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  • Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?

    … released recently. In  the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Dr Rose Elder and co-authors … prevention, optimisation and preparation in the management of preterm birth would lower neonatal and … other measures including the recognition and treatment of health issues that contribute to preterm birth, screening for …
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  • Will regular tobacco tax increases get NZ to the tobacco endgame?

    …   Image from a World Health Organization poster In a modelling study we just … in funding other aspects of tobacco control and/or to fund health services. An extra plus is that the weight of evidence … suggests that tobacco tax increases contribute to reducing health inequalities (for 2 recent systematic reviews see here …
    Briefing

  • The science is certain: masks work. Policy and practice must support their use

    … in many Asian jurisdictions. This gap in our public health protections is seriously undermining our readiness for … requires actions by Government, researchers, and public health decision-makers: Implementing a mask policy to improve … difficulties inclusively and well. Alongside this information there needs to be generalised and …
    Briefing

  • “Nudging” to improve QR scanning and mask wearing to protect us all during a pandemic

    … elimination strategy is the rapid identification and then management of any COVID-19 cases arising from border system … others by doing the “right thing”, or that provides new information about why these behaviours are important. … during the COVID pandemic? Currently, the Ministry of Health (MOH) recommends that QR Code posters are printed in …
    Briefing

  • Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking?

    … have called for further research into their long-term health effects, including their potential to cause nicotine addiction and negatively affect oral health. 4 5 Tobacco companies produce and market several … ASPIRE Aotearoa Research Centre, and Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington  Dr Jude Ball , ASPIRE …
    Briefing

  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health , we reviewed the meta-analyses on replacing dietary … article strongly indicate this. But it may be that more health gain might be achieved if such taxes were also used to … fat tax could also fund a media education campaign on the health benefits of increasing nut consumption and the …
    Briefing

  • Warmest New Zealand winter ever recorded – The Government should do more on climate change

    … levels of damage to human civilisation – a public health threat on a scale larger than we usually consider. … book on the ethics of climate change. Fortunately from a health perspective, various actions to reduce greenhouse emissions will have benefits for public health. Some of these actions may even save society money and …
    Briefing

  • Using a fun “Mask Day” at school to promote pandemic protection in the NZ community

    … lack of support by the NZ Government and the World Health Organization. Our successful elimination of SARS-CoV-2 … mask. Schools as powerful places to spread positive public health messages  Mass masking is a new norm in many non-Asian … transmission in this group; as highlighted by the American Academy of Paediatrics [10]. Esposito et al reason …
    Briefing

  • Targeting a new generation – time for a greater focus on smoking uptake prevention?

    … 2 3 Furthermore, smokers are greatly impacted by the health harms caused by smoking, as well as by social and … smoking uptake is a priority from a societal and public health perspective, and is necessary to achieve and sustain a … of younger employees. Finally, there is a very strong association between smoking and drinking alcohol. 32-34 …
    Briefing

  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … extend the approach taken in NZ. For several years, public health researchers, parents and school principals have … training in smoking cessation or requirements to provide information about smoking cessation support.  Smokers … products and will provide for much more effective management of the widespread, aggressive marketing that has …
    Briefing

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