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What does art have to do with public health, and how can they work together?
… can tell us about topics pertinent to health today, such as poverty, poor housing and eviction ( see here for a … forefront in their work. Photo by Philippa Howden-Chapman As a scholar of the arts and practicing artist, Professor … This session also considered the value of movies as a useful way to teach medical students about public health …
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New Zealanders strongly support policies to curb alcohol harm – will government listen?
… and wellbeing of the consumer, their families, and society as a whole, making it Aotearoa New Zealand’s most harmful … per year. 1 Māori face inequitable harms and are twice as likely to die from an alcohol-related cause than … For example, children see alcohol marketing on average 4.5 times daily, and tamariki Māori are exposed five times more …
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Air pollution in Aotearoa NZ: Five key ways to reduce the massive health and social costs
… of concern are fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometres—dubbed PM 2.5 —and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). … size is taken into account, Invercargill emerges as the centre where air pollution is having the greatest … cost air pollution incurs on New Zealanders’ health as well as the economy. Five key solutions For potential …
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Media release: Energy poverty: Low-income households hit hardest by rising power costs
… in energy costs - low-income households spend over 7.5% of their income on electricity, while high-income … to energy poverty have already cut back on electricity use as much as possible. As prices continue to rise, there is no wiggle …
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Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax
… We found that these meta-analyses supported this, eg, a 5% shift in dietary energy from saturated fats to … a Danish-style saturated fat tax. Specific dietary fats as a proportion of energy intake from all fats for NZ adults … oils that are high in omega-6 fatty acids may not be as great as those with higher ratios of omega-3 to omega-6 …
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The long shadow of war on the health of military personnel
… 74.2 years for the non-combat group – an eight year gap. As well as warfare-related injury deaths, other causes of excess … relative to control groups of other veterans (4,5). Likewise, in a similar UK study there were significantly …
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Cyclone Gabrielle joins list of Aotearoa NZ’s ‘sudden mass fatality events’
… the context of these other events, and reflect on how we, as a country, might avoid the list getting longer. Sudden mass fatality events can be broadly defined as those events leading to death of 10 or more people. … terms , with total damages estimated to be at least NZ$13.5 billion (although such estimates may rise in the future as …
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Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better
… lowered uptake of Covid-19 vaccination and boosters 1 , as well as other vaccines, such as measles 2 , reducing their public … for a meningococcal disease vaccination (MeNZB) campaign, 5 but has done little for the national programme since. While …
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Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ
… East, Africa and Asia). Such endgames can be highly valued as they can permanently eliminate health hazards and save … Weapons Convention). Past: Endgame successes in NZ As of 2014, NZ has successfully eliminated three infectious … forms of gambling e.g., poker machines (banned in 5 US states including Hawaii and Connecticut), casinos (e.g., …
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And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry
… version of one of their tables. Summary of Table 5.1 from Duckett and Swerissen (2016) on differing types of … could be addressed with annual inflation adjustments (as is used for tobacco and alcohol excise taxes in NZ). The … are ignoring here other potentially harmful aspects such as the acidity of SSBs and the phosphate levels). But this …
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