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Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?
… According to the just released “ World Happiness Report 2013 ”, New … This Happiness Report is not light-weight fluff – far from it. One of the authors, Jeffrey Sachs (Director, The … mental health loss), while cautiously learning more about how policy might enhance measures of well-being more …
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Media release: Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Do we want them in NZ?
… The Government appears poised to allow the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products in … the tobacco industry is promoting these addictive products to young people who are vulnerable to nicotine addiction. University of Otago researchers from ASPIRE Aotearoa investigate the products, their …
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Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?
… of the research possibilities of this tool of relevance to public health. Using Google Street View (GSV) for research … less effective for smaller ones, or those objects distant from roads. GSV for studying tobacco control We found two … also suggests some other potential areas of relevance to tobacco control research using GSV for identifying: …
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May PHCC Newsletter
… Click here to read about the latest from the PHCC in our May Newsletter. Featuring reflections … winter deaths in Aotearoa. The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last month as well as highlighting interesting new …
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Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts
… occurs when a mother with syphilis passes the infection on to her baby during pregnancy. Prior to 2017 cases in NZ were rare but in the last five years … congenital syphilis cases in NZ in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. They say it is a …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… have laid out the facts showing the Government’s plan to repeal the world-leading smokefree legislation runs … millions of health care dollars. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, The Smokefree … … Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence: …
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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… New Zealand will cost lives. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Professor Eric … ‘endgame’ actions with the potential for a ripple effect to greatly reduce the devastation caused by smoking … health benefit of denicotinising cigarettes is likely to be profound. “Repealing this measure risks seeing around …
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Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies
… DVDs of all these movies have been made freely available to students and staff from our medical school library (University of Otago, … include And the Band Played On (1993), Contagion (2011), How to Survive a Plague (2012), Milk (2008), and Miss Evers’ …
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Media release: Increases in speed limits: Unjust and unjustifiable
… There’s a disconnect between the Government’s decision to move ahead with the increase of speed limits, announced at the weekend, and strong global efforts to improve road safety according to public health experts. … injury epidemiologist and others in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Government …
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Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ
… foods and beverages in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) will lead to health gains, health system cost-savings, and reductions … of food products available. There is also the question of how these different policies rank in terms of impact in any … modelling work indicated that the health gains ranged from 12.8 QALYs per 1000 population over the life course of …
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