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  • Tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food - where the parties stand: Election 2023

    … Summary The results of a Health Coalition Aotearoa survey of political parties on … These three harmful products are responsible for almost a third of Aotearoa New Zealand’s health burden and demand … requests to the health and justice spokespeople. There was a marked diversity in the level of support for HCA’s priority …
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  • Can earthquakes be good for public health?

    … There is no doubt that earthquakes have historically had a terrible impact on human populations – and the shocking … use of stairs over lifts. 1) Post-earthquake rebuilds can allow for improved urban design and new energy efficient … cycleways for commuting). New energy efficient buildings can reduce the health hazard of cold indoor temperatures and …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … tables to compare interventions. This week we provide a brief ‘user guide’ for our just launched BODE 3 Interactive … outputs that we will describe in coming weeks.  Third, you can select (ranked) tables and figures of QALYs, costs and … more in a future blog. The TAB button. At the moment, you can select between Tables, Plots and Cost Effectiveness Plane …
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  • The hardening hypothesis for smoking – but does the evidence point to “softening” in NZ?

    … in which hardening could manifest and hence the hypothesis can be tested. The population of smokers could become: (i) … with mental health conditions). The net effect should be a reduced rate of quitting among the smoking population over … of the Smokefree Working Group would be a great start (20), – then there is every reason to believe that NZ’s …
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  • Government struggling with evidence: HTPs, addiction levels, and Smokefree 2025

    … prevalence, it should re-introduce denicotinisation, a measure supported by Health Minister Dr Shane Reti, and … Minister’s recommendation, which drew on arguments from a mystery document 1 and “ independent advice ” that did not … smoking has become more entrenched and thus requires a targeted approach. While it may seem commonsense that …
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  • Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care

    … Michael Baker says New Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be … of small to moderate-sized waves may indicate what we can expect to see with Covid-19 in coming years. But there … with more than 22,000 admissions in 2022. Infection can result in prolonged illness, including long Covid, and …
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  • Expanding Ka Ora, Ka Ako is ‘bread and butter’ action to alleviate the cost-of-healthy-food crisis

    … Summary A major part of the cost-of-living crisis, which is hitting … crisis. Fruit and vegetable prices have increased at a much higher rate than unhealthy packaged foods, and the … Ako is one of the best, immediate actions the Government can take to ease the pressure for whānau doing it hardest. …
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  • Nine things New Zealand must do to tackle the child obesity crisis

    … Dr Stefanie Vandevijvere, Professor Boyd Swinburn A panel of 71 independent and government experts have … in tackling the child obesity crisis.   According to a 2017 OCED Report New Zealand is still the third fattest … in New Zealand in April-May 2017. The Food-EPI as a rigorous tool and process to measure implementation gaps …
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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 … Health and Vote ACC.  About two thirds of this funding can be attributed to individual citizen’s health system … total spending on publicly-funded health services can be hard for policymakers. Also deciding on how this …
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  • Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to Smokefree Aotearoa 2025

    … goal is not yet clear. Introduction This blog provides a summary of some key points from the 2018-19 NZ Health … to be achieved for Māori, and is likely to be missed by a very large margin. Figure 2: Daily smoking among Māori … of the populations between surveys. … Ten things we can learn from new smoking and vaping data about progress to …
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