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  • Cyclone Gabrielle by the numbers – A review at six months

    … from media reports, government statements, Official Information Act Requests, and data provided by private … injuries, such as concussion, can result in months of poor health. These reported injuries do not take  account of the … improvements in resilience. Implications for public health policy and practice Protecting public health is a …
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  • The marked decline of sudden mass fatality events in NZ (1900 to 2015)

    … there is a need to put these in a wider context of health loss for the country. For example, if these premature … This suggests that addressing the major causes of health loss in NZ (eg, from the obesity epidemic and the … ideally, factored into such comparisons should also be non-health variables; eg, events like earthquakes can also …
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  • Media release: New data shows youth increasingly aware of nicotine pouches—and many oppose introducing them in NZ

    … data are available for the first time.  The latest  Public Health Communication Centre Briefing summarises key findings … of nicotine pouches by young people.”  Despite Ministry of Health advice against legalisation, Cabinet last year agreed … principle to allow sales, with the Associate Minister of Health, Casey Costello, arguing it offers more choice for …
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  • A policy and research agenda for roll-your-own tobacco

    … TM cigarette smokers to have co-morbidities such as mental health illnesses, illicit drug addictions, and risky drinking … stereotypes (15). We identified two strategies: the association of beneficial attributes with RYO tobacco and the … RYO rolling papers and filters currently have no warning information and could be required to use the standardised …
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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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  • SARS-CoV-2: A modern Greek Tragedy?

    … lab leak must be massively increased given the additional information contained in (5). Furthermore, if we do not find … then, in research funded by the US National Institute of Health, taking place at the Wuhan Institute of Virology: “Dr. … advance ‘funeral by funeral’. Greek Tragedy As one public health physician has recently put it: “The irony is that it …
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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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  • The need for an expanded national smokefree law – just got more critical

    … around the country to assess licensed premises. It uses information about the total floor area, openings and windows, … new Calculator will have to be designed by the Ministry of Health so that it produces results that are more consistent … We argue that it would be much more efficient in public health terms to just develop an expanded national smokefree …
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  • A Smokefree Aotearoa – could taking the nicotine out of smoked tobacco products help us get there?

    … . 1 Methods Using an Excel spreadsheet populated with NZ Health Survey smoking/vaping prevalence data, we modelled … and quantify impacts on quality-adjusted life-years saved, health inequities, and savings in health costs. 6-8 In summary , the findings from this …
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  • Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand including the successful impact of the lockdown

    … COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented public health and economic crisis. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread … the value of Re during an epidemic because of the lack of information about who infected who and details of individual … curve for COVID-19 cases in New Zealand (Ministry of Health data) By the time lockdown restrictions were eased on …
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