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  • New government document on hazards: Good progress but gaps remain

    … Summary A new official Draft Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) is a timely and well-argued call to shift hazard management from … disruptions, for example a lack of imported liquid fuel after nuclear war.  Fortunately, there are a range of …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … A just published modelling study by the BODE 3 Team has … and removing tripping hazards in homes) appears to be a very cost-effective health sector intervention. But even … people with previous injurious falls. In this blog we take a closer look at this intervention and consider what …
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  • COVID-19 hospitalisation peaks in Australian States since Omicron emerged: potential relevance to Aotearoa NZ

    … at 424 people. Applying the Australian experience to NZ on a per capita basis would suggest peaks of 1,107 people in NZ … developing NZ Omicron wave. Australia is in the middle of a COVID-19 wave, predominantly fuelled by the new Omicron … in Australia on the 28 November 2021, just three days after it was first identified by South African  scientists. …
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  • Eliminate the pandemic virus causing COVID-19 or risk an animal reservoir

    … the greater is the likelihood that it will find a host among other animal species and that these will become a reservoir capable of transmission back to humans. … leadership and with widespread consent and support from a community that rapidly grasped what was at stake and how to …
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  • Is youth vaping a problem in New Zealand?

    … delivery systems (ENDS) deliver nicotine to smokers using a hand-to-mouth process that parallels smoking. Because ENDS … devices are endorsed as lifestyle consumer products , often with little reference to smoking cessation. 22 … vaping is associated with smoking initiation and uptake, after allowing for factors that may represent a common …
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  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … Untreated hearing loss is a large direct cause of disability and is associated with … the most significant risk of age-related hearing loss, are often responsible for leading and facilitating huis. … isolation may mediate the pathway between hearing loss and cognitive decline (1, 13). Lastly, hearing loss can lead to a …
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  • Social Marketing for Smokefree Aotearoa 2025: Reminding, Reinforcing, and Changing Social Norms

    … Plan to realise the Smokefree 2025 goal has signalled a more important role for social marketing. Social marketing … that condone smoking in cars (e.g. “I don’t do it often, so it can’t be too bad”), thus enabling communication … not be a panacea to challenging social problems, which often involved entrenched behaviours that had developed in …
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  • 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 …
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  • 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 …
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  • 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 …
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