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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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“Why not just ban it?” Is it time to consider ending tobacco sales?
… time (1); Use of tobacco among politicians, teachers, health professionals the media and other opinion formers, … and defensible, for example, through shifts towards a more health orientated tax policy such as a tax on fizzy drinks or junk food, and taking into account the likely health benefits of increased productivity and reduced health …
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Surviving winter: NZ’s journey through 145 years of seasonal survival – New study
… support continuing efforts to investigate the public health benefits of improving housing standards and reducing … 1920s to overall advances in NZ’s economic, social, and health standards. Warmer winters due to climate change may … disease control which protect our population from seasonal health impacts. What is new in this Briefing? Our published …
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“Almost constant”: Young people overwhelmed by harmful online marketing
… which form an everyday and growing part of their lives, health, and thriving. In this Briefing, we highlight youth … consumption over lifetimes. 1 This has long-term negative health consequences 2 that also deepen inequities between … Authors details Professor Antonia Lyons - Population Health, Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland Dr …
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Submission: Safer Online Services and Media Platforms
… Read the Public Health Communication Centre submission on the Safer Online … for consideration in the submission : Acknowledging public health misinformation as harmful content Acknowledging …
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In the news: Where do the political parties stand on addressing Māori health inequity?
… Māori health consultant Teresa Wall was interviewed by Radio NZ and … her Briefing Where do the parties stand? Addressing Māori health inequity . The NZ Herald ran an opinion editorial … Where do the political parties stand on addressing Māori health inequity? …
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Media release: Call for transparency from the Government on tobacco industry influence and connections
… decision to repeal the Smokefree legislation, Public Health experts are calling on coalition Government members to … tobacco companies. In the latest Briefing by the Public Health Communication Centre , Professor Janet Hoek and … says Professor Hoek. New Zealand has ratified the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control …
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News: The PHCC turns one!
… It has been a year since the launch of the Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC) and the new-look Public Health Expert Briefing. You can read about our first year, … work ahead in our special Briefing Communicating public health evidence – a successful first year for the PHCC . … …
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Media release: Money down the drain - The high cost of leaking water pipes
… country upwards of $122 million a year according to public health researchers. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre , University of Otago researchers … one of the most fundamental components of good public health – access to safe drinking water – and costs councils, …
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