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  • In the news: Public Health Priorities Series

    … Here's a selection of coverage of the Public Health Priorities Series published on The Briefing,  coinciding with the launch of the  Public Health Expert Briefing .    When the first barrier fails: … sources Marnie Prickett and co-authors closed the Public Health Priorities series with a call to action for our water …
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  • Preparing for Omicron: A proactive Government response is urgently needed to minimise harms

    … of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 to minimise harms to health and the economy. The first urgent priority is to … strategy will favour adjustments to existing public health and social measures to ‘flatten the curve’ and … building its capacity for high-quality risk assessment and management so that it can adapt its response strategy to …
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  • Aotearoa New Zealand’s unhealthy food environment needs more policy action

    … area for improving population nutrition and diet-related health conditions. Food policies can improve food … promoted, so have the potential to address inequities in health.   INFORMAS (the International Network for Food and … of Public sector policies and actions were rated by public health expert panels in 2014, 2017 and 2020 3 against …
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  • Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it?

    … and cost-effectiveness of dietary counselling as a health intervention. Most studies suggest that dietary … in gyms). Such counselling often relates to weight management (to prevent or manage obesity-related diseases … activity per week). But there was no clear evidence of an association with some lipid changes (HDL cholesterol, …
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  • And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry

    … now have some variety of a sugary drinks tax, 1 a public health measure that is rapidly gaining traction amongst … 12 13 14 Yet even for two of the latter studies finding no association – the authors suggest the null finding is … literature search strategy, NZIER have missed some key information and this may have limited the value of their …
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  • Comparing the Covid-19 response and major outcomes in island nations

    … Covid-19 pandemic was associated with better or worse key health and macroeconomic outcomes. We found that among the … and elimination strategies), generally experienced better health and macroeconomic outcomes compared to those which … The Covid-19 Pandemic has had an enormous impact on health globally, with more than 778 million estimated cases …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … also various ways we could make further improvements in health, safety and the environment. The good news is that … well in the well-being domain ( see previous Public Health Expert blog ). Higher self-reported health (2/36): When asked, “How is your health in general?” …
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  • Media release: New Zealand’s overlooked health risk - National action needed on indoor air quality

    … to improve indoor air quality, according to public health experts who warn that poor air inside our hospitals, … and public buildings is a major but largely invisible health risk.   “We wouldn’t drink dirty water or eat unsafe … from the University of Otago, lead author of a new Public Health Communication Centre Briefing . “Because we spend …
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  • Counting what matters: Rethinking Aotearoa's population statistics without a census

    … change, large scale infrastructure investments, housing, health and care in circumstances that they were not designed … rethink and a redirection are required of the statistical information sources and infrastructure that underpin the … involves the exercise of authority and control over the management and transformation of data, operates through …
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  • Tobacco industry interference: Is the new Government meeting its international obligations?

    … smokefree legislation. Ratified by Aotearoa, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control … in an attempt to impede their introduction. British American Tobacco’s  “ Agree-Disagree ” opposed plain … our Stores social media campaign, supported by British American Tobacco NZ and Imperial Brands Australasia, opposed …
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