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  • Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia

    … rates of dementia.  In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, researchers reveal the risk of … also reduce dementia risk with targeted legislative and public health measures reducing availability and marketing of …
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  • 6 teaspoons of sugar a day helps the diseases stay down, in a most challenging way

    … next big battle in nutrition: SUGAR. Yesterday, the World Health Organization put out their widely anticipated … blog, we review some of the underlying evidence on the health harm of sugar, and then pull back to consider the diet … been updated in a systematic review . Other evidence for health impacts comes from a meta-analysis of sugar and …
    Briefing

  • Monitoring CO2 indoors for improving ventilation as a Covid-19 control tool

    … causing Covid-19 has been recognised by the World Health Organization, which states that the virus can spread … accumulating over time in poorly ventilated spaces [2]. Public health measures such as physical distancing and … to and maintained. Conclusion Good ventilation is one public health measure to reduce the risk of Covid-19 …
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  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … for managing this problem.  We recently examined public perceptions of TPW in New Zealand and allocation of … time declared filtered cigarettes were “Better for your health” and sought to reassure smokers that switching to a … waste (TPW) exists, we know little about how the general public perceives this problem or what they consider …
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  • NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response

    … Minister’s and Director General’s communication with the public [4], which built public trust; use of science advice … the risk management maxim of learning from errors, and the health protection approach of building multi-barrier … like to see much faster progress with a publicly available plan for roll-out for major cities in the near future.   …
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  • Vaccination is often cost-effective but not (currently) HPV vaccination for boys in NZ

    … – which is often, but not always, a good use of limited health sector resources.   Similar to many developed … the benefits of HPV vaccination on a wide range of future health outcomes (i.e., cervical cancer, pre-cancer (CIN I to … cost of not funding interventions that achieve more health gain (i.e. inefficient resource allocation, or more …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … pandemic virus is highly infectious and is causing major health and economic damage in most countries around the … for this approach . There are also ongoing high levels of public support for the elimination strategy based on a recent … There has also been successful adoption of mass masking on public transport around the country, including positive …
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  • The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical

    … while they gambled. The NGOs noted that any member of the public would regard such an area as “substantially enclosed” … new Calculator will have to be designed by the Ministry of Health so that it produces results that are more consistent … effect of other people’s smoking” in indoor workplaces and public places – s.4a. The definition of an “internal area” …
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  • The PHCC featured in University of Otago Magazine

    … a platform to share evidence produced by researchers on public health and social determinants of health that shape our … Michael Baker tells the University of Otago Magazine. The Public Health  Communication Centre featured in the July …
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  • Can earthquakes be good for public health?

    … be the potential long-term benefits of earthquakes for public health. So here are a few examples relating to urban design … shaky centre of New Zealand. … Can earthquakes be good for public health? …
    Briefing

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