621 Results

  • The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new

    … the city safer and more attractive for carbon-sparing, health-promoting bicycling, according to some. Unnecessary … shapes how we live, and consequently determines the health and well-being of populations. But it is nothing new. … * Professor Alistair Woodward, School of Population Health, Auckland University … The Island Bay cycleway – …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … . 1 Methods Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled … and quantify impacts on quality-adjusted life-years saved, health inequities, and savings in health costs. 6-8 In summary , the findings from this …
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  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … studies suggest the SFG policy could bring important health benefits. An NZ study estimated that a SFG policy … among people aged 45 and under, and bring 5.6 times the health gain per capita to Māori relative to non-Māori.[21] … smoking prevalence, and reduce current disparities and the health inequities these cause. Public opinion surveys also …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … or tobacco that had ‘been smuggled, lacked proper health warning labels, or did not have all government taxes … prevalence and the harms and unacceptable disparities in health caused by smoking particularly for indigenous and … Wellington; RE, EJ, JH, and JB in the Department of Public Health, AW in Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, and JS in …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … the burden of lung cancer, the capacity of the New Zealand health system to deal with another screening programme, the … moderate-to-heavy smokers (median 37 pack-years) Usual care $NZ 2,148   Villanti et al 2013(10) USA 50-64 year olds … that a LDCT screening programme would generate less health gain per capita for Māori, but this needs to be …
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  • The need for an updated strategic approach to Covid-19 control in Aotearoa NZ

    … programme of interventions that could minimise the adverse health impact of Covid-19. A further specific advantage of … rapid antigen test at the border that is performed by a health professional (if nasal) or Police (if a saliva test) … state border closures/restrictions and other public health measures such as mask mandates and gathering …
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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. … committees in the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization (including Australia, Mongolia, Republic …
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  • Daily nicotine use increases among youth in Aotearoa NZ: The 2021 Snapshot Y10 Survey

    … of negative impacts on the respiratory, oral and mental health of adolescent users and reported these effects were … particularly among Indigenous peoples.[6] The public health implications of widespread adolescent vaping thus give … to young people. It is not clear whether the Ministry of Health monitors industry marketing and enforces provisions …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … We defined a quarantine system failure as where a border/health worker or person in the community with a link to the … (eg, in February 2021 there were still concerns by NZ health workers about staffing inadequacies in these … All other authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington.   APPENDIX Table 1: …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … of Auckland study commissioned by the Ministry of Health applied similar methods to fewer packs, of which 7.2% … reported in the annual tobacco returns to the Ministry of Health 9 was subtracted from the total amount of tobacco consumed using estimates from annual NZ Health Survey 10 questions. The 2023 University of Auckland …
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