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  • The Smokefree Generation: Perspectives from young people

    … sales of smoked tobacco products. Although supported by health researchers, we know little about how young people – … among 18-24 year olds suggests age restrictions only delay recruitment of ‘replacement smokers’ and do not close the … structure of the Māori population. 9 Studies show strong public support for the SFG among both adult and young adult …
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  • Proposed vaping regulations for NZ: Strengths and limitations

    … discuss the provisions, as summarised in the Ministry of Health’s Factsheet , and outline important questions that we … will address key concerns raised by members of the public, parents and teachers, as well as by public health … develop and implement a comprehensive strategy and action plan to achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa. … Proposed vaping …
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  • Shifting all isolation/quarantine facilities to a single air force base: The need for a critical analysis

    … involve outbreaks in NZ’s largest cities with large health and economic impacts. The main disadvantage would be … facilities at Ōhakea. In summary , it would seem from a public health perspective there is a reasonable case for a … building essential infrastructure to manage other external public health threats on the horizon. * Author details: …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … of the key proposals included in the Smokefree 2025 Action Plan Discussion Document that was published in April this … . 1 Methods Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled … Grout and Richard Edwards are based in the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington. … A Smokefree …
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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

    … been described in all infectious diseases of childhood of public health significance. For example, rheumatic fever is a … Hauora. All other authors are with the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington. The lead …
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  • Possible strategic approaches to achieve the NZ Government’s Smokefree 2025 goal

    … prevalence in NZ. There is also widespread support by the public for tobacco endgame strategies (1-5), or at least for … blog post ). So to help with strategic planning by the NZ health sector, we aimed to outline various strategic options … which would be best. Lessons from other endgames in public health may be relevant. See this blog post. * Our …
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  • Strengthening Omicron mitigation strategies in Early Childhood Education settings

    … preschool children from two years of age, the World Health Organization currently does not recommend masking … around protection of under five year olds in enclosed public spaces such as indoor children’s playgrounds, shops and public transport needs to be provided by the Ministry of …
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  • Weekly deaths declined in NZ’s lockdown – but we still don’t know exactly why

    … The pandemic-related lockdown is possibly the most dramatic public health intervention in NZ history. It helped achieve the … preliminary results for 2020 in NZ should provide the public with some reassurance that the lockdown did not have …
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  • Website Privacy Policy

    … This privacy policy relates to the website for the Public Health Communication Centre ( PHCC ), which is hosted by the Public Health Department at Otago University, Wellington …
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  • News: The PHCC turns one!

    … It has been a year since the launch of the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) and the new-look Public Health Expert Briefing. You can read about our first …
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