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  • Breaking the inequity loop

    … an epidemic of bubonic plague could strike at any moment, 3 there was an acute need for rapid improvement in Māori … brink of extinction by the rapid impact of colonisation. 3   Over the next decade, the role of Māori councils waned as …
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  • Upgrade of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Levels Needed to Help Regain NZ’s Elimination Status

    … particularly in closed, poorly-ventilated spaces [3]. Better understanding of transmission in children and … for a revised Alert Level system (below Level 3) that makes better use of mass masking, travel restrictions …
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  • The health impacts of the First World War for NZ: A Review

    … evidence from a large study in France on this effect [3]. The significant physical harms to civilians included the … those NZ military personnel leaving for war in 1914 was 8.3 years [5]. Number of wounded personnel 41,262 This total is … Unequal burdens by ethnic group (of those going to war) 3.9 times the disease death rate for Māori soldiers The cause …
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  • Youth vaping addiction: How it happens and why it matters

    … are (or will soon be) experiencing nicotine addiction. 3 How does nicotine addiction happen? Each hit of nicotine, … daily (59% and 23% for Māori, that is, over than 1 in 3). Source: ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey Vaping in comparable … 18 In the USA, prevalence of daily nicotine vaping was 3.5% among Grade 8, 10 and 12 students combined (13-18 years) …
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  • Five years on, Covid-19 remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

    … disease. It is also a major cause of health inequities 3  with significantly worse infection outcomes for Māori and … doses 10  for all age groups to maintain effectiveness. 3. Using public health and social measures to reduce …
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  • Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic

    … the wider group and affirms the value of the collective). 3 This document was embedded in the New Zealand Influenza … aroha [love], hospitality, generosity and mutual respect. 3 There has been a commitment to openness and transparency, …
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  • Australia’s Quarantine Systems Failures: Lessons for NZ

    … and the increasing infectivity of new SARS-CoV-2 variants. 3 Indeed, there have been a number of clearly documented … in 5 other persons. 37 These outbreaks resulted in a 3-day lockdown just before the Easter holiday. 37 Likely (we … Hotel cluster in Perth, Western Australia (April 2021) 3 cases A mother and her four-year-old daughter who had …
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  • Protecting Whānau Ora: Why long-term relationships matter for child health

    … that Whānau Ora improves social and health outcomes. 2,3 This is important because not all children in NZ have the … of families, which has been core to Whānau Ora’s success. 3,13 This study joins others that underscore the importance …
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  • Junk food and sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Likely to produce numerous benefits in NZ

    … prostate, liver, gallbladder, kidney, and colon).[1, 3, 5, 6] The global food system is also a driver of GHG … gains in QALYs per 1000 population for tax policies at a 3% discount rate with 95% uncertainty intervals in 2011. …
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  • Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?

    … of the difficulty of seeing small signs at a distance [3]. Another was smokefree signage at hospital grounds in NZ … (images were a median of 1.9 years old in one NZ study [3]). Improved resolution might also help with studying small …
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