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Media release: International studies highlight link between hunger and lower educational achievement
… There is compelling evidence linking hunger in schools in Aotearoa New Zealand to lower educational achievement according to public health researchers. In the second Briefing in a three-part series from the Public …
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Public Health Solutions Series: Stemming the tide of cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand
… health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. In a recent issue of the medical journal The Lancet , a … environmental and ‘behavioural’ risk factors and cancer. In their study, the authors estimated that 44% of cancer … More than 19 million new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2020 worldwide , and 10 million people died of cancer. …
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Can earthquakes be good for public health?
… – and the shocking damage to Christchurch and its citizens in 2011 is still very much in the minds of New Zealanders. But living in shaky Wellington, makes one regularly wonder what might be …
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Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa
… 2–4 This Briefing builds on research that was the first in Aotearoa to look specifically at LGBTIQ+ people’s … upstream to explore how the phenomenon can be prevented in the first place. Building on this, recent research has … experiences of housing instability more broadly. 9 In interviews with 20 LGBTIQ+ people across Aotearoa, …
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Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction
… The growth in youth vaping will mean an increase in nicotine addiction among young people, and the … their wellbeing, warn public health and addiction experts. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication …
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“100% Pure” – Public Health Goal Setting
… polio vaccination (the last polio case from wild virus in NZ was 51 years ago). It is one of the few countries to … (a potential disease vector for Ross River Fever). In other areas there has been the 100% phase out of … leading nuclear-free law that prohibits nuclear weapons in NZ territory. We have two current national 100% goals that …
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New Zealand can lead the world in tobacco control: Plain packaging 2.0
… and evidence-based policy, and benefit from the declines in smoking prevalence to which plain packaging has … than later. Professor Melanie Wakefield and her team in Australia have shown that plain packaging has sharply … made significant independent contributions to reductions in smoking prevalence, as predicted (8). Furthermore, our …
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Smokefree Laws: Reducing tobacco outlets will decrease crime
… targeting tobacco products, a claim based on anecdote. In this Briefing, we examine police data on ram raids, which … and denicotinisation would lead to further decreases in ram raid crimes. The Smokefree Environments and Regulated … cessation among people who smoke, and accelerate declines in smoking prevalence, 2 thus helping achieve the Smokefree …
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In May 2022 the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 expires: what then?
… groups, so that the new Bill is ready for introduction in February 2022. Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay … levels. The Act also authorises rules for those arriving in New Zealand, and those working at the border. Although … 2022. The Act cannot be extended, and clearly it was hoped in May 2020 that we might by 2022 be back to pre-Covid …
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