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Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims
… The NZ Government’s Discussion Document outlines an Action Plan for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and proposes … of outlets selling tobacco is likely to improve population health and decrease health inequities by reducing smoking … of Bath. JH, RE, GT are members of the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago Wellington. LM is …
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Cycling and walking in six NZ cities: Where are we at?
… credit: Jenny Ombler Active transport is important for health and sustainability. But no one has previously looked … cycling) are also well-known. Active transport is good for health, the environment and the economy (1-3). But how well … councils were sometimes unclear or incomplete. But this pilot study found that benchmarking is feasible in the NZ …
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Media release: Long Covid could be costing NZ $2 billion a year in lost productivity: Experts urge preventive action
… from reduced worker productivity, and that’s excluding health costs. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre – Long Covid: High economic …
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The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ
… in strategic clarity, coherent policies, and effective public communication throughout the pandemic. Here we outline … programme of interventions that could minimise the adverse health impact of Covid-19. A further specific advantage of … approach could help NZ fully resume its “Reconnecting” plan which includes achieving high vaccine coverage and then …
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The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new
… the city safer and more attractive for carbon-sparing, health-promoting bicycling, according to some. Unnecessary … challenged. The fundamental question is: how does the public road accommodate change? What a mundane, boring … that are shared and limited. Roads are part of the public commons – they belong to everyone and they belong to …
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Science-informed policy: considerations in support of judicious, circumspect changes to Aotearoa/NZ alert levels during the COVID-19 pandemic
… economy than with human individual, whanau, and population health. Infectivity It has been clear from the earliest days … the exigent need to know the prevalence in order to better plan the management of the degree of restriction of … informed counsel, than to follow those with only modest public-health knowledge and even less understanding of …
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Daily aspirin for preventing cancer and heart disease – where to from here in NZ?
… looks at the issues and considers possible responses by NZ health agencies and research funders. What is the evidence? … likely than non-Māori to proceed to subsequent stages of recruitment for use of a polypill in a trial. How might NZ … Indeed one recent UK study reported that the general public would only take a daily tablet for disease prevention …
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E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?
… in this blog we outline what we know about the carbon and health impacts of e-bikes. Then we look at policy in this … an e-bike) confirm that these are significantly lower than public transport and cars on a per person per kilometre … e-bikes is the restricted view of policy makers (and the public) of what a transport system can and should look like. …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… summarise their research in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. The research looks at the growth … says the pluses for government finances are savings in the health system from reduced treatment of tobacco-related …
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Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?
… the programme. 4 Furthermore, lunches meet Ministry of Health nutritional guidelines and provide more than 33% of … surplus (untouched lunches) has improved and is now within public service standards (5-10%). 17 Almost all surplus … schools, communities, and food systems. Implications for public policy Based on the current evidence, Ka Ora, Ka Ako …
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