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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … 2025 goal has signalled a more important role for social marketing. Social marketing can facilitate and reinforce … change introduced by new policies, thus modifying social norms, which also support long-term improvements in …
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  • Social media and youth wellbeing: The need for a multi-layered public health approach

    … passed legislation to increase the age of access to social media from 13 to 16. This represented a first step in a public health approach to addressing the harms of social media use in young people. A similar approach could be … in Aotearoa New Zealand, where giving children access to social media platforms has become a societal norm.  In this …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … of disability and is associated with increased risk of social isolation, depression and anxiety. Māori are at risk … healthcare and to reduce the risk and consequences of social isolation. Figure 1. This picture was chosen as it … company. Tying in with the theme of hearing loss and social isolation, this depicts the importance of connection …
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  • Evidence supports the need to protect adolescents from social media harms

    … Summary Social media use is nearly universal among adolescents in … in young people.  While there are also likely benefits of social media (eg, connecting with like-minded people online), … evidence around online harms, particularly with respect to social media, and outlines population-level solutions, …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … risks it poses became clear. Government policies and social marketing campaigns have progressively reduced … metamorphose into public health allies, and tried to shape social norms by framing smoking is a personal choice. In this … on research exploring smoking’s trajectory and declining social acceptability, and consider challenges that tobacco …
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  • Might a ‘Coasean’ social contract mitigate overall societal harm from COVID-19?

    … In this blog, we outline how a win-win social contract could be forged to address the major … and economic wellbeing for nearly everyone else. The social contract could take a range of forms, but one approach … which is the context for this blog. So here we propose a social bargain that recognises the reciprocal nature of the …
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  • Why a “mouth and nose” lockdown with masks might help avoid a “full body” lockdown at home

    … of an Alert Level system, household “bubbles”, and social event size limits are all valuable pandemic control … and lockdowns with the associated adverse economic, social and mental health effects. Typical street/shopping … be mainly through conversational contact, at home and at social events. Both internationally and in New Zealand, large …
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  • The growing burden of dementia in Aotearoa: Scope for prevention

    … These risks often begin early in life, are linked to social disadvantage, and are more common in areas with higher … address the health inequities associated with poverty and social disadvantage. Dementia in Aotearoa NZ, … low education, uncorrected hearing or vision loss, and social isolation. The potential for dementia prevention has …
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  • Media release: Social media age restrictions needed to protect young people from harm

    … Health Communication Centre (PHCC) calls for age limits on social media platforms to protect young people from harm. … of Auckland, the Briefing outlines growing evidence that social media use is linked to a range of mental and physical … addressing these harms, including restricting access to social media for those under the age of 16. “Introducing an …
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  • Not all upcycled food is created equal: What is sustainable?

    … food, the methods used, and what ingredients it replaces. Social benefits include job creation, increased incomes for … wasted food, assessments should consider environmental, social, and economic impacts together. Reducing food waste … than upcycling the grain for human consumption. 5     Social pillar Social equity typically refers to health, …
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