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In the news: Concern over changes to insulation standards
… Public health researchers are urging the government not to tamper … with existing insulation standards. University of Otago health research fellow Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard spoke to Corin …
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In the news: NZ, Australia can improve vaccine access by cooperating on future pandemics - experts
… was in response to our Briefing The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement . The Pacific Media … benefit from pandemic plan - report . … In the news: NZ, Australia can improve vaccine access by cooperating on future …
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Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?
… treatments for obesity in children (despite Minister of Health Coleman’s assertions to the contrary), I share … with its citizens’ best interests at heart (and future health budgets) to change tack? Most of the adult population … case, e.g., in 2012 the annual cost to the New Zealand health system of obesity was estimated at NZ$624 million …
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Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?
… from National Nutrition Surveys (NNS) and New Zealand Health Surveys (NZHS) use an obesity definition of a BMI of … are largely driven by the social determinants of health, flowing through to risk factors such as tobacco, … modifiable risk factor mediators of ethnic inequalities in health. If NZ policy-makers are concerned about reducing the …
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Politicians in Aotearoa NZ live longer than other Kiwis and the gap keeps widening
… 11 countries where data were available from 1816 to 2017 (Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the … and education. 6 7 There are also notable ethnic health inequalities 8 9 and these have been described over … details: Both authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Corresponding …
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Management of Auckland’s border and COVID-19
… risk than Aucklanders wastes limited MIQ space. Public health would be better served by having those rooms available … strategy (ie, to minimise the impact of Covid-19 on public health and keep the case load from overwhelming the … than in tightly managed MIQ facilities. By contrast, health authorities in the rest of NZ still seem to be pursing …
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Why don’t we make rental housing safer?
… rental housing has not been systematically regulated with health and safety requirements dispersed across multiple acts … to settling injury claims through a no-fault universal insurance scheme, the removal of culpability may create a … injury as an individualised event. Implications for public health Effective regulation and enforcement would help reduce …
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Media release: Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream
… failure according to the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. The Briefing reports that while … face escalating costs to ensure their drinking water meets health standards, with some already looking at new water …
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Sustained Resilience: the impact of nuclear war on New Zealand and how to mitigate catastrophe
… markets could be inaccessible and trade networks with Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Chile or Peru would … against nuclear winter on climate targets, inequality, health, the economy. Include nuclear war, nuclear winter, and … Future Fund . Prof Wilson is with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Views are the …
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Study of NZ fruit & vegetable prices suggests markets best value-for-money
… of fruits and vegetables – according to the most recent NZ Health Survey (see Figures below). Differential intake of … this may be one of the readily avoidable contributors to health inequalities in NZ. The reality is that it isn’t …
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