Search | PHCC

Media release: Aotearoa New Zealand is flying blind on misinformation
… of their communities. Misinformation—broadly defined as harmful, inaccurate information—poses a genuine threat to … Centre Briefing, consistently highlight misinformation as a pressing issue. These reports emphasise the importance …
News
Updating the role of the state: the case of housing in New Zealand
… previous eviction policy and moved away from using motels as emergency housing. This is a major policy shift away from … who grew up in a state house, characterised state housing as “mean streets” where people lacked ambition. Former … can be characterised in Mariana Mazzucato’s terminology as an entrepreneurial state . It strategically uses state …
Briefing
Media release: Poverty and disadvantage fuel NZ’s rising rates of dementia
… prevention with broader population-level approaches, such as policies addressing inequity, which could significantly … peoples. We know the 14 risk factors for the disease as outlined in the recently released Lancet Commission Report …
News
Media release: Proposed greenhouse gas Emissions Reduction Plan: A weak response that misses the target
… targets. This is a high-risk strategy for the country as it will result in increased costs for the offsetting that … the same vein, the plan holds up restoration of wetlands as an example of a “nature-based solution” that could support …
News
We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)
… and mortality have improved considerably. For example, 5 year survival in NZ increased from ~75% to ~87% between … which was probably a result of improvements in treatment as well as screening, but they concluded these were independent of …
Briefing
BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it
… Tab initially. The INTERVENTION description and details. As per our last blog , the description is important – so you … compared with – which is usually what we call a “business-as-usual” or do nothing projection. Also note that by … this, and extra columns are shown in the table with the 2.5 th and 97.5 th limits for the 95% uncertainty interval, for …
Briefing
Reducing cardiovascular disease deaths from overweight & obesity: Fortunately there are several options
… due to low salt intake) is probably not going to have as much of a stroke burden due to overweight/obesity. Second, … about whether being overweight (i.e. BMI 25-<30; as opposed to obese) is actually associated with any/much … despite some setbacks from the obesity epidemic. But if as a society we want to increase human longevity even further …
Briefing
What the fizz! A week of dealing to sugary drinks in NY and NZ
… there have been predictable caricatures of New York as a ‘nanny state’ in recent years. This nanny state … Health, University of Auckland) has condemned it as an ounce of well-meaning in the context of the “ton of … is spilling over into kids – for example, after a 5 minute cross-country running race watch the number of kids …
Briefing
Media release: Treaty Principles Bill poses major risk to public health and equity
… actively damages Aotearoa New Zealand’s ability to advance as a cohesive, progressive society committed to using human … Jones. The authors urge New Zealanders to reject the Bill as it represents the most significant Treaty breach in …
News
Media release: Youth vaping -The implications of addiction
… to vaping may also see an impact on their learning as the withdrawal kicks in since loss of concentration is a … getting caught vaping, facing possible consequences such as school suspension. Addiction can impact relationships with …
News

Subscribe

Public Health Expert Briefing