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Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?
… We have just published a modelling study on stomach cancer prevention in the international journal … tests, H. pylori resistance, and screening coverage (based on the coverage of the cardiovascular risk assessments in … screening programme (5). In this study we have focused on the size of health gain, the extra costs and the …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2024 comes under the scrutiny of an injury epidemiologist and others in … . The Government has based the increase in speed limits on an economic argument that weighs time saved from faster … apart from pick-up and drop-off times focus too much on travelling time, like saving 14 seconds, while children …
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Unaffordable home heating increases risk of severe mental distress
… seeing more evidence that it can have a negative impact on mental health as well. What does the latest research say? … 40,000 households over time. The researchers focused on people who had at one point said they were able to heat … said that was no longer the case. I wrote a commentary on the study for the journal Evidence Based Nursing in which …
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Alcohol and suicide: The facts
… and harmful statements to the contrary made by Mike King on Wednesday and Thursday . This Briefing corrects the record and provides the facts on alcohol and suicide based on New Zealand and international evidence. There is a …
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Staying safe from COVID-19 over summer and beyond: The need for more NZ Government action
… around COVID-19 (recently abandoning daily reporting on the COVID-19 situation). There appears to be inadequate … reports of any of these 8 border failures available on the Ministry’s website). The success internationally with … of QR codes and very low prevalence of mask wearing on buses (outside of Auckland). The currently emerging …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Achieving a Smokefree Aotearoa
… at effective public health measures to reduce demand s on healthcare services quickly. Smoking is the single biggest … of deaths among Māori. Smoking also impacts negatively on the economic, social and cultural wellbeing of Māori , … by the Māori Affairs Select Committee in its landmark 2010 report , will finally be realised. This is a revised …
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Media release: The economic argument for our world-leading smokefree legislation – new research
… getting sick and dying prematurely plus the money saved on tobacco expenditure from lower levels of addiction. The … New Zealanders are far greater than the negative impact on government revenue. Professor Wilson says the pluses for … which include their intention to make “ decisions …based on data and evidence ”. Therefore, we encourage the new …
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Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?
… Maternal Mortality Review Committee’s (PMMRC) 16th Annual Report released recently. In the latest Briefing from the … and co-authors describe the key findings in the PMMRC Report and encourage a robust conversation about what needs … is acceptable to the person. The PMMRC also warns in its report that inequity remains a major issue. Indian, Māori and …
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Does change in income and deprivation change your smoking risk? Yes, but in different directions.
… Tobacco Control, answers these questions using data on the same people followed over several years. We found … Policy options here might include increasing focus on higher taxes on cigarettes as youth a more price-sensitive, lifting the …
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Monitoring CO2 indoors for improving ventilation as a Covid-19 control tool
… from numerous suppliers, typically costing $100 to $500 each. They come with a varied range of features and … to check that a CO 2 monitor is functioning is to breathe on it – values should jump up by a few hundred ppm within … met the existing Ministry of Education guideline of under 3000 ppm as a maximum value, but did not meet the …
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