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Mobile phone use while driving: Do we need smartcars that turn off smartphones?
… have helped somewhat. This blog discusses recent research and suggest ways to make further progress on reducing this … 9520 cars in moving traffic, the use of mobile phones was 1.9% (95%CI: 1.6-2.2%) and 1.3% (95%CI: 1.1-1.6%) … to be using their “spare time” at traffic lights to make or answer calls (even though their vehicle was often still in …
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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… The “100% Pure” marketing of NZ is marketing hype and an easy target for UK tabloid journalists (see this NZ … worth aiming for, through 100% elimination of a hazard or risk. Namely, tobacco, human papilloma virus (HPV), measles, and rotavirus. New Zealand already has a few 100% elimination …
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Media release: New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality
… highlights its own solution, providing constructive and timely information for councils charged with protecting and restoring waterways for the communities who rely on them, … community goals (like swimming, gathering Mahinga Kai, or protecting a drinking water source). “The report found if …
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Media release: NZ lags behind on indoor ventilation standards: World Ventil8 Day
… may potentially be contaminated with harmful pollutants and pathogens, both of which can make us sick. On World … standards, and those only apply to new builds or buildings undergoing upgrades.” New Zealand standards … ventilation be sufficient to keep CO 2 levels below 1,000 parts per million (ppm). However the US Centres for …
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Media release: Surge in whooping cough cases highlights need for improved immunisation access for mothers and infants
… need to have an accountable antenatal immunisation system and do more to deliver immunisation support according to … Centre (IMAC) medical director Dr Nikki Turner and co-authors say that four immunisation events protect … to severe disease: maternal vaccination during pregnancy, and immunisation at 6 weeks, 3 months and 5 months. …
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Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?
… is becoming increasingly common, as per a recent review [1]. But in our just published work [2] we focused … In general, it seems that GSV is good for identifying or evaluating larger objects (eg, large signs, buildings) but … signage at school grounds in NZ, with GSV being efficient and with high specificity (97%), albeit modest sensitivity …
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Media release: Covid-19 vaccines work, but we need to do more to get the most out of them
… Centre , Professor John Potter from Massey University and co-authors detail how vaccines against Covid-19 remain … how we should be doing more to promote additional boosters and other measures to get maximum benefits from these … Omicron period when many people have been both vaccinated and infected with Covid-19. This review shows that vaccines …
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Does change in income and deprivation change your smoking risk? Yes, but in different directions.
… But why? Is it because of things like less education or more deprivation actually causing you to smoke? Or is it … to these questions matter, both for tobacco control policy and political debate. Moreover, not all is as you might expect, and it differs for deprivation and income. Research we have …
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Growing evidence linking plastics to serious health risk
… on human health, especially from chemical additives and plastic particles, has grown substantially over the last … for urgent action to prevent further plastic pollution and minimise our exposure to harmful chemicals. Around 16,000 … these chemicals can leach from packaging into food, or it may be through direct skin contact with plastics such …
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Media release: Call for transparency from the Government on tobacco industry influence and connections
… Government members to be transparent about any past and current dealings they have had with tobacco companies. In … Public Health Communication Centre , Professor Janet Hoek and co-authors from the University of Otago have compared … high; 67% of people polled in a recent survey supported or strongly supported retaining this legislation. “When the …
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