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  • Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?

    … According to the just released “ World Happiness Report 2013 ”, New Zealanders are among the happiest people in the world, ranking 13 th out … – should assume greater importance in prioritising what we do and fund. Fortunately, there seem to be many …
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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 2025, and what the majority of consumers want. Marketing is predicated …
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  • Reducing waiting times for cataract surgery is good value-for-money for falls prevention

    … In an article published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today, we discuss our recent … exercise and home safety assessment and modifications) are also effective. BODE 3 modelling has shown that these … that sooner is better when it comes to cataract surgery. What our new study found Our study used a Markov …
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  • Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series

    … Our elected representatives make choices that impact the long-term health and wellbeing of every New Zealander. These decisions are not confined to the health system but range across all … a whole. Health is not just about hospitals and doctors, what matters even more are the building blocks of good …
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  • Good news on declining smoking rates, especially for Māori. Is it credible? What next?

    … Smoking rates have fallen in the 2013 Census compared to the 2006 Census (from 20.7% to … 15+). The results generally fit with other evidence and are good news for health in NZ. And late today Tariana Turia … data is not yet on the Statistics NZ website), and asks what else could be done to accelerate progress towards a …
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  • Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?

    … of Parliament last week on taxes and subsidies on food, the pros and cons ( slides here ). In this blogpost we go … Expert on taxes and subsidies, and how challenging they are to model. The discussions also ranged more widely to … Government Whip) asked a good triple whammy question: What interventions achieve more health gain – diet or …
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  • Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?

    … years and over) had diagnosed diabetes [1]. However, men are more likely than women to have diabetes, Māori and Asian … and high blood glucose during pregnancy affecting the fetus [2]. People with diabetes have a substantially … diabetes incidence in the NZ population alive in 2011 [7]. What does the new NZ modelling show? The modelling work …
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  • NZ falling behind on international rules to protect kids from food marketing

    … up in relation to new guidelines released this month by the World Health Organization (WHO) which recommend policies … and can be a source of great enjoyment. These benefits are interrupted by unhealthy food and drink marketing which … being an agent of capitalism, a consumer of products. What’s new in this Briefing? The WHO has released new …
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  • Home modification to reduce falls – appears cost-effective in NZ

    … this blog we discuss possible implementation options and the desirability of also considering group exercise … falls prevention in older people in the community there are still some knowledge gaps – including about the … intervention costs were extracted from a NZ trial [ 4 ]. What this new study found In our just published study [5] of …
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  • Charting our way back to normal

    … tool, COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-offs, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of different policy responses as … is we do not know, and only time will tell. Moreover, we are privileged in Australasia to have little-to-zero … morbidity and/or mortality. Our own interpretation of what the model suggests is that: The likelihood of future …
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