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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Public policy options to address alcohol-related harm in Aotearoa

    … tax, availability and marketing.   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions s eries looking at effective public health … such as liver damage and cancers. The financial costs of alcohol-related harm are an estimated $7.85 billion each …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … The Health Minister is currently deciding how to best address … It is a good time to reflect not only on the content of those approaches, but also the regulatory frameworks for … and agreeing on a feasible solution. Author :  Amanda Wood, PhD candidate, University of Auckland … Beyond …
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  • Can we make better use of a cost-effective anti-cancer vaccine? The case of HPV vaccination in NZ girls

    … girls is clearly a “good value-for-money” way to protect health – even at the modest 47% coverage. Because of slightly higher coverage for Māori girls, and higher … sexually transmitted viruses. They can cause several types of cancer (such as cancers of the cervix, anus, and …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … low nicotine cigarettes, large reductions in the number of outlets selling tobacco, and the introduction of a Smokefree Generation (SFG) policy. In this blog, we … studies suggest the SFG policy could bring important health benefits. An NZ study estimated that a SFG policy …
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  • Care coordination for cancer cost-effective

    … for “better and faster” services for cancer patients, of which $16 million dollars was for care coordination … things as we show in a publication last week in the NZ Medical Journal. But care cordiantors will change how … patient outcomes but also change ‘downstream costs’ in the health sector.  For example, chemotherapy may increase.  …
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  • New Vaping Bill: Some important progress but critical gaps remain

    … disallowing disposable vapes, reducing the visibility of in-store and online displays and introducing stronger … exposure to vaping products and remove their product of choice: inexpensive single-use vapes.  However, some of … products were introduced to the market, the Ministry of Health accepted they could offer a less harmful alternative …
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  • Will liberalising nicotine availability increase quitting?

    … discuss the proposed regulatory changes and explain some of the complex practices smokers must adopt when commencing vaping. We suggest limiting supply of nicotine e-cigarettes to specialist vape stores and … 6000 retail outlets remains one of the greatest public health travesties of our time. At present, anyone may sell …
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  • Capitalising on NZ’s linked data by increasing IT and researcher capacity: Opportunity is knocking

    … NZ has some key barriers to overcome to make the best use of that data – most importantly, data systems infrastructure … environment, strengths we can build on. Consider the health data.  All mortality and hospitalisation events, … world leaders in many ways, with the IDI gaining a range of international interest from other governments wishing to …
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  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … from the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is the major driver of stomach cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific … Māori and Pacific people have 3 to 6 times the rates of stomach cancer as NZ Europeans. These are some of the … poor stomach cancer survival. In 2013 the Ministry of Health reported that 80 Māori and 35 Pacific people died from …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … It is now time to reduce the number and density of retail outlets selling tobacco.  Retail supply restrictions are both a logical component of policies that will achieve a tobacco-free New Zealand by … led the researchers and groups advocating for public health to call for further investigation of retailer …
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