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  • The Island Bay cycleway – Terribly important and nothing new

    … the city safer and more attractive for carbon-sparing, health-promoting bicycling, according to some. Unnecessary … shapes how we live, and consequently determines the health and well-being of populations. But it is nothing new. … * Professor Alistair Woodward, School of Population Health, Auckland University … The Island Bay cycleway – …
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  • Lessons learned from a remote blood pressure lowering trial in Aotearoa

    … in Aotearoa consume far too much – 40% more than the World Health Organization recommends 3, 4 .  Further, unlike more … returned their data. While the technology issues (and the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns) played a part in …
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  • Note to the Havelock North Inquiry – Think Big

    … not just for reasons of taste, but also, possibly, for health reasons (such as risks associated with chlorinated … average. Environmental pressures are evident also in the health statistics. New Zealand has very high rates of endemic … entitled “From hazard to habitat: rethinking environmental health” (McMichael 1999). He argued that the arrival of …
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  • Unsafe waters: The hidden Campylobacter infection risk in rural New Zealand

    … rainwater. Access to clean drinking water is essential for health, yet many New Zealanders who rely on private water … Authors details Dr Farnaz Pourzand Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington | Te Whare Wānanga o … Wānanga o Waitaha Prof Simon Hales Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington | Te Whare Wānanga o …
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  • Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers: The Swiss cheese model

    … multiple combined measures designed to limit the public health harms from firearms.  The Swiss cheese model provides … into the Pike River Mine Tragedy 3 and informed the COVID response. 4 It can also be used to inform firearms … researcher Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard , Department of Public Health, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke | University of Otago, …
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  • False zombie arguments about illicit tobacco shouldn’t be given any more oxygen

    … of Auckland study commissioned by the Ministry of Health applied similar methods to fewer packs, of which 7.2% … reported in the annual tobacco returns to the Ministry of Health 9 was subtracted from the total amount of tobacco consumed using estimates from annual NZ Health Survey 10 questions. The 2023 University of Auckland …
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  • Putin and the Bomb: Why New Zealand national risk assessments should include planning for the potential impacts of nuclear winter

    … of US-Russia tensions possibly greater than the risk of a Covid-19-like pandemic, which has an estimated return time of 59 … Author details: Matt Boyd is an independent researcher of health, technology and catastrophic risk: …
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  • Getting the Marketing Mix Right: A Commentary on NZ’s Forthcoming Vaping Regulations

    … extend the approach taken in NZ. For several years, public health researchers, parents and school principals have … has reduced the appeal of smoking to young people; 19 replacing evocative and aspirational brand imagery with a … messages and visual elements that communicate “the harmful health, social, cultural or economic effects, or other …
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  • Is NZ a laggard in responding to climate change?: Results of a Global Index

    … citizen” in terms of the global environment and global health. The latest version of the “ Climate Change … NZ food exports and the tourism industry. New Zealanders’ health would probably benefit from the co-benefits arising … and many others ( see this previous blog post on Public Health Expert ). NZ’s reputation as a “good international …
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  • Watch: Introducing the Public Health Communication Centre

    … Find out more about the new Public Health Communication Centre in this video - boosting  the impact of research to improve health, equity and greater environmental sustainability in … Aotearoa New Zealand .  … Watch: Introducing the Public Health Communication Centre …
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