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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … Kiwis. Today Alafeishat and colleagues have published a paper in the NZ Medical Journal showing that New Zealand … in places. And we do know the sorts of interventions that can be done to improve patient journeys through cancer care, … by Mark Elwood and colleagues? About as good as you can achieve. It is surprisingly difficult to undertake …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … While it is possible that New Zealand can use intense public health controls to eradicate COVID-19 … the reduction of preventable injuries that currently take a toll on hospital and health resources. These include those … frequent impaired-driving enforcement ….. Lowering legal blood alcohol concentration limits for driving … has also had …
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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 new government come new plans, new commitments, and new … make public health problems magically disappear, but they can start or continue a process to achieve major advances. …
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  • Ireland leads New Zealand in the battle against obesity

    … the Irish Government is planning on obesity and food – a far cry from the state of play in New Zealand. Which has … 2 nd test match in 2012 where the ABs narrowly won with a drop kick minutes before the end, and the second 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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  • Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money

    … generally lower at markets compared to supermarkets (with a family of four potentially saving up to $49 per week by buying at markets compared to from a supermarket). We also consider what else that central and … people. If these could be used at markets, then this can help support local growers and distributors as well – so …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Mental health services can’t solve a mental health crisis: public mental health priorities in Aotearoa

    … rāhui/lockdowns exacerbated mental distress for those with a history of mental illness .   Despite increased investment … support   Demand for mental health and addiction services can also be reduced by supporting the recovery needs of …   … Public Health Solutions Series: Mental health services can’t solve a mental health crisis: public mental health …
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  • A century of health inequalities in NZ – new data

    … they have always been there. We have just published a study that looks at two historical datasets – with one of … in our published study ). Hence, neither of these cohorts can be considered definitive in establishing differences (or … do with the digitalisation of historical data.   But how can modern NZ do more to address health inequalities? …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … within our society, frame equity as an add-on to a substantial list of other ‘equally’ important principles, … rates of death from European countries such as Italy show that those who are older are more likely to die from … the health and disability system becomes overloaded. This can occur from factors relating to broader determinants of …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … the new regulatory framework, and proposes key features of a risk-proportionate approach. We argue the framework should … tobacco product.  The product in question was ‘HEETS’, a tobacco heat stick designed for use with the ‘IQOS’ … that will result in the most positive impacts on health can be debated. However, the framework outlined in this blog …
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  • Insights into health system costs of living and dying in New Zealand – New study

    … A study in the NZ Medical Journal shows how public spending … 2011 values with no discounting). Labels above each bar show the percent in the last year of life Someone dying at … Health and Vote ACC.  About two thirds of this funding can be attributed to individual citizen’s health system …
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