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  • Perspective: Who is responsible for stopping NZ’s obesity epidemic?

    … treatments for obesity in children (despite Minister of Health Coleman’s assertions to the contrary), I share … with its citizens’ best interests at heart (and future health budgets) to change tack? Most of the adult population … second version of market failure occurs when ‘imperfect information’ perverts our ability to make a reasoned …
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  • Media release: A call to make Invasive Group A Strep notifiable in New Zealand

    … Public Health experts say there’s an increase worldwide in severe … GAS (iGAS). In a Briefing published today by the Public Health Communication Centre, Dr Julie Bennett from the … of a vaccine to prevent GAS-related diseases. The Health Research Council of NZ has also supported …
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  • The case for tobacco supply restrictions

    … led the researchers and groups advocating for public health to call for further investigation of retailer … young people can access tobacco products. The New Zealand Association of Convenience Stores (NZACS), which carries British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco’s logos on its website, …
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  • What’s the right Covid-19 risk to live with – an Australian perspective

    … the state, as well as the optimal strategy in terms of  health and cost impacts . We have now updated this modelling … risk might be, we also need to think about the non-health consequences. And for this, we look at the proportion … Unit , Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne: Laxman Bablani, Driss Ait …
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  • Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain

    … negatively affects respiratory, cardiovascular and oral health, 3-5 and can also affect mental wellbeing, … Year 10 students vaping daily in 2024.   The New Zealand Health Survey has also recorded declines in youth vaping in … and conducted by ASH staff. Findings and methodological information are available online.  The New Zealand Health …
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  • Why NZ should consider adopting “mass masking” as an additional step to speed elimination of the Covid-19 pandemic

    … to reduce the spread of respiratory infections [1]. In health care settings masks are used widely for infection … promote mask usage. However, research into other public health safety measures (HIV prevention, seatbelt use and … responsibly is not in line with other preventive public health policies. Arguments on improper mask use can also be …
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  • Evidence for free school lunches: The bigger picture benefits

    … Western countries. This includes lifelong educational and health benefits to recipient children, economic gains for … healthily at school and showing improvement in a number of health metrics. 4-6  Strong international evidence tells us … new foods translates to improvements in children's mental health, dental health, and reduced risk of chronic diseases …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … a collection of 35 high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we … opportunistic. Nevertheless, all the movies cover public health issues and also achieve a minimum level of … change and energy Climate change is a key international health issue and the selected movies on this theme include …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Stemming the tide of cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … level solutions .   The blog  is part of the  Public Health Solutions series  looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. In a … factors have their roots within the social determinants of health , and are strongly patterned by economic and policy …
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  • Is Keytruda for advanced melanoma cost-effective? Applying the BODE3 rapid cost effectiveness calculator

    … 3 Programme, we have harnessed the high quality linked health data in NZ to create some online calculators. One … (i.e. non-diseased) mortality and morbidity, and health system costs, ‘behind the scenes’, but requires us to … a five-year relative survival of about 15% . We then input health system costs for advanced melanoma (ignoring …
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