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  • Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … science infrastructure in Wellington.  Implications for policy and practice NZ should establish an Aotearoa Centre … of having multiple informal links across its science and policy sectors allowing it to mobilise specialised workforce … public health measures. Science advocacy for supportive policy, legislation, and resources – The Centre could play a …
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  • The allure of a Virtual Supermarket for public health nutrition research

    … the form of fat tax, sugar tax, soft drink tax or similar policy. The idea behind these taxes is simple and goes back … provide much needed evidence to inform public health policy? Definitely yes in our view. Without real-life case …
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  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … ( 1 Wigram Capital Advisors, Auckland; 2 Motu Economic and Policy Research, Wellington) In this blog, we introduce our … progressed. This was evidence that the containment policy was working. Figure 4: The epidemic curve for COVID-19 …
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  • NZ Health Strategy Consultation Draft – are the big prevention programmes really in there?

    … foods, the Food Industry, tobacco) when the most important policy actions on these items are issues of Politics (with a … systems’ for (cost-effectiveness) evaluation of health policy options, beyond what Pharmac does for drugs and devices, to inform policy development. Name an agency to oversee such provision …
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  • Five Strategic Approaches to Achieving the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Goal

    … and eliminate disparities in smoking. We have not included policy and regulation measures for electronic nicotine … vaping regulations has the potential to create helpful policy and regulatory synergies with new smokefree measures. … tax increases combined with introducing a minimum price policy to prevent the proliferation of budget brands and …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … final stage, known as denormalisation, has coincided with policy measures encouraging smoking cessation and reducing … New Zealand will also introduce a Smokefree generation policy and create a cohort of young people who will never … Action Plan proposals opposed the Smokefree generation policy because it would restrict young people’s “personal …
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  • A preventable measles epidemic: Lessons for reforming public health in NZ

    … between the following: Infectious disease and immunisation policy and the national immunisation register remained with … health informatics, economics, health law, public health policy, health promotion and emergency management. These … role in helping to implement these kinds of shifts in policy and practice with a cross-government focus on …
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  • Nicotine pouches and young people: Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand

    … who smoke .” 1 The Ministry of Health advised against this policy, 2 citing a  lack of evidence that oral tobacco and … for increased nicotine addiction. Implications for policy and practice Current policy settings may offer some protection against regular use …
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  • Major vaping reforms: Will they deliver on public health aims?

    … people using vaping to stop smoking. Like the 1997 policy ending sales of 10-pack cigarettes—favoured by minors … the effectiveness of this measure.  Implications for policy and practice Industry non-compliance poses a major … to addressing youth vaping. Detailed monitoring and policy evaluation are essential to measure policy …
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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … the authors of the NLST study state: “Before public policy recommendations are crafted, the cost-effectiveness of … certainly some knowledge gaps to fill before any kind of policy decision on a population-based LDCT screening …
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