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Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts?
… The impacts of extreme climate events on human health can be severe, including deaths, illness, and injuries from … injury or death (Figure 2). While there appeared to be a drop in severe events during the 2010s, compared to the … Catalogue in the 2010s decade. Overall trends may also be influenced by changes in media reporting over time (eg, …
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Walking and cycling for transport is good for physical activity levels in Kiwis!
… Health physical activity guidelines, which should really be considered a bare minimum for health (see Figure 1). In … of specific activity (e.g. going to a gym) that needs to be squeezed into already busy lives. So it is hardly … accompanied by walking trips at each end) is thought to be one of the most effective ways to create enduring …
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Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport
… replacement models already exist and could easily be implemented to support sporting organisations to … have high strong and emotional engagement is suggested to be more effective than regular advertising. 13 Sports … visually) of the alcohol advertiser’s name/brand/logo must be done so in a subordinate manner (as a guide, no more than …
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How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco?
… hard to answer. Why? Because of what would generally be termed “correlation is not causation” and “it is … over time. Further, this ‘percentage mediation’ will be greater than 46% – perhaps two-thirds or so – as even … will explain all of the ethnic inequalities; there will be pathways from ethnicity to health that do not go through …
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Flooding, public health – and the need for more emphasis on prevention
… post considers these issues, and suggests that there may be scope for further preventive action by central and local … injury burden (including non-fatal injuries) is likely to be higher. Flooding events are also likely to have mental … though any subsequent burden of enteric diseases can be difficult to detect with current surveillance systems …
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E-bikes are the new cars- why don’t transport policy makers treat them seriously?
… e-bikes. Then we look at policy in this area, what could be achieved, what the barriers are and where policy is at … understanding of how e-biking can contribute to this would be useful. E-bikes are associated with injuries, particularly in older riders , who may be using e-bikes to extend their riding life. More work needs …
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Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water
… Regardless of the eventual findings, there needs to be more public discussion on how to keep communities’ … as described in the Appendix . Cryptosporidium can be transmitted by direct contact with infected animals or … as it relates to drinking water". Drinking water can be contaminated from both human sources, such as untreated …
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Calling for action on suicide prevention in Aotearoa
… that the solutions are broad and far-reaching, should be developed across government agencies and portfolio … targeted, and selective interventions are demonstrated to be effective in addition to addressing the underlying … shifts to all of government. Leadership needs to be properly resourced financially and with appropriate …
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Lime E-Scooters – Avoiding a collision course with public health?
… with enterprises such as AirBnB and Uber now estimated to be multi-billion dollar companies. Companies, such as Lime , … 2018 Lime expanded to New Zealand where its devices may be hired in Auckland, the Hutt Valley, Christchurch and … Using Lime’s own data , around 80% of Lime trips appear to be replacing walking or cycling (or are recreational trips), …
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The Covid-19 experience in Aotearoa New Zealand and other comparable high-income jurisdictions and implications for managing the next pandemic phase
… It is important to note that all of these comparisons will be influenced by differences in surveillance and reporting … (particularly under-ascertainment) are likely to be much larger for case reporting than for deaths. For … also captures impacts from other causes of death that may be influenced by Covid-19 and the various response measures. …
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