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  • Long COVID Staff Clinic: Caring for carers in Taranaki

    … and breathlessness many months after their infection 3 . Common ongoing symptoms of Long COVID include fatigue or … using this service? (n=9)   Yes 9 100% No   0 0% Question 3.  How have you seen patients improving because of this … Functional Status Scale (PCFS) impact score improvement 3 33% Not applicable (I am not actively treating patients …
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  • World Ventil8 Day – How do our buildings measure up?

    … of effective building ventilation is directly linked to 3.8 million deaths worldwide every year . In Aotearoa New … it is estimated that air pollution is responsible for 3,317 premature deaths each year and is linked to an estimated 13,155 hospitalisations. 3 Ventilation in NZ In NZ, most homes rely on natural …
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  • Update on Long-COVID

    … 2 and refer to the misery of “the long haulers” 3 … [T]here is enough coherence to the current evidence to … after a diagnosis of acute COVID-19 were readmitted and 12.3% (5875) died after discharge; this is four and eight times … (9.1%). Multi-system involvement was less common (11.3%). Cirulli et al 8 reported on an adult population cohort …
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  • Regulating vaping and new nicotine products: Are tobacco companies’ goals aligned with public health objectives?

    … for its youth-oriented marketing of e-cigarettes in NZ.[3] Some school principals claim there is a concerning rise in … low, it too increased between 2018 and 2019, from 1.8% to 3.1% .[4] These findings suggest BAT’s “new entrants” in New … than 6 months”), and increasing in prevalence (Figure 3). Figure 3. Source: [1] The 2019 investor presentation also …
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  • Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals

    … as well as physical and is distributed inequitably, 2,3 contributing to wider health and social inequities. Social … costs of alcohol harm have been estimated to be more than 3% of GDP. 4 The case for regulation of alcohol marketing is … marketing in the local environment and in digital media, 3. The failure of self-regulation, 4. Our failure to afford …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The impact of hunger on learning

    … the integral role of school staff in programme success 3 , delved into whether it can be successfully implemented in … 55 points for students who feel hungry every day (Figure 3).   Figure 3. Percentages of Year 5 students in Aotearoa New Zealand …
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  • Children and young people and COVID-19: The urgent need for improved guidance in NZ

    … mask use for secondary-age children at Alert Levels 2 and 3 and encouraging primary-age children to make and use masks. … risk of child-to-child and child-to-adult transmission. 3 This perception of low risk has shaped a number of … secondary schools and school buses at Alert Levels 2 and 3 (and also if variants such as 2.5 are created). More …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: Are they worth investing in?

    … based on the original Cabinet papers for the programme. 2,3 Preliminary assessments of Value for Investment for Ka Ora, … ranges from $1,000 (1 child in primary school) to $5000 (3 children in secondary school) and qualitative evidence … children in some school terms amounting to about 3 days/year. 10 Several New Zealand cross-sectional studies …
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  • The Smokefree 2025 Action Plan: key findings from the ITC New Zealand (EASE) project

    … 1010 participants) and October 2020-February 2021 (wave 3 [W3], 1266 participants). Data collection for the first two … Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) whilst the wave 3 survey was completed online. We present findings from the … are overly controlling, intrusive and paternalistic. 3 According to this reasoning, many adults who smoke enjoy …
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  • Will the Health Star Rating labels improve people’s diets?

    … comment. While four studies were conducted in Australia (3) and NZ (1) , none of these tell us if the HSR is a more … poor predictor of ability to use nutrition information (3-6). Similarly, intentions are poor predictors; 90% of … or NZ. Four studies were completed during development (3 in Australia, 1 in NZ), but none tested the actual format …
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