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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … We have assembled a collection of 35 high quality movies as part of public … that make them both educational and entertaining.   A systematic selection process was used for generating the … weapons that continue in the arsenals of nine countries – often with on-going processes of modernisation and expansion. …
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  • Urgent measures needed to allow the safe re-opening of Auckland schools

    … the range of urgent measures that are needed to facilitate a safe return to schools in Auckland and other regions of the … majority of young children with COVID-19 experience only mild symptoms. Since the beginning of the Delta outbreak in … and other extra-curricular activities, and before and after school care programmes (OSCAR). 7. Guidance regarding …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … advocate PSA ‘testing’ to occur only among men who express a definite preference for screening after discussion with their clinician. This is similar to the … Prostate cancer is common among older men, and often so slow growing that it will not cause any problems in …
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  • What does the novel coronavirus epidemic mean for New Zealand?

    … This blog post reproduces a Sunday Star Times opinion piece (26/1/2020) by this author … recorded at the time of writing. It is clearly a serious infection for those who are elderly and have underlying … about it. Another key component of the IHR is what comes after a country reports a new event. WHO then assesses its …
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  • The 5000 annual deaths caused by smoking also matter

    … day. We critically review the narrative that smoking is a “choice”, a mantra perpetuated by the tobacco industry, … to growing evidence their products caused serious, often fatal, illnesses. Studies linking smoking and lung … Nor could it prevent litigation against tobacco companies. After decades of claiming health researchers had not proven …
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  • Removing the nicotine from tobacco: The key component of the current Smokefree Bill

    … in outlets selling tobacco, and the introduction of a Smokefree Generation policy. In a previous blog we summarised the evidence for and against … date should be set in the final Act (not the regulations) after which only denicotinised tobacco products will be legal …
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  • Engaging online simulator of measles outbreaks (& how NZ needs to do better in eliminating measles)

    … of ‘herd immunity’, The Guardian Newspaper has produced a clever online simulator of measles spread. We comment on … Interactive Team . Press the “run simulation again” button a few times and see how the communities with relatively high … and potentially also Hib disease and rotavirus infection. This is an important year for measles control in …
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  • The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel

    … This blog post looks at a recently published study of the lifespan of NZ soldiers who … in foreign military engagements. The study that a group of us published in a recent December edition of the … the risk of death in subsequent surgical operations after the war and also death from cardiovascular disease. …
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  • Improving the health of our children: Project Energize bang for the health $

    … Elaine Rush, in which she overviews the recent Budget from a child health perspective, and then lays out the case and … note: an RCT was deemed impossible, thus a before-after design was used.] The cost? Project Energize costs … training and meetings together. One Energizer looks after a cluster of 8 to 12 schools and shares their time …
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  • Period Drama: How to Address Period Poverty in Aotearoa

    … out of reach. Period poverty impacts Kiwis everyday and is often an unseen problem. Period products are now available … is Period Poverty?   Many people experience periods as a mundane, if at times inconvenient, part of their everyday … missed school as a result 1 . Materially driven poverty often combines with other factors such as stigma or taboo …
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