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  • Changes in mobility in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: NZ vs other countries and the stories it suggests

    … we compare recent Google mobility data for New Zealand and a range of other countries in response to the COVID-19 … came into effect on the late evening of the 25 March (after being announced on 23 March) with a remarkably high … cases by day, which levelled off around 6 April, 10 days after the lock-down commenced (see Figure below). Source: …
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  • The marked decline of sudden mass fatality events in NZ (1900 to 2015)

    … the main findings of this new study? Our study (1) found a total of 56 sudden mass fatality events with 10 or more … buildings, and in some cases new laws may have helped (eg, after the 1990 Aramoana mass shooting involving … typically beneficial, given regulations and laws passed after some of them. For example, other researchers (2) have …
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  • World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards

    … Tobacco) Amendment Act (SERPA) that would have introduced a smokefree generation (SFG). Unlike Aotearoa New Zealand, … the SFG proposes a birthyear approach: anyone born after a specified date may never legally be sold tobacco … inadvertently suggest tobacco use is safe or acceptable after a certain age, potentially positioning smoking as a …
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  • Communicating public health evidence: Two highly productive years for the PHCC

    … Summary   After two years operation, the Public Health Communication … of topics covered by our first 150 Briefings shows a wide breadth, with a particular focus on responding to … policies, programmes, and legislation that will proceed, often based on a combination of policy aims, political …
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  • Government funding of interpreters in Primary Care is needed to ensure quality care

    … interpreters were needed to enable Primary Care to look after Covid-19 patients in the community and the Ministry of … Experience in the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of important issues in our health care system. There has been a lot of focus on inequitable outcomes particularly for Māori …
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  • Running into Trouble: COVID-19 in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics

    … to hold the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the middle of a global pandemic. These impacts include direct effects on … The initial state of emergency was lifted on 25 May 2020, after the number of daily new cases in Tokyo decreased from a … observational study that monitored respiratory tract infection (RTI) cases reported in Team Finland using nasal …
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  • Advance Care Planning – good for patient care and better use of health dollars?

    … care and end of life care. In its delivery, this seems a very clinically focussed, individual health care process, … in 2036. It is highly likely deaths will exceed 50,000 after 2051” (3) Joan lived alone in a small council … over the weekend and was admitted to hospital with a chest infection. I visited her on Monday afternoon. I saw her in …
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  • Key findings on smoking and e-cigarette use prevalence and trends in the 2020/21 NZ Health Survey

    … from the 2018/19 and 2019/20 NZ Health Surveys (NZHS), a rolling survey conducted every year since 2011/12. These analyses revealed a steady but unspectacular decrease in smoking prevalence … in April 2021, though implementation of the law occurred after the completion of the survey in November 2021. However, …
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  • Glass half full: Alcohol’s health benefits for cardiovascular disease still controversial, and likely vary by context

    … we will overview the currently dominant understanding of a ‘J-shape’ association of alcohol and death rates. Then we … at younger ages (e.g. assaults and car crashes). And it is often a major cause of social problems (violence, crime, … for disastrous increases in male middle age mortality after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Causality virtually …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … for syphilis can be done in the third trimester guided by a risk assessment yet this can be stigmatizing, inequitable … treatment for syphilis to women in pregnancy, who are often asymptomatic, we first need to identify cases with … who presented and were tested at the time of delivery or after delivery; and those who had testing less than 4 weeks …
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Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)