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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … literature. One was smokefree signage at school grounds in NZ, with GSV being efficient and with high specificity (97%), … [3]. Another was smokefree signage at hospital grounds in NZ (100% sensitivity and specificity) [4], but the sample was … studying the food and alcohol environments – with one such NZ study being done for alcohol in urban streetscapes [5]. …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … of 10 the most affected group. In Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) a 2016 report noted that iGAS infections had increased … other high-income countries, iGAS is not notifiable in NZ. Making iGAS notifiable would support immediate public … education centres and schools overseas.   iGAS in Aotearoa NZ Invasive GAS is not currently a notifiable disease in NZ. …
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  • Reducing salt in food good for health and NZ’s health budget – New research

    … into a wider context of how nutrition could be improved in NZ. This study was done given the high importance of dietary … we aimed to model the health benefits and costs for NZ of reducing salt intakes – given this is a country that … processed foods (which has already been happening to some NZ food such as soups). In our study, published in the …
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  • Smartphone apps for weight loss and smoking cessation

    … We were involved in a study published in last Friday’s NZ Medical Journal that tried to answer that question from a NZ public health perspective. In this blog we discuss what we … technological tools for health research and promotion in NZ. In NZ, tobacco use and overweight/obesity are the two …
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  • Aotearoa’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza: Heightened awareness and surveillance essential for early detection

    … (HPAI) virus subtype H7N6 in Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We discuss its impacts and priorities for future … avian influenza (LPAI) viruses have been detected in NZ’s  wild birds following the introduction of avian influenza viral surveillance by the NZ  Ministry for Primary Industries in 2004. 1,2 While H7 …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … based at the University of Auckland, has been monitoring NZ’s food environments since 2014. Our first comprehensive … from 2014 to 2017 1 concluded that the food environment in NZ is largely unhealthy. Since then, there have been a few … commitments and actions aimed towards improvement of NZ diets. But have these made an impact on the food …
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  • Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties

    … group of experts to analyse the climate change policies of NZ political party policies. It gave the highest grade to the … in Government.   Voters who are asking “What is best for NZ society and the planet in the long-term?” may wish to put … group of experts to analyse the climate change policies of NZ political parties. It gave the highest grade to the Green …
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  • Protecting fresh waterways in Aotearoa/NZ: The strong Public Health case

    … process which ends on 31 October.   Introduction   The NZ Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has recently published … water quality has recently become an important issue in NZ with increased public concern and political attention. … has become increasingly intensive and over the same period NZ’s waterways have shown a range of indicators of degraded …
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  • Beautiful benchtops: How should we protect our workers?

    … reporting . Unfortunately, action in New Zealand (NZ) is lagging behind Australia, leaving our tradespeople … Health Service. Over the last 15 years, around 1000 NZ workers have been exposed to high concentrations of … resulted in silicosis developing in young stonemasons in NZ like that reported in Spain, Israel and Australia. Why has …
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  • What does the EY Tobacco Excise Tax Evaluation Report mean for reaching the Smokefree 2025 Goal?

    … measures, are highly consistent with those made in the NZ tobacco control sector’s Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa Plan … all peoples in Aotearoa.   When the Labour/New Zealand (NZ) First/Green Government formed in October 2017, there were … efforts to reduce their impact. It comprised a review of NZ and international literature; an analysis of secondary …
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