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  • Protecting children in cars from tobacco smoke: The inconsistent case of new mandatory child restraints while optional smoking persists

    … Today sees new rules to ensure children are safely secured in cars come into force, yet many remain exposed to hazardous second hand tobacco smoke (SHS) in vehicles. … event of a car crash, but are unwilling to protect them from known toxins in tobacco smoke. All Australian States and …
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  • Modifying homes to prevent falls is very cost-effective: New NZ study

    … hand rails and removing tripping hazards in homes) appears to be a very cost-effective health sector intervention. But … even more cost-effective was targeting this intervention to older people with previous injurious falls. In this blog … and responsible for three-quarters of the health loss from femoral fractures (1,2). What is this home modification …
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  • Young New Zealanders want a tobacco-free future - new research

    … Summary The new coalition government’s plan to repeal Aotearoa’s world-leading smokefree law flies in the … demonstrating strong support for smokefree measures from those who will ultimately be most affected -─ teens and … New Zealand’s world-leading smokefree laws are set to be axed as part of the coalition agreement between …
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  • Patterns of declining smoking in NZ – But more action needed by the New Government

    … Just published results from the NZ Health Survey indicate ongoing declines in … reasons for these trends and describe recent work on how progress could be accelerated. Just published results … the Census [1] and declining cigarette sales data. We plan to do more detailed analyses of these trends and update our …
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  • Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health

    … Poor ventilation on our buses and trains is leading to an increased risk of passing on respiratory infections … Covid-19, according to new research. The latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre details the … Professor Nick Wilson says he was a little surprised by how high some of the results were. “They were up to eight …
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  • New Zealand’s hard-won improvements to our Building Code must be retained: Here’s why

    … lay out the evidence for retaining hard-won improvements to the Building Code. In 2023 new Building Code insulation … cool in summer. Insulating our homes well is a key part of how we adapt to increasing extremes of heat and cold brought … When we build homes in New Zealand they tend to stay up for a long time – half our building stock is more …
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  • Media release: Why we need an Aotearoa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

    … New Zealand needs a Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to prepare the country for future pandemics which have the potential to be far worse than Covid-19 according to global health and infectious disease experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre— Why we need an …
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  • Taxes on fizzy drinks in NZ: preventing premature deaths and raising funds for health

    … A task of public health research is to quantify the health impact of interventions that are … possible policy implications. We have previously outlined how difficult it is to estimate precisely the health impact … drivers of increasing obesity rates are upstream, stemming from changes in our food environment.  Politicians and the …
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  • Rising congenital syphilis in Aotearoa New Zealand needs a strong response

    … death, prematurity, and critically ill newborns. Prior to 2017, reports of congenital syphilis were rare however in … 5 years NZ has had over 25 cases.  Some hapū māmā continue to miss out on essential antenatal healthcare, including … What is congenital syphilis? Congenital syphilis results from fetal infection with Treponema pallidum transmitted …
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  • Implementing healthy food environment policies in Aotearoa

    … conducted for the fourth time in Aotearoa New Zealand to benchmark government policies influencing food … survey is urgently needed. This briefing outlines how we conducted Food-EPI in Aotearoa NZ . It looks … progress to be made, there needs to be clear leadership from the Public Health Agency, and development of a …
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