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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Auckland researcher Dr Kelly Garton and co-authors Dr Rachael Glassey and Professor David Tipene-Leach of Te P ū kenga, Hawke’s Bay argue that in addition to … there is international evidence that show the value of school lunch programmes . Dr Garton says there’s a risk of …
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Media release: A call to make Invasive Group A Strep notifiable in New Zealand
… New Zealand. Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common cause of sore throats and skin infections in children but in rare … Communication Centre, Dr Julie Bennett from the University of Otago, Wellington says despite the emerging threat, New … NZ government has invested $10 million to facilitate the development of a vaccine to prevent GAS-related diseases. The …
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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes in the repeal of the smokefree legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand will … Professor Eric Donny from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina and Professor Dorothy Hatsukami from the University of Minnesota lay out the public health benefits of …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Two Injury Prevention Strategies to Reduce Pressure on the Health System
… for such measures is quite plausible . This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at reducing pressure on the health system of Aotearoa NZ. Raising alcohol taxes to prevent injury … injuries, by age, sex and ethnicity, over the lifetime of the current population. T he results identified health …
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… (PHCC) is dedicated to increasing the reach and impact of public health research, making it more accessible to the … policy. Researchers recognise the critical importance of effective communication to support the translation of … from evidence about how to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable society. New research can improve how we respond …
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Media release: Call to action over exposure to cancer-causing agents at work
… Experts say the results of the New Zealand Carcinogens Survey (NZCS) revealing the … and improve care. The survey has found that more than half of workers in New Zealand are potentially exposed to at least … is unacceptably high. While there is some level of uncertainty about whether the sample truly represents the …
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Media release: Severe domestic squalor in Aotearoa New Zealand: A preliminary survey
… throughout Aotearoa NZ according to a preliminary survey of key agencies. In the latest Briefing for the Public Health … Centre, experts in public health and the care of older people lay out the results of their survey of local Age Concern organisations and …
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Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists
… introduce regulation that protects children in the event of a car crash, but are unwilling to protect them from known … While the government uses legislation in this area of child health, it prefers non-legislative measures to address the serious problem of smoking in cars carrying children. 3 The most recent …
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Media release: NZ failing to protect children from unhealthy food marketing – new WHO guidelines
… to public health researchers. WHO released a new set of guidelines this month which recommend the implementation of policies to restrict marketing of foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, …
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Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime
… to provide either evidence or logic to justify the repeal of world-leading smokefree legislation. Instead, they have … core measures, including a proposal to reduce the number of outlets selling tobacco products from around 6000 to 600. … opposed plans to reduce outlet numbers. In an analysis of the social media campaign, we found it substituted logical …
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