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  • ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed

    … to provide world-leading, universal, no-fault compensation and rehabilitation for personal injury. While ACC has … also addressed structural causes, such as unsafe housing or inadequate product regulations. Stronger collaboration … both well-being and efficiency, in jargon-free prose. 1 Since everyone in the community benefits from the …
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  • Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study

    … period (from 1876 to 2020). We found that the average age- and sex-standardised EWM Index (EWMI) increased from 1.20 during 1886-1917 to 1.34 in the 1920s, before gradually … this downward trend eg, provision of influenza vaccination or specific housing quality improvements. This is despite …
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  • Mortality declines in Aotearoa NZ during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … increase in life expectancy, decreased winter mortality, and net decline in (excess) mortality. These impacts are far … reports NZ as having a Covid-19 mortality rate of only 1.08 per 100,000 population, which is the lowest amongst all … UK, much like the USA, there has been ongoing inconsistent or lack of sufficient public health protections throughout …
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  • Tighter controls on vape marketing due, but gaps remain

    … Summary New vaping regulations that reduce the visibility and marketing of vaping products will come into effect on 17 … product images. Nor will specialist vape retailers (or their websites) be able to give away free products, offer … among children in the first half of the 20 th century . 1 What do marketers gain from promoting brand visibility and …
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  • Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand: a tricky balance of improving overall population health and addressing inequalities

    … paper recently published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention [1] by the BODE3 team, which modelled a nationwide colorectal … full year of healthy life (one quality adjusted life year or QALY) for less than $45,000 NZD is considered – as a rule …
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  • Beyond unhelpful dichotomies: a co-regulatory approach to protecting children from junk food marketing

    … of junk food marketing restrictions to children.   “Black and white thinking limits understanding and feedback, two … exempt from this hazy classification? Often we see black or white policy options — mandatory or voluntary regulation. … be black or white, mandatory or voluntary? Of course not (1), but what does a commitment to co-regulation really look …
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  • Science-informed policy: considerations in support of judicious, circumspect changes to Aotearoa/NZ alert levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

    … a number of characteristics of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 pandemic that make deciding when and how to … of the basic reproduction number (R 0 ) of greater than 2 1,2 (ie, the average infected case will typically infect more … He et al concluded that infectivity probably peaked at or before symptom onset and estimated that 44% (95% CI: …
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  • The Two-Faced Tobacco Industry: Transformation and Cigarillos

    … a smoke-free future? In this blog we explore that question and explain why policy makers should continue to treat … only slightly higher in trust than used-car salespeople. 1 Legal settlements explain how tobacco companies have become … the economic pressure to decrease tobacco consumption or make a quit attempt. The availability of Chesterfield Leaf …
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  • An upgraded Alert Level 2 is urgently needed to address the Delta Variant threat

    … in early 2020, but the Covid-19 landscape has changed, and the system must be updated to address the threat of the … quickly implemented intense lockdowns (whether regional or nationwide) can be effective in dealing with Delta variant … reduce infections, hospitalisations, and deaths [1], but population-level immunity will be limited by the …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    … support Ka Ora, Ka Ako, the Healthy School Lunch Programme and wants to reduce spending by half. The programme received … extend what is already known locally about Ka Ora, Ka Ako. 1  The outcomes and potential impacts of Ka Ora, Ka Ako … noting no improvement in either school performance or attendance. 2 However, changes in school performance have …
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