666 Results

  • Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand: a tricky balance of improving overall population health and addressing inequalities

    … from CRC, and has been shown to be cost-effective [2-5]. Note the reduction in incidence – unlike breast cancer … the BODE3 team use national Gross Domestic Product as a threshold, as suggested by the World Health Organization  [6]. This …
    Briefing

  • The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs

    … does more to prepare for a possible second Omicron wave (as in Australia) and for future variants of concern. Priority … mask use and indoor ventilation.   At the same time as the Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) Government reduces and … first Omicron wave occurred on 25 January 2022 with nearly 5,400 cases in hospital . This timing was nearly two weeks …
    Briefing

  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … have expressed concern at vaping outlet numbers; as of 22 July 2023, 1349 SVR applications have been approved … Authority’s (VRA) [failure to enforce] the regulations as was intended [sic] when issuing licences.” VIANZ explained … of the regulations are not adequate enough [sic] to act as a deterrent”, and called for “far heavier penalties (e.g., …
    Briefing

  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Part 2 they explore the implications for New Zealand. As Editor’s, we agree with Shaw and Sarfati that screening … it does make it difficult to know where the truth lies as positions become entrenched. However it is good that this … up showed no increase in mortality from neuroblastoma (5). Breast screening in women under 50 The advice from bodies …
    Briefing

  • When the first barrier fails: Strengthening protection for drinking water sources

    … from which we take our drinking water. However, as a Canterbury community found last year when they were … public health concern in Aotearoa in recent decades, as the predicted consequences of intensified land use come to … in dairy cattle (from 3.8 million animals in 1994 to 6.5 million in 2017) 2 and supported by increases in the use of …
    Briefing

  • Tax policy reform: equity, fairness, and health

    … change crises . Our tax system does not regard wealth as a source of revenue: we do not tax assets, inheritances, … how we gather government revenue. Positive values, such as fairness, equality, and responsibility for others, promote … transfers of land which amounted to unfair forms of tax. 5 Consequent impoverishment and landlessness led to poverty …
    Briefing

  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … an unprecedented public health and economic crisis. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread across the globe in early … constant but varies over time in response to such things as an influx of infected travellers into a country, … for the SARS 2003 outbreak. Li et al found a mean of 7.5 days and SD of 3.4 days from the outbreak of COVID-19 in …
    Briefing

  • The COVID-19 house fire and the unbearable silence of fire alarms

    … of unknown origin. SARS is specifically named in the IHR as a virus of significant concern. The world saw in 2003 how … a strong argument for convening the Emergency Committee as early as 1 January 2020 and declaring a PHEIC immediately. We argue …
    Briefing

  • Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water

    … to limit their exposure to potential sources of infection, as well as to reduce transmission from infected people, as described … including adequate treatment and sound infrastructure. 3-5 Protecting New Zealanders from drinking water outbreaks …
    Briefing

  • Social media and youth wellbeing: The need for a multi-layered public health approach

    … of a policy to increase the age of access to social media as a pathway to shifting social norms. We also explore the … social media use to negative impacts on  mental health,  2-5 eating disorders and body image issues, 6 7 loneliness, 8 … exposed to content promoting discrimination based on race, as well as self-harm and suicide.  14 Therefore, access to …
    Briefing

Subscribe

Briefing CTA

Public Health Expert Briefing

Get the latest insights from the public health research community delivered straight to your inbox for free. Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest research, analysis and commentary from the Public Health Expert Briefing.

PHCC logo PHCC

The PHCC is funded by a philanthropic endowment from the Gama Foundation and hosted by the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.

Contact

Email phcc@phcc.org.nz
43 Hanson Street, Mt Cook, 
Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara
PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6242
New Zealand | Aotearoa

 

Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)