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  • The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new

    … This is a sensible move to make the city safer and more attractive for carbon-sparing, health-promoting … The Parade in Island Bay, Wellington. These run for about 1.6 km on each side of the road and are, mostly, separated … and designated parking spaces. But it isn’t mundane or boring. Construction hasn’t finished, but already “Island …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … of housing instability. This Briefing reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s … despite only comprising 5-10% of the general population. 1 LGBTIQ+ people experience disproportionately high rates of … next door when they, the prospective neighbours, had kids. Or landlords entering people’s houses and rifling through …
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  • Getting through together: ethical values for a pandemic

    … such as COVID-19 require us to draw on our common humanity and be explicit about our values. Recognising this will help … the difficult decisions that are needed.   We are at phase 1 and 2 of the New Zealand (Influenza) Pandemic Plan : ‘plan for it’, and ‘keep it out’ or border management. Soon we might be at phase 3 ‘stamp it …
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  • Why eliminating Covid-19 is critical: Since more waves of infection, hospitalisations and deaths are inevitable for other countries until a vaccine arrives

    … a population can beat Covid-19: (i) eliminate the virus and keep infected people out (the approach NZ is taking); … to be at least half of any population for Covid-19); or (iii) develop an effective vaccine, which is the ideal way … occur among, say 100 infected people. So, if the IFR was 1 in 100, then there would be one death among 100 infected …
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  • Lessons from jurisdictions that are battling their own Delta variant outbreaks

    … scenario given the high infectiousness of this variant and the emerging evidence that vaccines may be less effective … use, more targeted vaccinations, a revised pandemic plan [1] , revisions to the Alert Levels and improvements to … people (much higher than the original strain R o =2.79 [3] or even the Alpha variant with R o =4-5 ). To put this into …
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  • The case for banning cigarette filters

    … out a perceptive vision for reducing smoking prevalence and ensuring that, once the goal is reached, future … below). As the harms of smoking became well-established, 1 2 filters’ role as a potential “reduced risk” tool … tobacco companies introduced filter ventilation; vents, or small perforations around the filter to make “dragging” …
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  • Proposals to reduce youth vaping: Important steps but a more comprehensive approach needed

    … of the consultation process  to denicotinise cigarettes and reduce the number of stores selling tobacco, Associate … right to protection from highly addictive products? 1  To address this question, we first explore the strategies … known colloquially as the “4Ps”; 2  these include  place  (or availability);  product  design;  promotion , and  price . …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … role for social marketing. Social marketing can facilitate and reinforce population-level behaviour change introduced by … supportive environments that support behaviour change. 1 2  Fourth, social marketing can create opportunities to … behavioural tips, such as putting cigarettes out of sight or focussing on alternative stimuli, such as music. The …
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  • Rebuilding Aotearoa’s statistical foundation: Toward fairer outcomes for Pacific Peoples

    … official statistics, distorting population estimates and undermining equity in health, services, and resource … distribution, and meeting international obligations. 1,2,3,4 Yet in Aotearoa New Zealand, Pacific peoples are … Aotearoa. Pacific communities are regularly undercounted or misclassified, weakening census quality and survey …
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  • Covid-19 Hospitalisations Now Peaking in Aotearoa NZ – But Key Covid-19 Control Measures Still Need to be Maintained

    … the country. To date, the peak burden of hospitalisations and ICU admissions in NZ has been lower than the peaks in … – 20 March. The peaks for people in intensive care (IDU or High Dependency Units) and daily deaths may also be yet to … related to inadequate vaccination of the older population [1]. As with all measures of Covid-19 epidemiology, it is …
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