded by the Waikato District Health Board (DHB) and delivered by a team of Energizers with …
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  • A National risks assessment should include pandemics and other global catastrophes

    … there is a need to: (i) improve future iterations of the public survey (eg, the next one in February/March 2023); (ii) … can become politicised , so it is good to see that a public survey and feedback on the proposed theme of the LTIB … League Table allows comparison across NZ and Australia health sector interventions. When using similar methodology …
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  • Public health response to report on potential risk of nitrate from drinking water

    … water as a risk factor for colorectal cancer. In separate public statements, the authors concluded “it is highly … acceptable daily intakes, suggesting little cause for public health concern” [1, p32]. “the complete assessment suggests …
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  • Care coordination for cancer cost-effective

    … patient outcomes but also change ‘downstream costs’ in the health sector.  For example, chemotherapy may increase.  … including all downstream changes in cost and health gains?”  And for which cancers and which type of … adverse effects from treatment. Keep a tab on this Public Health Expert Blog for future updates on our research …
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  • Protecting children and young people from unethical junk food marketing: Upgrading the advertising codes

    … children and young people from obesity and poor oral health. Although public health experts would generally favour a regulatory … power of marketing to children). Monitoring should include public reporting and opportunities to acknowledge companies …
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  • A pandemic that won’t go away – as Covid enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy

    … and those with underlying illness. But its largest health impact may be Long Covid because it is relatively … pandemic interventions have not changed: vaccination, public health and social measures to prevent infection, and … pandemic complacency from political leaders and the public has changed things. Some of this apparent indifference …
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  • After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?

    … what can we learn from the process for smokefree and wider health matters? Why was the policy process for the law so … dominant over child protection, did not know about public and smoker support, and were unaware of the progress … elsewhere on such laws. 5 We know that much of the public policy process is messy and irrational. 6 In NZ, the …
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  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … Through these two mechanisms we predicted the resulting health gains in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) and health system costs over the remaining life course of the NZ … NZ population level it was estimated to generate a total health gain of 82,100 QALYs (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: …
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  • Five lessons for Aotearoa NZ from the current COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales

    … new outbreak, the NSW Government made masks mandatory on public transport on 18 June ( 5 ). The public was also advised to wear masks indoors and maintain … lockdown restrictions were criticised by some public health experts as not being strict enough to control the …
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  • Pandemic terminology: getting it right matters for effective risk communication and management

    … scientists, international collaborators and the NZ public on key COVID-19 risk management issues. Clear communication with the public is critical for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. … “elimination” below). It would help if the Ministry of Health updated its website to clearly differentiate active …
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