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… The Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) is dedicated to increasing the reach and impact of public health research, making it more accessible to the public and decision-makers. Positioned … Aotearoa can benefit from evidence about how to build a healthy, equitable, and sustainable society. New research …
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Media release: Call for transparency from the Government on tobacco industry influence and connections
… As more questions are raised about the controversial decision to repeal the Smokefree legislation, Public Health experts … opinion has been well documented. Tobacco companies have a clear vested interest in opposing measures estimated to …
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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 … Michael Keall of the University of Otago says this approach fails to consider wider public health impacts, such …
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Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… people living in the most deprived areas of NZ compared to those in the least deprived areas. Dr ‘Etuini Ma’u and … Māori and Pacific peoples are not due to ethnicity per se but their overrepresentation in areas of high social … as policies addressing inequity, which could significantly reduce the number of people with dementia. “We know the …
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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… ‘endgame’ actions with the potential for a ripple effect to greatly reduce the devastation caused by smoking globally.” says … in people smoking more to maintain their nicotine intake, but Professor Donny says that is not supported by the data. …
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Fast-track Approvals Bill a threat to public health, warn researchers
… and human health and review Ministers’ comments to identify the types of projects likely to be prioritised … are 3,300 premature adult deaths per year in Aotearoa as a result of air pollution, and around 34,000 people become … of damage, is the type of disaster predicted to become more common with climate change. Even where projects that …
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Media release: Another Havelock North? Govt undoing protections for drinking water safety
… for our drinking water, the Government is risking a repeat of the Havelock North campylobacteriosis outbreak … Otago research fellow Marnie Prickett says the Inquiry led to policy changes aimed at strengthening the protection of … outbreak and the subsequent inquiry, NZ learned hard and important lessons about the severe impact of contaminated …
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Media release: New analysis shows Ka Ora, Ka Ako Healthy School Lunch Programme exceeds expectations
… Auckland Professor Boyd Swinburn and co-authors have used a Value for Investment analysis to examine what the programme is expected to produce, and how … the programme have students who are the most disadvantaged but according to Professor Swinburn that means about 60% of …
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Submission: Science Sector and Universty Advisory Groups
… Read the Public Health Communication Centre submissions to the Science Sector and University Advisory Groups. The … the sector must invest in training and infrastructure: "A science system that encourages non-academic impact must … involved in dissemination efforts. Investment is needed to upskill the science community for impact." The …
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Media release: Associate Health Minister’s tobacco policy contradicts official advice, aligns with industry lobbyists
… instead with tobacco lobbyists' talking points, according to an analysis of recently released documents. Prof Janet … tobacco and nicotine pouches. The details are laid out in a new Briefing article published by the Public Health … evidence’. The decision to repeal the measures designed to reduce smoking rates equitably and rapidly was clearly not …
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