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Media release: Evidence shows wider benefits of free school lunches
… provide wide benefits across schools, households and communities according to public health researchers. ACT … 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 …
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Concluding the Public Health Solutions Series 
… week, the health system “ remains under massive strain ” and with the relaxing of covid rules this issue is unlikely … near future. The ongoing demands of Covid-19, long covid and deferred routine care will continue to place untenable … strain on the health system will lead to worsening health and widening health inequities. Policies that are designed to …
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Media release: A new voice to boost New Zealand’s response to major public health challenges
… (PHCC) will boost the impact of research to improve health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand along with greater … examples include New Zealand’s new smokefree legislation and its Covid-19 response which has kept excess mortality … areas such as infant mortality, particularly for Māori and Pasifika.” Speaking at the launch of the PHCC (9 …
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Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)
… spread. We comment on why this simulator is informative and how it also demonstrates chance effects in the spread of … coverage levels of 95% to achieve herd immunity (1). But for other less infectious diseases, like polio and … Sometimes those “others” might even be a younger sister or brother. Sometimes it will be a highly vulnerable child …
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Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts
… syphilis that is having inequitable impacts amongst Māori and Pacific whānau and for pregnant women and babies in Aotearoa. Experts in congenital syphilis say …
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Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction
… mean an increase in nicotine addiction among young people, and the accompanying negative impacts on their wellbeing, warn public health and addiction experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public … Centre, University of Otago ASPIRE Network researchers and a psychiatrist specialising in youth addiction outline …
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Media release: Call to action over exposure to cancer-causing agents at work
… highlight the need for urgent action to reduce exposure and improve care. The survey has found that more than half of … to at least one cancer-causing agent at work at any level and almost a third are exposed at high levels above what is … record of being slow to action when dangers of substances or products are uncovered. They point we were the last …
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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: Aotearoa New Zealand is flying blind on misinformation
… warns that Aotearoa New Zealand's lack of awareness and monitoring of misinformation leaves the country … dismantled over the past year. "Organisations that tracked and reported on online content have recently closed, and … on public, online platforms and to identify key trends or narratives that could lead to harmful health outcomes. …
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