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

    … A feature of Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy is the rapid identification and then management of any COVID-19 cases arising from border system failures. … during the COVID pandemic? Currently, the Ministry of Health (MOH) recommends that QR Code posters are printed in …
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  • In the news: Public Health Priorities Series

    … Here's a selection of coverage of the Public Health Priorities Series published on The …
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  • Chewing the fat on a saturated fat tax

    … Associate Professor Nick Wilson, University of Otago Wellington An article we published last week generated plenty of debate [1] (some thoughtful, some distortionary), and in … in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health , we reviewed the meta-analyses on replacing dietary …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Protecting the healthcare system: a strategic approach to reducing infectious disease impacts in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … education, work, and social settings.   This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health … in many ways the pandemic is simply a larger-scale version of the endemic and epidemic infectious diseases that exact a …
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  • Smoking denormalization and tobacco endgames

    … declined since its peak in the 1960s, after the serious health risks it poses became clear. Government policies and … will need to address. Social norms govern many aspects of our everyday lives by defining what practices we view as … Similarly, social norms mean smoking with a group of workmates will be a very different experience to smoking …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 2)

    … Editor note: This is Part 2 of a two-part blog by Dr Caroline Shaw and Associate … agree with Shaw and Sarfati that screening beneath the age of 50 should stop and the quality and honesty of communication to women must improve. We would also go one …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … Alafeishat and colleagues have published a paper in the NZ Medical Journal showing that New Zealand has higher death … This is important, highlighting room to improve in our health sector. This blog we canvass how bad (or good) the situation really is, the problems and possible sources of error comparing survival across the ditch (it is not easy …
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  • How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it?

    … New Zealand towards adopting a sugary drink tax. As part of the policy briefing prepared for this FIZZ Symposium, we … UK will implement a tiered levy based on the sugar content of drinks on the beverage industry (more on this at the end … background on sugary drink taxes, see previous Public Health Expert blogs regarding the Mexico (see this blog , and …
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  • Smokefree cars legislation: Should the new government make this a priority?

    … the case for the prioritisation by the new Government of a law for smokefree cars carrying children. This would demonstrate their commitment to children’s health and well-being, respond to public and smoker opinion, …   The new government has many problems to address. Years of minimal legislation for population health means that the …
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  • Media release: What can we do to reduce the number of babies dying before, during or soon after birth?

    … than 700 fetal and neonatal deaths in 2021, that’s a rate of 11.2 per 1000 births according to the Perinatal and … 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 perinatal …
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