634 Results

  • Progress toward Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 – how might tobacco retail restrictions contribute?

    … the results and put the findings in a wider context of how New Zealand might reach its Smokefree 2025 goal.   … density – including for achieving tobacco endgame goals. Many studies in the ‘neighbourhoods and health’ research …
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  • Consumer Care Guidelines for electricity retailers must be mandatory

    … Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago Wellington, we are urging the Electricity Authority … necessary at home, is to think about basic needs for most people. It takes much more time and energy to live in our society without electricity and we expect most people will have access to enough electricity at home. Living …
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  • BMI keeps on going up – and reflections on the Diabesity Symposium

    … increase in BMI is linear, relentless increasing; no sign of a plateau, yet. Given this trend, The Diabesity Crisis … and European/Other. But are these increases slowing? And how do they compare with past trends? There is nothing like a … on sleep and the gut microbiome; kids who sleep longer each night may put on less weight, and a diverse gut …
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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 children’s poor health due to … the status quo of voluntary marketing codes. However, many experts, parents and action groups are pushing the … to the junk food marketing dilemma. Involve the right people — Right, NZ Government, you must start with involving …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … Summary The global resurgence of syphilis is affecting Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). It is … for women in pregnancy and their pēpē. The consequences of syphilis in pregnancy include fetal death, prematurity, … years), pregnant women, and congenital syphilis cases, by year (2018-2022) Graph provided by ESR STI Surveillance Team …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Good health in childhood is vital for lifelong wellbeing: time for a preventive approach

    … action on childhood immunisation .   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective … and large health inequities among children and young people. This is because of unacceptably high rates of child … impacts of the pandemic have worsened the situation for many children and whānau and placed even more pressure on a …
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  • Being forced to leave your rental home can harm health

    … eviction or its consequences. Our study participants (27 people, including 15 Māori) were evicted due to the … to make sense of what had happened, often emphasising how well they had taken care of the house and kept up with … large families, or with poor credit or tenancy histories. Many avoided going to Tenancy Services for mediation or …
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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 … demands on healthcare through treating acutely intoxicated people and alcohol-related assaults and injuries as well as … and makes up less of the total price of alcohol than in many other OECD countries, particularly for wine and spirits. …
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  • Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia

    … is a factor fuelling Aotearoa New Zealand’s soaring rates of dementia.  In the latest Briefing from the Public Health … reveal the risk of developing dementia is 60% higher for people living in the most deprived areas of NZ compared to … inequity, which could significantly reduce the number of people with dementia. “We know the number of people living …
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  • Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?

    … than 700 fetal and neonatal deaths in 2021, that’s a rate of 11.2 per 1000 births according to the Perinatal and … one of the leading causes of fetal and neonatal death, and many of these deaths are preventable according to Dr Elder, … the resources, time and skills to engage with pregnant people early and in a way that is acceptable to the person.   …
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