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  • Red meat & processed meat: Summarising the Public Health isues

    … red meat. Here we briefly look at this topic and also take a wider perspective on other aspects of meat consumption on … in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect. There is also evidence of associations … actually associated with cancer? Sir David Spiegelhalter, a risk professor at Cambridge University, summarised the …
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  • Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Quitting aid or teen addiction risk?

    … allowing the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products, a measure included in the National-NZ First Coalition … recently introduced , suggests oral nicotine products are often marketed to appeal to young people. 7 Examples of … feature the brand in their social media content, creating a “buzz” around the product. Because of the global nature of …
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  • BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it

    … tables to compare interventions. This week we provide a brief ‘user guide’ for our just launched BODE 3 Interactive … but also by comparing interventions side-by-side in a league table. What is the BODE 3 Interactive League Table, … have put up has data on 67 interventions evaluated by us (often variants around a theme like dietary salt reduction). …
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  • Insights into health system costs of living and dying in New Zealand – New study

    A study in the NZ Medical Journal shows how public spending … of death.  One analysis simulated health expenditure over a Kiwi’s lifespan, assuming 2007-09 costs by age applied.  … death. Nevertheless, spending more on prevention can also often be cost-saving in the long run – and there seems plenty …
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  • Being Bolder – Public Health Endgames for NZ

    …   Southern saltmarsh mosquito: A disease vector successfully eliminated from NZ At the … Smokefree Nation Goal for 2025). This blog post provides a brief historical perspective and international perspective … (e.g., it has been eliminated in Iceland ). Campylobacter infection from fresh poultry. There has been substantial …
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  • Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and efficient

    … an outcome of systemic flaws in Aotearoa New Zealand’s (A-NZ) regulatory system for drinking water, which were … reforming the waste, storm and drinking water systems in A-NZ. The final and most contentious aspect of the total … that 34,000 people get sick from drinking water in A-NZ each year. 6 Subsequent water quality reports also show …
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  • NZ compares well with other OECD countries in health & other areas: But scope for improvements

    … shown by the fact that it ranks among the top countries in a large number of topics in the “Better Life Index” [1]. What follows are a list of some of the specifics – both good and not so good. … a person approaches a pedestrian walkway and then turn off after they leave. [3] There is evidence for and against the …
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  • Media release: Prevention and treatment of mental disorders will help reduce dementia

    … in Aotearoa New Zealand who have ever been diagnosed with a mental health disorder face a significantly increased risk of developing dementia later … such as depression and anxiety substantially increase a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life. Using …
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  • International index ranks Aotearoa New Zealand last for effective alcohol policy

    … Alcohol Control Policy Index measures the strength of a country’s alcohol control policies across ten areas, … alcohol in Aotearoa New Zealand. This Briefing outlines a new approach for the collection of indicators relevant to … 2023, with funding from Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora, a comparison was made between Aotearoa and 10 other similar …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … the reduction of preventable injuries that currently take a toll on hospital and health resources. These include those … health system. Hospital emergency departments (EDs) are a place where the results of health policy are seen most … who are injured. 6 NZ home injuries are much more likely after even light alcohol use. 7 How can we reduce …
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