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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … research and policy priorities? The Ministry of Health has a very user friendly tool for accessing Health Survey data , including for trends over time. Using … lead to new drug treatments as a complement to intense community-wide prevention. The ripe opportunity for primary …
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  • Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme

    … Our Warmer Kiwis Study team worked to determine if the health and wellbeing of people in households improve when … pump installed. The study’s results relate to: people’s health and wellbeing in their homes the homes’ indoor … for low-income families. How heat pumps improve people’s health The housing stock in Aotearoa is well known for being …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … tobacco but are addictive and are associated with oral health problems and several cancers including oral, … known to be addictive, increase cancer risk and cause oral health problems. Very little research has been done on the … alleges that ZYN has caused him addiction and oral health problems, and was promoted to young people on social …
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  • The race to be the first place in Aotearoa to be smokefree

    … extent that it is not even discussed in the draft national Health Strategy (2). As a world-leading goal addressing New … require tenants not to smoke indoors. A partnership with Community and Public Health provides smoking cessation … areas associated with Council service centres, libraries, community facilities, museums, leisure and recreation …
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  • Five Potential Enhancements of Covid-19 Outbreak Control in Aotearoa NZ

    … setting nationwide and has expanded mask requirements. The health work force is conducting extensive contact tracing, community testing, genomics work and wastewater testing. Wage … outbreak remain (ie, with finding undetected cases in the community) and so in this blog we suggest potential actions …
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  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward

    … and smoking prevalence, and could bring profound health benefits, 6 it is also important to consider the … may have. Thus, while tobacco taxes may potentially reduce health inequalities, 7-10 as the people most likely to quit … support smokers to quit, through for example, national and community cessation interventions, and mass media quit …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … invasive GAS (iGAS). Since late 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) has described numerous high-income … would help keep track of the strains circulating in the community and identify potential outbreaks. Recently … should be reminded that iGAS is an important cause of community-onset sepsis in Aotearoa New Zealand. Implement …
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  • Smokefree outdoor areas: A missing part of Government’s new Smokefree 2025 proposals

    … implemented, these proposals could lead to major health gains, health system cost savings and reducing the unequal health … Sponsorship Council wanted smokefree outdoor music or community events and activities. 13 A 2013 Auckland City …
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  • An Official Inquiry into the Covid-19 Pandemic Response – It’s Time and it’s Vital

    … contribute to improved preparedness for other major public health threats such as climate disruption and natural … Some official inquiries in NZ have helped advance health in the past In recent work by two of us, 11 we found … influenza pandemic that contributed to a major advance in health legislation with the Health Act of 1920 and associated …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health effects. Typical street/shopping scene in Hong Kong … a “private function” amongst others (see the Ministry of Health’s website on clusters ). At the Bluff wedding cluster … ideas should ideally be refined after a rapid process of community consultation, eg, a government-run process …
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