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  • “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques

    … the recommended measures. This blog addresses critiques of the Plan; it discusses the potential role e-cigarettes … tobacco-control goal with origins in the vision of Māori leaders for a Tupeka Kore (tobacco-free) Aotearoa, … Coercive and disempowering for smokers? Another possible criticism of “Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025” is that …
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  • E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?

    … Sales are booming and predicted to overtake sales of new cars in a few years. There were three times as many … policy makers to encourage this low carbon, healthy form of transport. Research on of e-bikes has been growing as … with other studies that have examined this issue. A common criticism of studies like this is that they involve a highly …
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  • Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame

    … We have eight more years to go until 2025 – the year of the NZ Government’s Smokefree goal. NZ is not on track to … not for Māori. In this blog we discuss the findings of our just published study in Tobacco Control , where we … in place of how the 2025 goal is to be achieved. The development of such a plan is critical with 2025 approaching, …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa Action Plan: Why this could eliminate smoking disparities for Māori

    … The recent release of the Government’s “Proposals for a Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 … commitments to Te Tiriti o Waitangi as an essential part of achieving our Smokefree 2025 goal (SF2025). This blog … organisations: Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development; Mahitahi Hauora PHE; National Hauora Coalition; …
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  • NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response

    … the lowest death rate from the COVID-19 pandemic out of 37 OECD countries and appears to be the only one to … elimination at a national level. But despite the success of the “team of 5 million” – there are still a number of gaps … Elkhodr; and even by one of the contributors to this app’s development, Alan Chew ). To replace this smartphone app with …
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  • What public health lessons can NZ still learn from the United States?

    … expensive health care system. However, the large number of state and local governments provide a wealth of potential lessons that NZ could learn from. In this blog we briefly consider some of these, particularly in the domains of support for …
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  • COVID-19 and Māori health – when equity is more than a word

    … we are extremely concerned about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our whānau and communities. We … within the health and disability system, and in the whole-of-government ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. And we are troubled by the local proliferation of commentaries on COVID-19 within multiple fora that either …
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  • Nourishing futures: How micronutrients improve pregnancy outcomes, reduce healthcare costs

    … Summary Antenatal depression affects about 20% of pregnant women/wāhine globally, increasing pregnancy … Antidepressants are advised for severe cases, but only 3% of pregnant wāhine in Aotearoa use them, often due to infant … potential healthcare savings and the need for policy development to improve diets and prescribe micronutrients …
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  • The need for long-term thinking – Especially for preventing catastrophic risks

    … thinking. Short-term thinking leads to the neglect of multiple public health problems particularly long-term … war, engineered pandemics, ecological degradation, out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) and climate change. … steep hill country land to native bush or being planted in sustainable forestry. The Covid-19 pandemic that reached NZ …
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  • Smokefree Aotearoa – world-leading developments with profound public health implications

    … Summary Tobacco smoking is a major cause of preventable and inequitable ill health and premature death … to greatly reduce the availability and addictiveness of smoked tobacco products. Parliament passed legislation to … and cultural wellbeing of Māori , 3 constraining their development aspirations and opportunities . In response to a …
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