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  • Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa

    … agents need to partner with Māori to honour our Te Tiriti o Waitangi commitments.    A funded Suicide Research Strategy … Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO). Authors details  Dr Sarah McKenzie , Suicide and Mental Health Research Group, … Health & Addiction | Counties Manukau District, Middlemore Hospital.  Dr Trevor Best, School of Forestry, Te Whare …
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  • Low-cost heart-healthy bread for NZ

    … zero profit (eg, as per a non-profit institution such as a hospital kitchen with its own bakery) we estimated that the … Possible next steps? An institution such as a public hospital with its own bakery could “market test” the acceptability of various HHBs on staff who use the hospital cafeteria. The latter could be done in conjunction …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … please email directly bode3@otago.ac.nz . Contributions Dr George Disney set up this prototype using the R Shiny App, and Dr Giorgi Kvizhinadze now runs and updates it.  Dr Nisha Nair put considerable time and effort into …
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  • Social media and youth wellbeing: The need for a multi-layered public health approach

    … social media to children and adolescents  Author details  Dr Samantha Marsh , School of Population Health, University … Health, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau Dr Joanna Chu , School of Population Health, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau Dr Danielle Einstein, Clinical Psychologist and Researcher, …
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  • Media release: Aotearoa NZ is on the brink of a measles epidemic: Urgent action needed

    … status of children attending ECE centres and schools. Dr Mamaeroa David, a co-author of the paper and general … deaths largely in children younger than five years.” Dr Mamaeroa David says: “We need to use all the tools …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … lunches, for maximum equity benefits. Authors details Dr Andrea Teng , Dr Cristina Cleghorn ,  Prof Louise Signal , Dr Moira Smith , Prof Lisa Te Morenga , Emilee Walby , Prof …
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  • The cost burden of excess weight in New Zealand: Sizing up a new report

    … and mechanisms for increasing costs (e.g. longer average hospital stays for all admissions) that are not necessarily captured in the healthcare data like hospital discharges. Fortunately, the recent PWC report on …
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  • Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

    … high rates of rheumatic fever, 9  and of admission to hospital for skin and soft tissue infection, in Pacific and  … of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland Dr Juliet Elvy, Clinical Microbiologist, Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) Dr Kristin Dyet , Senior Scientist, Health and Environment, …
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  • A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori Wellbeing Model – guiding better housing and urban development

    … making healthy places for all to enjoy. Author details Dr Guy Penny , Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan and Dr Amber Logan-Riley . New Zealand Centre for …
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  • Reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission through the use of air purifiers

    … of Covid-19. Author details Prof Mark Jermy and Dr Jason Chen are based the College of Engineering, University of Canterbury. Dr Julie Bennett is based at the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. Dr Caroline Shorter is based at the Department of Medicine, …
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