632 Results

  • Public Health Solutions Series: Where the sun enters, the doctor does not

    … Children living in cold, damp houses are more likely to be hospitalised for acute respiratory conditions than … a child is admitted to hospital, they are more likely to be readmitted . Sadly, nurses and doctors are all too aware … MBIE recently pushed back the deadline for housing to be built with more efficient insulation. While getting large …
    Briefing

  • Public Health Solutions Series: Mental health services can’t solve a mental health crisis: public mental health priorities in Aotearoa

    … in a previous blog in this series, therefore need to be part of our approach to reducing demand for mental health … health. A health-based approach to drug policy would be in line with international best practice and has been …   Demand for mental health and addiction services can also be reduced by supporting the recovery needs of people using …
    Briefing

  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … challenging the misconception that such policies would be unpopular. Such policies should be part of a comprehensive New Zealand Food Strategy, drawing … support for healthy food policies. Food policies should be implemented as soon as possible and ideally as part of a …
    Briefing

  • The Covid inquiry report is an excellent guide to preparing for the next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk

    … sector-specific plans. The Ministry of Health would be responsible for the most substantial sector planning … and social measures, as well as guidance on how they might be deployed. The plan would cover quarantine and isolation … process, and for six-monthly reporting on progress to be made publicly available. This is where we need a clear …
    Briefing

  • Meat, health, hospitals, and sustainability*

    … as a general public health message is the right thing to be doing, this is not an appropriate recommendation for those … red meat intake. Our processed meat intake needs to be zero. Processed meats have been classified by the World … to leave hospital with improved dietary habits could be among dietitians’ most appropriate and urgent tasks. Two …
    Briefing

  • How should we manage the harm caused by tobacco product waste?

    … to argue that cigarette manufacturers should be accountable for the harms their products cause. 7-9 These … butt litter. Of these, the measures seen as most likely to be effective were fines (74%) and increased smokefree spaces … respondents to support laws requiring tobacco companies to be responsible for collecting and disposing of TPW. Tobacco …
    Briefing

  • The Smokefree Generation: A core measure in New Zealand’s endgame strategy

    … a certain age, smoking poses fewer risks and may even be ‘safe’ or ‘acceptable’.[11] Second, age restrictions may … Further, by creating a cohort that may never legally be sold tobacco, SFG policies extend the protection provided … rising black market tobacco sales and unsafe products will be addressed by increased border surveillance (with increased …
    Briefing

  • Hearing loss & social isolation – the silent burden

    … the disability burden and risk of social isolation can be reduced. Mamo et al have reported that although … placed on the hearing impaired person may also be placed on the family, impacting taha whānau (10). Social … regarding hearing protection and rehabilitation can be delivered from services such as local iwi, local marae, …
    Briefing

  • Kiwi public health doc reporting back from Victoria (Australia): “Do quarantine well!”

    … failure. And a judicial inquiry has been launched. To be clear, mistakes will happen in a fast moving pandemic … a chink in the armour, that the virus exploited. Also, to be clear, we already had low-level community transmission – … lesson out of this, when the dust settles, I suggest will be maintaining adequate on the ground public health workforce …
    Briefing

  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … of accessibility when he said that Coca-Cola should always be ‘Within an arm’s reach of desire’.  Imagine his excitement … are typically more difficult to locate than those we would be better to avoid. For this reason, it’s perhaps not … so far out of line with public opinion that they should be immediately dismissed in any considered analysis.  In …
    Briefing

Subscribe

Briefing CTA

Public Health Expert Briefing

Get the latest insights from the public health research community delivered straight to your inbox for free. Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest research, analysis and commentary from the Public Health Expert Briefing.

PHCC logo PHCC

The PHCC is funded by a philanthropic endowment from the Gama Foundation and hosted by the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.

Contact

Email phcc@phcc.org.nz
43 Hanson Street, Mt Cook, 
Wellington | Te Whanganui-a-Tara
PO Box 7343, Wellington South 6242
New Zealand | Aotearoa

 

Public Health Expert Briefing (ISSN 2816-1203)