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Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?
… clinically focussed, individual health care process, so what relevance has it got for Public Health? Actually a lot. … at doing “informed consent” around the end of life. There are two important reasons for this. The first is well … unwell over the weekend and was admitted to hospital with a chest infection. I visited her on Monday afternoon. I …
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Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series
… and wellbeing of every New Zealander. These decisions are not confined to the health system but range across all … a whole. Health is not just about hospitals and doctors, what matters even more are the building blocks of good … long-term thinking and take the electorate along with them. We need to invest in policies where the best …
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Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status
… targeted control measures at lower Alert Levels, eg, with population-level adoption of masks. Image by Luke … main opposition party (National) for this approach . There are also ongoing high levels of public support for the … targeted restrictions on high risk settings that have been associated with outbreaks internationally eg, bars, …
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Does healthy food really cost more?
… vs less healthy diets, rather than individual foods, with research underway at the University of Auckland to … of purchase, most shoppers instinctively know which foods are cheap and filling. A very cheap, healthy menu can be … by Jones et al (2014) (2). Changes in the price of 94 common individual food items from the UK Consumer Price Index …
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Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey
… once a month, as opposed to daily use). These details are very important because the 2019 data showed increases in … increases in daily smoking and so need careful monitoring. What do the data tell us about smoking and vaping? Some … linked to smoking (other explanations, such as the “common liability” hypothesis, also need to be examined) they …
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A 100 years ago today – the likely first NZ death from the 1918 influenza pandemic
… of future influenza pandemics? Absolutely – since there are typically several influenza pandemics per century, … as we saw when SARS emerged, and the risk of agents associated with bioterrorism exists (with some potential for … those conducting research into bioweapon defence). What should be done by the NZ Government and by individuals? …
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Despite improved WHO regulations, the world remains ill-prepared for the next pandemic
… the International Health Regulations (IHR), these changes are insufficient on their own. Especially as the risk of … and managing misinformation and disinformation. What is missing are more expansive measures to prevent … agreement leaves large gaps in our capacity to deal with the next major infectious disease emergency. The risk of …
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New Zealand’s poor pandemic preparedness according to the Global Health Security Index
… pandemics typically spread widely and unless all nations are prepared then the risk of spread can remain high. The … not occurred nearly frequently enough. Furthermore, recent problems with infectious diseases in the country strongly … society in the event of a catastrophic pandemic. What more does the NZ Government need to do? The GHSI …
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Media release: Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023
… Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food are responsible for almost a third of Aotearoa New Zealand’s … burden, yet a new survey out shows political parties are widely split on whether they would support … been rated from very supportive to not supportive at all with the responses falling largely in line with the …
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6 teaspoons of sugar a day helps the diseases stay down, in a most challenging way
… and then pull back to consider the diet in total. There are many other aspects to the “sugar wars” that we do not … risk seems unlikely to be due to residual confounding. So what do we make of this? The evidence of health harm from … rates of obesity, heart disease and dental decay (and the associated cost burden on the health system). “Giving people …
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