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Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?
… more than 700 fetal and neonatal deaths in 2021, that’s a rate of 11.2 per 1000 births according to the Perinatal and … three times the suicide rate of NZ Europeans. “Suicide is often multifactorial with many contributing factors such as … reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth? …
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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 … but also by comparing interventions side-by-side in a league table. What is the BODE 3 Interactive League Table, … have put up has data on 67 interventions evaluated by us (often variants around a theme like dietary salt reduction). …
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Vaping needs much tighter regulation as we approach Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Two new studies
… that use of modern vaping devices could be around a third as harmful to health as smoking. The second uses … benefits and minimise harms. Background Tobacco smoking is a major health problem in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), with an … show extensive youth-oriented marketing has continued after legislation restricting vape advertising came into …
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Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists
… regulation that protects children in the event of a car crash, but are unwilling to protect them from known … seventh birthday, and seven year olds must continue to use a child restraint if one is available. 1 The NZ Transport … other countries either have or intend to follow suit. As often happens with public health policy, the government is …
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Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
… the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children. This would … report frequent exposure (over 3 times in last week).[6] A smokefree cars law would help protect these children. … – in 2016, 89% of adult smokers surveyed supported such a law.[7] The recent Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… considerable growth in income for New Zealanders with a total gain of NZ$46 billion by 2050 according to new … looks at the growth in income for the NZ population as a result of the smokefree policies, and also ways of … “In the study we looked at the gain for the population as a result of the smokefree legislation. We take into account …
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What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?
… the large number of state and local governments provide a wealth of potential lessons that NZ could learn from. In … infrastructure and the evaluation of this. For example, a study of investing in bicycle lanes in New York City suggested a cost of only $1300 per quality-adjusted life-year (QALY) …
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Website Privacy Policy
… of Otago Cyber Security Framework. We will be building a database of subscribers and will retain your personal … overseas (including, for example, where it is stored using a cloud-based service). Where this occurs, PHCC will do … authorises the disclosure of their personal information after being expressly informed by PHCC that the foreign …
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Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why
… lower in 2020 than the three preceding years. There are a range of plausible reasons for this reduction (eg, fewer … 2020 weekly deaths were also generally lower than for 2018 after the first 7 weeks of lockdown. The reduction in deaths … three years, suggesting that it is unlikely to be a chance finding. An obvious contributing factor for the …
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A new review on dietary fats: Putting its findings in context
… This blog considers a newly published review on the evidence around dietary fat … saturated fat intakes is one that remains controversial. A just published systematic review and meta-analysis … between CHD and fatty acid intake biomarkers – a theoretically more objective measure of intake. Previous …
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