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Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?
… than women by four years. This blog summarises key data and considers the major risk factors determining poorer male … less than females. However, males lived an average of 1.4 years less in poor health (8.9 years vs 11.5 years). In … Probably “no” from a simplistic utilitarian perspective. Or only to a small extent given that the gap in healthy life …
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Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community
… Government has recently recommended using face coverings or fabric masks as a strategy to contain COVID-19 pandemic … necessitating Alert Level 3 restrictions in Auckland and Alert Level 2 within the rest of the country. Despite the … in the Government’s recent promotion for mass masking [1], mask wearing in public is still not mandatory at this …
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Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”
… your Australian correspondent. Life as an epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist in Victoria, as a person who is new to the State, and not part of the formal apparatus, has been an interesting … Australia other than Victoria have eliminated the virus, or are close to such a definition (28 days without community …
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Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ
… This blog post provides a brief historical perspective and international perspective on public health-related … hazards and save costs (i.e., no more treatment costs or need for smallpox vaccination). A few other diseases are … are: Mumps and rubella with respectively only 23 and 1 notified cases in 2013. If we achieve the elimination of …
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Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)
… to be far worse than Covid-19 according to global health and infectious disease experts. In the latest Briefing from … Control —Professor Michael Baker, Professor John Crump, and co-authors look at the advantages of having a CDC to … science capacity needed for responding to future pandemics and better managing existing infectious disease threats. New …
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After the new law for smokefree cars for Kiwi kids, what next?
… review some lessons from this legislation’s long journey and explore future smokefree possibilities in Aotearoa / New … children is a matter for delight. Many have worked hard and long for this, community workers, advocates, researchers, … years since the first smokefree places law in the world, 1 over 35 years after there was clear evidence that …
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Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
… would demonstrate their commitment to children’s health and well-being, respond to public and smoker opinion, follow … ear and sudden infant death, among many other conditions.[1] The amount of tobacco smoke pollution in cars can be worse … Furthermore, children exposed to SHS in the home or cars are much more likely to become smokers themselves.[3 …
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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 … not allowing tobacco sales within 500 metres of a school. [1] As the graph below shows, creating a protective … out of sight long before they were required to do so, or who voluntarily stopped selling tobacco, saw many benefits …
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FoodSwitch. Smartphone consumers beat industry to better labeling
… Helen Eyles Ever tried to convince your colleagues, kids or even spouse that some food is unhealthy crap? It would be so much easier if food labels were easy to read and simple to understand. Our colleagues at the National … information panels) actually changes food purchases. 1 2 We strongly suspect that a good food traffic light …
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Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?
… Dr Ben Gray Advance Care Planning (or ACP) is the process of thinking about, talking about and planning for future health care and end of life care. In … issue of “futile care” is well summarised by Botha et al (1). The health sector is continually under financial pressure …
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