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Media release: New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality
… as they develop their new regional plans according to academics. In the latest Public Health Communication … Otago, Marnie Prickett, looks at the hard-hitting report from the Ministry of Environment (MfE) Ōtūwharekai/Ashburton … a healthier future.” … Media release: New report shows how regional plans could transform freshwater quality …
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Media release: Growing evidence linking plastics to serious health risk
… harmful effects of plastics on human health, especially from chemical additives and plastic particles, has grown … which experts say, strengthens the case for urgent action to prevent further plastic pollution and minimise our exposure to harmful chemicals. Around 16,000 chemicals are used in …
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Happiness surveys, & can health sector interventions improve well-being?
… According to the just released “ World Happiness Report 2013 ”, New … This Happiness Report is not light-weight fluff – far from it. One of the authors, Jeffrey Sachs (Director, The … mental health loss), while cautiously learning more about how policy might enhance measures of well-being more …
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Media release: Oral tobacco and nicotine products: Do we want them in NZ?
… The Government appears poised to allow the sale of oral tobacco and nicotine products in … the tobacco industry is promoting these addictive products to young people who are vulnerable to nicotine addiction. University of Otago researchers from ASPIRE Aotearoa investigate the products, their …
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Google Street View – A Useful Research Tool?
… of the research possibilities of this tool of relevance to public health. Using Google Street View (GSV) for research … less effective for smaller ones, or those objects distant from roads. GSV for studying tobacco control We found two … also suggests some other potential areas of relevance to tobacco control research using GSV for identifying: …
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May PHCC Newsletter
… Click here to read about the latest from the PHCC in our May Newsletter. Featuring reflections … winter deaths in Aotearoa. The newsletter recaps Briefings from the last month as well as highlighting interesting new …
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Media release: Rise in congenital syphilis requires action – experts
… occurs when a mother with syphilis passes the infection on to her baby during pregnancy. Prior to 2017 cases in NZ were rare but in the last five years … congenital syphilis cases in NZ in the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre. They say it is a …
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Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence:
… have laid out the facts showing the Government’s plan to repeal the world-leading smokefree legislation runs … millions of health care dollars. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, The Smokefree … … Media release: Why the Smokefree legislation must stay - Laying out the evidence: …
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Media release: International experts say abandoning denicotinised cigarettes will cost lives
… New Zealand will cost lives. In the latest Briefing from the Public Health Communication Centre, Professor Eric … ‘endgame’ actions with the potential for a ripple effect to greatly reduce the devastation caused by smoking … health benefit of denicotinising cigarettes is likely to be profound. “Repealing this measure risks seeing around …
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Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies
… DVDs of all these movies have been made freely available to students and staff from our medical school library (University of Otago, … include And the Band Played On (1993), Contagion (2011), How to Survive a Plague (2012), Milk (2008), and Miss Evers’ …
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