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Introducing the Public Health Solutions Blog Series
… Public Health Expert blog will be publishing a series of invited blogs o n the best public health interventions the … in unprecedented waters. As one author put it “the rules of engagement” underpinning how the health system works have … this practice. We also know that a stressed health system does badly on inequalities. For example, the drop off in …
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Can earthquakes be good for public health?
… and its citizens in 2011 is still very much in the minds of New Zealanders. But living in shaky Wellington, makes one regularly wonder what might be the potential long-term benefits of earthquakes for public health. So here are a few examples …
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Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?
… the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children. This would … a statement that appears to be without any foundation.[10] What do children think? In 2014, 87% of Year 10 students … wanted cars carrying children to be smokefree.[7] And, what are our international obligations to children? We appear …
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Media release: NZ could eliminate the deadly meningococcal disease
… from the Public Health Communication Centre, University of Otago epidemiologist and Associate Professor Amanda … and colleagues look at how NZ could be permanently free of this disease and its significant risk of death and … vaccines are extremely costly for families to self-fund. What this means is that often, the families who need these …
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Vaping prevalence and trends: key findings in the 2022-23 NZ Health Survey
… can be highly addictive. Despite strengthened regulation of vaping products (see Appendix ) recent rapid increases in … since 2015/16 except in the 2016/17 survey. Full details of the methods and a methodology report are available on the … using nicotine products, to switch completely to vaping. What is new in this Briefing The prevalence of current and …
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Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey
… and people living in neighbourhoods with higher levels of deprivation. The findings call for detailed ongoing … the NZHS data explorer provided data on sole and dual use of vapes and cigarettes (Figure 2). Increases in vaping have … vaping still have reasonable access to these products. 2 What this Briefing adds The prevalence of daily vaping in …
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Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation
… a top US journal (JAMA). We discuss the cost-effectiveness of such screening and consider the current NZ context for … (associated with a small risk of death). So where does the newly published JAMA study by Meester et al … gained) $27,200 $22,300 $19,600 $18,100 $16,100 So what are the implications for New Zealand? Bowel cancer …
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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… Associate Professor Nick Wilson, University of Otago, Wellington The “100% Pure” marketing of NZ is marketing hype and an easy target for UK tabloid … near future (albeit a little after the target date). But what else should we have? A good candidate is to aim to …
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Media release: Our fourth wave of Covid-19 and why we should care
… says New Zealand is clearly experiencing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and health authorities should be reminding us about the benefits of vaccination and the value of measures to help reduce … pattern of small to moderate-sized waves may indicate what we can expect to see with Covid-19 in coming years. But …
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