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  • Media release: A new voice to boost New Zealand’s response to major public health challenges

    … Health Communication Centre (PHCC) will boost the impact of research to improve health and equity in Aotearoa New … along with greater environmental sustainability.  Director of the PHCC, well-known University of Otago epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker, says this …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … the R18 law currently in place in NZ, which prohibit sale of tobacco products to anyone aged under 18. Instead, the SFG … a certain age, potentially positioning smoking as a “rite of passage” to adulthood (for more information, see earlier … addictive product that typically kills up to two thirds of its long term users 3 and reframes commercial tobacco as …
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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 … such as liver damage and cancers. The financial costs of alcohol-related harm are an estimated $7.85 billion each … seven times higher than the annual alcohol tax revenue of around $1.1 billion .   Despite multiple Government …
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  • Care coordination for cancer cost-effective

    … for “better and faster” services for cancer patients, of which $16 million dollars was for care coordination … all seems sensible, in that the i mmediate and net cost of cancer care coordinators may be negligible – putting in … and health gains?”  And for which cancers and which type of people? Cost-effectiveness analyses are most commonly used …
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  • Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table

    … and policy-makers to get an informed ‘first impression’ of what are the best health interventions to give further … with respect for individual autonomy and the benefits of market forces, but there are also problematic commercial … we are launching an interactive league table and series of blogs. This blog introduces the concept of a league table, …
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  • Media release: Money down the drain - The high cost of leaking water pipes

    … Aotearoa New Zealand could be costing the country upwards of $122 million a year according to public health … from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Otago researchers calculate the financial value of water lost through leaking pipes. The country’s leaking …
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  • (Un)licensed to kill: do we need to regulate how tobacco is sold?

    …   Example of a tobacco free retailer in Northland (Source: Northern … by children, is not consistent with the Government’s goal of “reducing smoking prevalence and tobacco availability to … levels” by 2025 (2). Why should we reduce the number of tobacco outlets?  Firstly, ease and convenience of access …
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  • Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health

    … on our buses and trains is leading to an increased risk of passing on respiratory infections such as Covid-19, … the Public Health Communication Centre details the results of testing on public transport from April to June. The … air as a marker for poor ventilation. When more than half of the seats were occupied, poor ventilation was recorded 94% …
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  • The Brits are doing it: likely health benefits from a levy on soft drinks

    … diabetes and dental caries) – when considering a range of different Drinks Industry responses. In this Blog we … So what is the policy?  Basically, it is a three-tier levy of (current estimates from the UK Office for Budget Responsibility) of 18 pence per litre on ‘mid-sugar’ drinks (5 to 8g per 100 …
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  • Physical activity or nutrition interventions: which can improve population health the most and save the most health dollars?

    … We gave a presentation to Members of Parliament last week on taxes and subsidies on food, the … interventions compare to physical activity ones – in terms of health gain and potential for cost savings to the health … built urban environment and physical activity? Phew – lots of public health research required to answer this properly! …
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