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  • Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction

    … New Zealand than in comparable countries and according to Dr Jude Ball from ASPIRE, advances in vaping technology mean … the risk of addiction for young people is higher,” says Dr Ball. Dr Ball and co-authors argue that the effects of addiction …
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  • Local elections and public health: A critical connection

    … Local and regional councils in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) shape many aspects of daily life which have a direct … Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of Otago, Wellington Dr John Kerr , Science Lead, Public Health Communication … University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard , Department of Public Health, tākou …
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  • Media release: Vaping crackdown falls short: Gaps in new bill leave youth at risk

    … Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . Dr Jude Ball and co-authors say if the Government wants to … for online sales, and disallowing price discounts. Dr Ball says stopping price discounting, loyalty schemes, … to other countries, particularly among Māori youth. NZ youth vaping rates are nearly twice as high as estimates …
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  • Media release: ACC turns 50 - Time to up the game on injury prevention

    … Health Communication Centre , long-time researcher on ACC, Dr Grant Duncan and co-author, University of Otago injury … strategies have changed since ACC was launched in 1974. Dr Duncan says as a world-leading, universal, no-fault … improve injury prevention equity,” says Professor Keall. Dr Duncan says ACC can play a stronger public health role in …
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  • Water infrastructure failures from Cyclone Gabrielle show low resilience to climate change

    … swept across large parts of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) in February this year, it displaced thousands of people … water infrastructure. Author details: Prof Nick Wilson , Dr Tim Chambers , Marnie Prickett , Adele Broadbent and Dr John Kerr , all Department of Public Health, University of …
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  • Media release: New Zealand’s hungry teens four years behind in their learning - free school lunches provide solution

    … behind their peers who never miss meals," says researcher Dr Pippa McKelvie-Sebileau. Analysis by Dr McKelvie-Sebileau and Health Coalition Aotearoa (HCA) … the lunches. The PISA data is in line with the latest NZ Health Survey results which showed the largest jump on …
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  • Evidence supports the need to protect adolescents from social media harms

    … health response. The Government of Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) has  launched an Inquiry into the online harms … meaningful support for young people. Author details Dr Samantha Marsh , Senior Research Fellow, Department of … Care, University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau. Dr Marsh is an Academic Advisor for B416 , an advocacy group …
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  • Smoke, heat or vapour? Ideas for risk-proportionate regulation to make World Smokefree Day irrelevant by 2025

    … the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) claim that Philip Morris (NZ) Ltd had contravened the 1990 Smoke-free Environment Act … 2016/17  [*].   There were also profound decreases among NZ adolescents : between 2011 and 2017 the prevalence of … included in Table 2. Authors:  Richard Edwards, Anaru Waa, Janet Hoek, Louise Thornley, Nick Wilson. ASPIRE 2025, …
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  • Media release: Prevention and treatment of mental disorders will help reduce dementia

    … Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre ,  Dr Etuini Ma’u and co-authors from the Department of … life-course approach to mental health is essential,” says Dr Ma’u. “That means supporting children, whānau and … a much higher price later.” Dementia rates in Aotearoa NZ are projected to double within 25 years, soaring from an …
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  • Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand

    … – Homes and Communities .  Its main subsidiary is Housing NZ, the government housing provider. Kāinga Ora’s mandate is … stock in 2017, from 4 percent in 2008. In 2018-19, Housing NZ built 1,461 state rental homes, the largest number in 20 … ambition. Former National Deputy PM English called Housing NZ “the biggest slum landlord in the country”. National’s …
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