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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … and even experienced teams will encounter challenges.  In this blog we share the lessons we learnt during the … attacks and strokes in our country then we must reduce the average BP across our adult population, and dietary sodium … to find a large standard deviation (SD) around the mean (average) of each individual’s BP measures.  We allowed …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … which are more likely to be severe during pregnancy and in early life. Despite being recommended for many years, fewer mothers receive pertussis (48% in 2020) and influenza (44% in 2020) immunisation in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) than in …
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  • Should NZ spend relatively more health resources on improving men’s health?

    … doubt that NZ needs to keep addressing ethnic inequalities in health as an important priority. Nevertheless, gender … towards improving male health. Figure: Years of life lived in good and poor health (based on data in: Ministry of Health … was 4.0 years less than females. However, males lived an average of 1.4 years less in poor health (8.9 years vs 11.5 …
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  • Preventing outbreaks of COVID-19 in NZ associated with air travel from Australia: New Modelling study of alternatives to quarantine

    … In this new study, we estimated the risk of COVID-19 … outbreak of COVID-19 in NZ was estimated to occur after an average time of 1.7 years (95% uncertainty interval [UI]: 15 … alternative, with an expected outbreak occurring after an average of about 30 years. Surprisingly, there was also a …
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  • Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study

    … just published a modelling study on exercise programmes in NZ to prevent falls in older people. This work suggests that this approach … exercise) is good value for money for the NZ Government. In this blog we consider these results alongside other fall …
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  • Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand

    … policy is building up to be the key election issue again. In this blog I reflect on the importance of the role of the New Zealand Government in improving access to affordable housing. I look at what the … foundation of population health and wellbeing. Shortages in many OECD countries, including New Zealand and Australia, …
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  • Carcinogen exposure in Aotearoa workplaces is unacceptably high

    … experience cancer-causing substances and other exposures in their workplace. The survey, released in March this year, … in the last industry group were exposed to the highest average number of carcinogens at any level. The occupations … Wellington; Professor, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle; Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, …
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  • Fighting cold, damp housing – a big tick for Warmer Kiwi programme

    … Summary New research shows heat pumps are effective in reducing electricity use, result in warmer, drier living … using heat pumps reduces electricity use by 16 percent on average over winter months and is effective at creating warm, … houses in our study used 16 percent less electricity on average over the winter period from using a heat pump instead …
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  • Why Aotearoa New Zealand needs a Public Health Communication Centre

    … of Aotearoa New Zealand and the health of the environment in which we live. Summary This article explains the rationale … and environmental degradation. It will play a key role in highlighting and explaining new evidence and important scientific advances in public health. Key actions by the PHCC include: Providing …
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  • Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ

    … 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoarthritis, and multiple cancers. In this blog we summarise our recent modelling work that … implementation of taxes on unhealthy foods and beverages in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) will lead to health gains, health system cost-savings, and reductions in health inequalities. Introduction Poor diet (containing …
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