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  • Not forgetting the benefits to youth and non-smokers – an example from increases in tobacco taxes

    … it is smokers who suffer most immediately from the deadly health impacts of the tobacco industry’s products, and who … this age-group can have profound implications for future health. Reducing uptake of smoking among young people is also … tobacco tax increases (see a review in the Supplementary Information file associated with this work some of us did …
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  • Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care

    … The pandemic has highlighted many problems in the NZ health system. This blog will address the question of … Covid-19 patients in the community and the Ministry of Health has provided central funding throughout the country … HOW MANY INTERPRETERS DO WE NEED? We have very imprecise information on how many people might require interpreter …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Simple transport system changes could quickly relieve the crisis in our hospitals

    … speed limit reductions.   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. Image … conditions ( 6500 per year just from NO 2 air pollution ), management of asthma in children ( 13000 cases per year ), …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … levels of exposure, and creating an Aotearoa Occupational Health Service, with a focus on establishing lifetime access … on overseas estimates applied to Aotearoa New Zealand health data. Establishing the number of workplace injuries … Aotearoa-specific data for the estimates presented above, information on (at the very least) Group 1 and 2A …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … then asks more broadly what is known about the longer term health outcomes for military personnel participating in war – … comparison group is used. So what is known about long-term health impacts of combat experience? For veterans of WWI, the … “the majority of studies suggested a small-to-moderate association between combat exposure and postdeployment …
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  • Establishing Long COVID services in Aotearoa NZ – what can we learn from overseas?

    … and many countries are establishing dedicated health services to support people with the condition. In this … decline in everyday functioning. 2 Further up-to-date information on Long COVID (LC) can be read here . … about the condition, development of pathways for self-management, and local clinical pathways for signposting or …
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  • Digesting things further: High dietary salt intakes are almost certainly problematic

    … We recently did a blog post on dietary salt and health , particularly with regard to a new large prospective … the totality of the available evidence is sufficient for health authorities to continue taking a range of … levels of sodium intake: “Spline curves supported a linear association of sodium with cardiovascular events, which …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table Series: Prevention versus treatment, voluntary versus mandatory, targeted versus untargeted – can we generalize?

    … what approaches might typically generate the most health gain and be best value-for-money. In two of the … we have overviewed the concept of league tables to compare health sector interventions, and provided a ‘mini-user guide’ … breast cancer patients in the next 50+ years combined. The health gains from prevention are often decades away (although …
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  • Is Euthanasia a health priority for New Zealand at present?

    … benefit a small number of older educated white people. The health system is currently significantly stretched by the … to implement some of the findings of the Simpson review on health system reform. Arguably more suffering would be … medication. As the regular doctor they will already have information relating to all the matters to be considered; …
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  • Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

    … their energy needs and as a result experience negative health and wellbeing consequences from cold housing.  It is … to meet their needs at home, remains a critical public health concern. The health consequences of energy poverty … use and other household expenses.  This Briefing uses information from the Household Economic Survey to estimate …
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