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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … cancer incidence and mortality in New Zealand.   The rate of new cases of stomach cancer presenting each year have declined over … 1981-2011 (2,3) ( Data explorer ) Stomach cancer is one of the greatest contributors to ethnic inequalities in …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … Healthy Housing Initiatives intervene to improve the homes of kids who are hospitalised for illnesses that could be … and health, and explore views about the effectiveness of these Ministry of Health-funded programmes. There is … temperatures (6–8), which in turn improves respiratory symptoms. (1,7,8) Fixing up homes reduces the risk of injury …
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  • Alcohol-related harms now available on demand

    … Summary Alcohol is one of the major causes of health loss in Aotearoa NZ. It is now available at … partly due to the impact of colonisation and the ongoing failure to honour te Tiriti o Waitangi. 9 10 Evidence …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … discuss the proposed regulatory changes and explain some of the complex practices smokers must adopt when commencing vaping. We suggest limiting supply of nicotine e-cigarettes to specialist vape stores and … can obtain expert advice and thus maximise their chances of quitting. We also argue that, at the same time as …
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  • Health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 response: NZ compared to OECD countries

    … and -6.3% for the OECD. Nevertheless, a fuller accounting of health, economic and equity impacts probably needs to wait … population is protected by vaccination. As with a number of other jurisdictions in the East Asia and Pacific region, … long-term illness may occur even in people with mild or no symptoms during their initial infection; 11 and (iii) the …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    …   Summary Associate Minister of Education, David Seymour, has claimed there is no evidence … there is ample international evidence about the value of school lunch programmes in other Western countries. This … the first Briefing in a three-part series, we outline some of the key expected outcomes, impacts and evidence at these …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … is planning on obesity and food – a far cry from the state of play in New Zealand. Which has led to this blog, in which … Ireland and New Zealand. Tony Blakely. In the last couple of years the Irish rugby team gave the All Blacks cause to … was late last year in Dublin when the ABs won by a margin of just 2 points. Optimistic Irish rugby fans are …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … To help explain the concept of ‘herd immunity’, The Guardian Newspaper has produced a clever online simulator of measles spread. We comment on why this simulator is … and how it also demonstrates chance effects in the spread of infectious diseases. Then we take the opportunity to …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … passed legislation that extends existing regulation of tobacco and herbal smoking products to vaping products (or … how these are marketed.  In this blog, we summarise some of the Act’s key provisions before exploring how the … 3A (d) includes among the Act’s overall purposes a goal of supporting smokers and encouraging switching from smoking …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … individuals need support to change. Rapid evolution of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) offers ever more kinds of support, including innovative internet and smartphone … through them. In our recent publication with a group of medical students (last week’s NZ Medical Journal [5]) we …
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