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Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study
… and cost the least. This programme involves instructions from a nurse specialist with five home visits and was assumed … different age/sex/ethnic groups). The graph below – taken from the league table – shows the cost-effectiveness (ICERs) …
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A fat week – debates about saturated fat that will not go away
… also include lots of salt). Actually, not that different from those well-known dietary experts (!) Morgan and Simmons … showing that for each 5% of energy in the diet shifted from SFA to PUFA the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) … but interestingly also a that a 5% energy shift from saturated fat to carbohydrate increased CHD events by 7% …
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Tackling child poverty: will the nation’s political leaders honour Richie Poulton’s legacy?
… can be ameliorated. Examples of significant findings from the Dunedin Study include providing concrete evidence on … child poverty seriously Fortunately, some of the evidence from the Dunedin Study and other high-quality research about … child material hardship, using the standard rate, fell from approximately 25% in 2011 to around 13% in 2018 and then …
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Media release: Call to action over exposure to cancer-causing agents at work
… WorkSafe NZ in 2021 and released this year. Dr Amanda Eng from the Research Centre for Hauora & Health at Massey … those at high risk of exposure.” NZCS reinforces findings from previous studies that occupational exposures are not …
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In the news: Public Health Priorities Series
… by our Indigenous peoples This piece has been adapted from their longer-form Briefing article. The full Briefing … in a Newsroom opinion editorial (24 February) adapted from a Public Health Expert Briefing on the topic. Political …
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Where do the parties stand? – Introducing our election series
… clean air, and water, access to affordable and healthy food, and financial security. The core role of government … covering party policies on alcohol, tobacco, and unhealthy food . You can read the first article on long-term planning …
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Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa
… trends). Yet suicides are preventable. 2 Suicide results from a complex interaction of systemic, societal and … with strategic vision. We support the global call from international suicide experts that leadership is needed … Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor. Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 …
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Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame
… endgame strategies by ethnicity at 3% discounting (ranging from least to most effective) Tobacco endgame strategy QALYs … government’s responsibility to protect future generations from health-related harms to assure equal opportunities later …
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Highly variable cost-effectiveness with disease characteristics and age: Herceptin as a Case Study
… – the smaller the envelope of potential health gain from treatment. So how did the cost-effectiveness of … “room to improve”, and the greater the added health gains from Herceptin, and therefore the more favourable the … older one is the greater the competing mortality risk (eg from another cancer, heart disease, etc) meaning that the …
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Tobacco product innovation in a smokefree world. Oxymoron or commercial cynicism?
… detailed legal critiques of the FSFW’s ‘independence’ from its funder, PMI, and calls for PMI to cease its legal … Yet tobacco remains easily accessed and is available from as many outlets as sell staple items such as bread and …
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