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News: Fears NZ on track to fall well short of Smokefree 2025 goal
… smoking rates continue to flatline as revealed by the NZ Health Survey data. Prof Edwards was responding questions … trends: Important findings from the 2023-24 New Zealand Health Survey . He also spoke to Newstalk ZB on the smoking … prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey . The data show vaping prevalence is …
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Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa
… be implemented. Image by  Tumisu  from  Pixabay   Public health strategies have often used the term “harm reduction” … that aim not to prevent an activity, but to reduce harmful health, economic, legal, cultural and social consequences of … by the NZ Parliament and is supported by NZ research. 19-22 [Categories 1b, 4] Yes, logic and emerging evidence, 23 …
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Calculating cardiovascular risk with online calculators – scope for improvement?
… ways to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) – with public health measures being particularly critical. These include … (2)). But individual measures are also important – with health workers providing targeted advice on lifestyle change … such calculators “may best be used in conjunction with health professionals who can guide the user through the …
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Media release: Experts urge NZ-Australia pandemic pact for future preparedness
… Public health experts believe a NZ-Australia pandemic cooperation … of their populations facing increasing pandemic risks. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant global impacts, with an …
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World moving forward on the smokefree generation - Aotearoa NZ goes backwards
… an important opportunity to protect future generations' health and wellbeing. In late 2022, the Aotearoa New Zealand … preventing them getting hooked and protecting their health both now and in the future .” The UK Labour Party has … In what the local newspaper described as a “ win for health and wellness advocates ”, the Massachusetts Supreme …
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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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Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties
… A/Prof Ralph Chapman, Prof Philippa Howden-Chapman The health organisation OraTaiao convened a group of experts to … with both opportunities for advancing development and health [1] and also a range of possible disastrous outcomes … Megan Woods (executive committee), Dr Megan Woods National 19% (11/58) Todd Barclay, Andrew Bayly, Chris Bishop, Barbara …
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Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ
… vector successfully eliminated from NZ At the Public Health Congress in Auckland last week, one of us presented on potential public health endgames – partly to inform thinking around the … perspective and international perspective on public health-related endgames. It also considers what additional …
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Media release: Poor ventilation on buses and trains – a fixable risk to health
… risk of passing on respiratory infections such as Covid-19, according to new research. The latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre details the results of testing on …
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Front-of-pack nutrition labels improve understanding but don’t improve healthy food choices; Starlight Trial just published
… Health Star Rating and Traffic Light nutrition labels have a … allocated to one of three labels: Traffic Light labels, Health Star Rating labels, or Nutrition Information Panels. … participants were randomised to: traffic light labels, health star rating and nutrition information The study …
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