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  • E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?

    … system. Image supplied by author Are e-bikes good for your health? The evidence we have suggests, on balance, … levels of overall physical activity as they tended to ride for longer. Other studies have similar findings on physical … health and wellbeing- we know physical activity is good for mental health, but better understanding of how e-biking …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … to public health. We then explore possible explanations for why reports and perceptions about youth vaping sometimes … Aotearoa 2025 goal through acting as a substitute for smoking and supporting cessation remains unclear. To … 0.4% among never smokers and 14.4% among regular smokers). For example, the 2018 survey briefing released by ASH NZ (in …
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  • Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives

    … Authority should make the Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory, according to Energy … of the Electricity Authority which is the regulatory body for electricity in Aotearoa tasked with enforcing compliance. … Care Guidelines are designed to avoid disconnection for unpaid bills according to Dr O’Sullivan. “The guidelines …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … 35 high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies … entertaining.   A systematic selection process was used for generating the initial batch of movies, though in the … session involving those movies they self-selected for viewing (for details on the teaching aspects see these …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … (NZ), it is estimated that air pollution is responsible for 3,317 premature deaths each year and is linked to an … of the Code. The NZ Building Code has minimum requirements for ventilation, with Clause G4 requiring adequate … applies to new builds, or buildings undergoing upgrades. For decades, a range of experts have called for these …
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  • How to best prioritise Covid-19 Vaccination in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    … and Quarantine (MIQ) facilities. There have been calls for prioritising other groups such as  those in South … outbreaks that overload the health system). Prioritisation for vaccination is not the same for all settings. The UK approached this with urgency and …
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  • Progress toward Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 – how might tobacco retail restrictions contribute?

    … on tobacco retail outlet locations and density – including for achieving tobacco endgame goals. Many studies in the … an estimated ~6000 retailers nationally (see previous blog for a map) and an average travel time of just over 3 minutes … the health benefits and cost savings to the health system for four different interventions for New Zealand: Reducing …
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  • NZ’s long-running Campylobacter epidemic from poultry: Now with antibiotic resistance

    … the AMR organisms could have far more serious implications for patient treatment. AMR is considered a major threat to … poultry [1]. Contaminated poultry is therefore responsible for about 300 of the 600 serious Campylobacter infection … of millions of dollars [ 8 ]. This cost is largely paid for by sick consumers, employers and the taxpayer-funded …
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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … of the World Health Organization, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has recently evaluated the … meat/meat-based preparations and sauces) “a day for the rest of their lives then the risk would increase by … 13% higher per 100g consumption of red meat and 32% higher for 50g consumption of processed meat (4), although results …
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  • MR: To avoid a measles epidemic, Aotearoa must close the ‘immunity gap’

    … co-authors say most important is a catch-up immunisation for those aged 15 months to 9 years who didn’t get the MMR … vaccine. “We can use existing immunisation requirements for primary schools and pre-schools to reach 95% coverage … The measles component of the MMR vaccine will protect for life, with a single dose working for about 90% of …
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