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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … nicotine use. However, the Snapshot Y10 data do not show a simple displacement effect, and overall daily use of nicotine … websites may include age verification processes, these can be circumvented simply by entering a false date of birth; … Society. LR is supported by a Royal Society Marsden Fast-Start grant UOO2028 and a National Heart Foundation of New …
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  • Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?

    … (Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University) is a world renown economist, and it is published by the United … ). Chapter 6 in the Report looks at the way policy makers can use “well-being as a policy goal”. The main policy areas … rather than “care.” Becoming ill, physically or mentally, can reduce happiness significantly and in some cases, …
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  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for one DHB to pilot a … and child poverty have marked implications and can cast a very long shadow. Preventing children getting … in New Zealand. It may be time for health authorities to start considering piloting a H. pylori test and treat …
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  • Breaking the inequity loop

    … The all-of-population approach has failed for more than a century to address Māori health inequalities. Government … snapshot provides a case study from which key lessons can be drawn and applied to the current state of Māori … fundamental concepts regarding equity and privilege. Let’s start with the basics: in the context of health outcomes, …
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  • Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?

    … money. For example, giving out pedometers to people is a simple and very cost-effective intervention . But as usually … physical activity benefits on reduced mortality. Whilst we can quibble about the exact size of the association of … – smart policy makers can do a range of things now to both start improving the foodscape and making active transport an …
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  • Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream

    … pollution will get worse before it gets better and is a “legacy issue”. However, drawing together information on … of areas under irrigation. 14 Efficiency measures can obscure the extent of overall pollution or pressure on … potable water breaches health standards.  Before there can be confidence that nitrate pollution will reduce, ECan …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … selling tobacco.  Retail supply restrictions are both a logical component of policies that will achieve a … shelf-talkers, end of aisle displays, and sampling booths can entice even the unusually rational among us to deviate … retailers”. Bull crystallised the situation thus: “The simple fact is that retailers sell tobacco because there is a …
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  • MR: To avoid a measles epidemic, Aotearoa must close the ‘immunity gap’

    … Dr Oz Mansoor and co-authors say most important is a catch-up immunisation for those aged 15 months to 9 years … didn’t get the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine. “We can use existing immunisation requirements for primary … the risk of measles entering the country. “This can be as simple as making sure all travellers are aware of the risk …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … Long COVID (LC) is becoming a substantial issue internationally and many countries are … 2 Further up-to-date information on Long COVID (LC) can be read here . Internationally, the prevalence of LC has … based within the clinics) also exist where patients can participate in LC studies (Austria, US, Canada, and …
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  • Expansion of “green zones” may provide a chance for the global eradication of COVID-19

    … of progressive expansion of “green zones” towards a target of COVID-19 eradication. Even if eradication is not … [10], since various non-vaccination control measures can be successfully used in dogs [14]. Achieving adequate … to the rest of the world how elimination countries can achieve the benefits of international travel – while …
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