696 Results

  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … we discuss our recently published study that shows that infection from the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is the major … borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for one DHB to pilot a ‘test and treat’ screening programme that seems likely to …
    Briefing

  • Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?

    … Summary  Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) is experiencing a marked increase in whooping cough cases. Unimmunised pēpi … pertussis immunisation in every pregnancy by: establishing a centrally-governed, accountable antenatal immunisation … 15   What this briefing adds Incidence of pertussis infection is rapidly increasing, and an epidemic could occur …
    Briefing

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

    … prevalence among young people has increased rapidly. In a recent New Zealand Medical Journal letter , we pointed out … vape stores (SVRs), many of which are “stores-within-a-store”, small areas within existing retail outlets … smoke than by older people who have been unable to quit after many years of smoking. We have documented other …
    Briefing

  • Comparing two pandemics: A century apart

    … future public health emergencies.   We recently published a study 1 that explored the similarities and differences … an estimated 50-100 million lives worldwide, 2 with a significant toll in Aotearoa New Zealand (~9,000 deaths), … recorded natural disaster (see Appendix ). 3 Fast forward a century, the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 …
    Briefing

  • Limiting the size of single serve sugary drinks: New NZ study on health and cost impacts

    … There is a lot of focus on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) … of this modelling was to estimate what would happen if a serving size cap was imposed on all single serve SSBs for … in NZ to 250mls. This intervention has similarities to a restriction imposed by law in France (although this was …
    Briefing

  • Why don’t we make rental housing safer?

    … arrangements that favour the framing of home injury as a product of individual behaviour and culpability rather than … do exist, remain ineffectively enforced. The home can be a site of multiple hazards leading to the risk of falls, … to be injured 7 . Injury in the home is common and is a risk borne unequally at a high cost. It is also a problem …
    Briefing

  • New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality

    … and improving freshwater quality identified by a new report on the failure to protect high-country lakes … councillors and council staff. Each failure points to a solution The Report’s summary reads as a list of regulatory … of nitrogen to the lakes using Overseer software, which after some years of criticism was found to be inappropriate …
    Briefing

  • Thoughts on NZ Adopting an Aussie Community Health Programme … and Forthcoming Nutrition Policy Events

    … as “Healthy Families New Zealand”. This blog post gives a high level overview of this initiative and anticipates a series of four forthcoming blog posts here at Public Health … Expert. The Australian programme has healthy nutrition as a large focus, but it also extends to include alcohol, …
    Briefing

  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … mortality. So why aren’t countries rushing to introduce a screening programme? Because there is still doubt about its … In this blog, we discuss the uncertainties and suggest a way forward for New Zealand.   Lung cancer isn’t the most … Lung cancer carries such a high mortality because it is often picked up at a late stage, when the disease is …
    Briefing

  • 6 teaspoons of sugar a day helps the diseases stay down, in a most challenging way

    … that sugar should be less than 10% of total energy intake a day, but have gone further to state that 5% would be better … New Zealanders currently consume around about 27 teaspoons a day of sugar (ie, median = 107 grams ), or more than 20% of total energy intake. So this is a challenging target. Sobering, even, when you consider that …
    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)