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  • Phasing out smoking: The Tobacco-Free Generation policy

    … highlighted the obligation of governments to safeguard the health of the population. It’s time to address the smoking … are addictive. Other products found to be harmful to health (e.g. asbestos, leaded petrol) have been phased out … youth leaders, and has been endorsed by numerous public health bodies including the British and Norwegian Medical …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … from spread of disease. The herd immunity issue is why health authorities may encourage people to be vaccinated both … be mindful of reducing readily preventable costs to the health system from conditions like measles hospitalisations. … Pacific Region of the World Health Organization (including Australia, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Cambodia, and Japan) …
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  • Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options

    … cholesterol or glucose [1], and what this means for how health policy can address the obesity epidemic. We also … strategy overall. It may also be the best way to reduce health inequalities arising from obesity – since it does not generally depend on access to the health system. The above study – along with many others – …
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  • The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter

    … disputing scientific evidence and attacking public health researchers could not withstand the accumulating … documenting connections between smoking and harmful health outcomes. Nor could it prevent litigation against tobacco companies. After decades of claiming health researchers had not proven smoking caused fatal …
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  • The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical

    … new Calculator will have to be designed by the Ministry of Health so that it produces results that are more consistent … We argue that it would be much more efficient in public health terms to just develop an expanded national smokefree … This is long overdue for New Zealand when compared to Australia, Canada and various US states. Include smokefree …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … pandemic virus is highly infectious and is causing major health and economic damage in most countries around the … been lifted too quickly. These include a group of Māori health experts from Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā, and various … in all: public transport (including school buses), health care settings, and aged residential care facilities. …
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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … research possibilities of this tool of relevance to public health. Using Google Street View (GSV) for research is … social and built environments as they relate to public health. Authors:  Prof Nick Wilson Dr Amber Pearson Amanda …
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  • Food poverty for NZ teens creating an achievement lag of up to four years

    … is taken into account. Furthermore, the 2022/23 NZ Health Survey revealed the largest jump on record for … run out of food sometimes or often in the last year (NZ Health Survey) One effective intervention and a major safety … and remove this barrier to learning are required, with Health Coalition Aotearoa calling for the number of schools …
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  • NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response

    … Alert Level 2) to 36.1/100; with the equivalent scores for Australia being 73.2/100 and 64.5/100) [3]. Other success … the risk management maxim of learning from errors, and the health protection approach of building multi-barrier … use of face coverings (mass masking) is now required by health authorities in Victoria Australia to help control …
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  • Smart party pill law makes tobacco & alcohol regulation look pathetic

    … public. However, its real importance may not be the modest health gains that result from controlling the availability of … hazardous products with a much greater impact on public health. Consider this new law in more detail. A key principle …
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