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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Professor Diana Sarfati What do we do with the conflicting information on breast cancer screening? Assoc Prof Diana Sarfati and Dr Caroline Shaw Sorting through the information about breast cancer screening is difficult. There … screening to women in this age range . Communicating information to women Coming back to women who are thinking …
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  • A call for smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’

    … for some smart food policies to create an ‘appetite for health’. In this blog, we discuss what a new network of … we want to pave a clear way towards creating appetite for health through the solutions outlined in this new book by … including New Zealand, the implementation of strong public health policies is lagging, mainly due to powerful industry …
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  • Bioethicists, scientists and politicians; decision-making in a pandemic

    … 2017 4 and thus the public servants advising government on management would have been aware of it. At the time that a … from the Prime Minister and the Director General of Health and mapped the extent to which the approach they took … decisions based on the ethical framework and scientific information, while building and maintaining the trust of the …
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  • The case for denicotinising tobacco in Aotearoa NZ remains strong: response to online critique

    … would likely profoundly reduce smoking prevalence and health inequities. The key criticism – that we relied mainly … policy to dramatically lower smoking prevalence and reduce health loss and inequalities when implemented in the … and recommendations for future research and data management practices. Given our paper was focused on Māori …
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  • Key findings in the 2021/22 NZ Health Survey: Continued rapid falls in smoking prevalence and increases in vaping

    … New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data was released in late November. In … smoking and vaping. 1 2 This blog provides updated information on patterns and trends in smoking and vaping … the contrasting evidence in the NZHS figures about the association between increasing EC use and declines in smoking …
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  • NZ Health Survey data released today reinforce Smokefree Legislation is crucial to reduce smoking inequities

    … Newly released New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) data for 2022/2023 show that smoking … the ramifications in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre . The Health Survey estimates that daily smoking has reduced from …
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  • Longer-term harm from Covid-19 in children: The evidence suggests greater efforts are needed to protect children in Aotearoa NZ from infection

    … in all infectious diseases of childhood of public health significance. For example, rheumatic fever is a … child Covid-19 cases experiencing ongoing symptoms. More information is needed before we can quantify the likely … requires serious attention to both prevention and ongoing management. NZ needs a national survey (similar to the UK ONS …
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  • Queenstown outbreak highlights future challenges for clean drinking water

    … Safe, good quality drinking water is crucial to public health. The Queenstown cryptosporidiosis outbreak highlights … regulatory head Steve Taylor told RNZ that: “on the information available at the moment there is a material risk … of the water they provide and for writing Source Water Management Plans (though not the implementation of the plan). …
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  • Prolonged Campylobacter epidemic from chicken meat needs a strong industry and regulatory response

    … control the source of infection and protect the NZ public, health system and economy. Immediate measures could include … the product, careful handling, and adequate cooking 12 ). Information could also be provided to consumers to give an … it is undercooked. The SACNZ study found that there was no association between eating chicken and the risk of …
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  • Making the most of masks

    … Masks and vaccination have a central role in minimising the health and economic impact of COVID-19, regardless of the … viral particles. Universal, or mass masking, is a public health measure that works by providing both source control … the world. There are additional useful online sources of information about choosing suitable masks and making your …
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