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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … reviews that: (i) computer-based and other electronic aids can assist with smoking cessation [10]; and that (ii) mobile … have the capacity to develop such an information system? A simple initial step might be to start with the design of apps to help people with their …
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  • Media release: Time for single shot HPV vaccine schedule to prevent cancer in NZ

    … Switching to a recommended single dose schedule for the human … cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand. The call to change from a two-dose vaccination program to a single shot comes from … While most individuals clear the virus naturally, it can cause warts and, more rarely various cancers, …
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  • Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series

    … In the lead-up to the election, we will be publishing a series of articles analysing political party responses to … policies on alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food . You can read the first article on long-term planning policies …  to the Briefing to stay up to date on new articles Send us your feedback If you are a public health researcher …
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  • What can we learn from Healthy Housing Initiatives? New evidence from the Wellington Well Homes scheme

    … to health and that improving housing conditions can promote good health.  New Zealand research has shown how … that could be related to poor housing conditions –  make a lot of sense. Since  2013, HHIs have been rolled out in … heaters, draught-stoppers, and mould-cleaning kits that can help make the home warmer or drier. If relevant they may …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … an important data point in the Omicron epidemic as it is a more valid indicator of the epidemic peak than are daily … OECD group of countries . Economic performance since the start of the pandemic has also been relatively good compared … facilities and a successor Alert Level System that can cover a range of pandemics). Given the likely continuing …
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  • Proposed Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response to a weak target

    … to increased emissions so are working against the ERP2. As a result, Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is unlikely to meet its … Contribution (NDC). Our NDC means we have committed as a country to reducing net greenhouse gas emissions to 50% … opportunity for input.  They are due by 25 August , and can be made at the following site:  …
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ: A brief photo-essay with 10 photos

    … pandemic in Aotearoa/NZ, each photo is accompanied by a brief comment on the pandemic impact or response. In some … to keep it out at the borders and stamp it out with a lockdown followed by high volume testing, tracing, … of the eight border control failures seen in NZ since the start of August. 14 A solution to such problems may be a …
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  • Keeping public health on the agenda for the new government

    … highlighting evidence-informed public health solutions in a new series: Briefings to the Incoming Government . With a … make public health problems magically disappear, but they can start or continue a process to achieve major advances. The …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … should we be screening for breast cancer at all? This is a big deal, given that most developed countries have invested … that when we identify a breast cancer through screening we can’t always tell if it is a cancer that is going to cause a … and over treated? Because of the high survival to start with. For example, if breast cancer relative survival …
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  • New proposals to limit youth vaping from Labour: Do they go far enough?

    … Summary The Labour Party has released a factsheet outlining plans to “crack down” on youth vaping. … 1 explained: [I vape] like every 10 minutes at home… I can't go without the nicotine. I think school's probably the hardest time because I have to [wait] an hour before I can leave, hide and vape… I'll just think about it… I need to …
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