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  • How might NZ expand community water fluoridation?

    … in New Zealand given the scientific evidence for health benefit and safety, reduction in inequalities in oral … government role has been argued for by the NZ Medical Association [5], and in the editorial pages of various papers … government could run mass media campaigns to provide information for public decision-making at any referenda. That …
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  • Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context

    … amounts of alcohol are beneficial to cardiovascular health.  But actually in research circles this ‘fact’ is … the currently dominant understanding of a ‘J-shape’ association of alcohol and death rates. Then we look at a … The actual net effect of alcohol consumption on population health, or death rates here, depends also on how the …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … could achieve NZ’s Smokefree goal, deliver large health gains and cost-savings, and could largely reduce the ethnic gap in tobacco-related health inequalities. In 2011, prompted by the Māori Affairs … and health system costs (and the timing thereof). Such information is important as it could guide decision-making …
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  • NZ’s smart use of big data: Employment & income impacts of selected health conditions

    … strides in the smart use of big data to provide better health information for decision-makers. Here we look at a recent … that considers the employment and income effects of eight health conditions. Such information could ultimately inform …
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  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … effectively with a daunting range of economic, social, health and climate change crises . Our tax system does not … tax system - disclosure and public access to tax-related information. Tax is critical to creating the world we want. … a well-functioning community and enable basic social, health, economic and environmental goals to be achieved. Tax …
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  • Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress

    … The recent repeal of a key law to reduce the enormous health and economic burden from tobacco in Aotearoa NZ is a health, health equity, and economic tragedy. It occurred despite …
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  • Period Drama: How to Address Period Poverty in Aotearoa

    … people who menstruate 1 . Period poverty is a public health and health equity issue that must be effectively … subsidise period products 2 claiming there was not enough information to show they offered a therapeutic benefit or … a lot more than cheap pads, it is about viewing effective management of periods as a public health issue and addressing …
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  • Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak

    … In this blog we outline what is needed to protect the health and wellbeing of children (ie, those under 18 years) … Omicron variant needs to be taken seriously as a public health threat because of the way it is causing explosive … various literacy levels and impairment challenges. Information can be made available in multiple languages and …
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  • We need rapid progress on digital solutions to help eliminate COVID-19 from New Zealand

    … of the COVID-19 pandemic has quickly overwhelmed existing health systems in affected countries. Most countries are … and implement an effective response. On 2 April, the World Health Organization hosted a high-level meeting between … digital solution that will integrate the COVID-19 testing information with National Health Index information (2). While …
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  • Current and future generations must flourish: Time for a long-term and global perspective on pandemic and other catastrophic risks

    … some ideas for what could be included in the Ministry of Health’s LTIB. Overview of our just published research paper … the Briefings is to make available into the public domain: information about medium and long-term trends, risks and … response… a multi-stakeholder coordinated approach to risk management and resilience-building… a strong relationship …
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