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  • Media release: Vaping crackdown falls short: Gaps in new bill leave youth at risk

    … But experts say it doesn’t go far enough. University of Otago researchers from the ASPIRE Aotearoa Centre have … key factors such as these price promotions, the density of vape outlets, and vaping product appeal. Also, the … and keep nicotine and tobacco companies out of policy development. Youth vaping rates in Aotearoa remain very high …
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  • Rebuilding Aotearoa’s statistical foundation: Toward fairer outcomes for Pacific Peoples

    … and flawed probabilistic linkages. This method falls short of Stats NZ’s accuracy benchmarks, especially for mobile and … enable equity-focused planning 10 Historical undercount of pacific populations Pacific peoples have long been … for funding 13 and service delivery. 5 Real-World Impacts of Enumeration Gaps, examples Overcounted, underserved …
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  • Media release: ACC turns 50 - Time to up the game on injury prevention

    … on ACC, Dr Grant Duncan and co-author, University of Otago injury epidemiologist Professor Michael Keall … Product safety regulations could also prevent the sale of ineffective or unsafe items like subpar grab rails and … The blueprint for the ACC scheme was the Woodhouse report of 1967 which recommended the scheme include a department …
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  • In the news: PHCC co-hosts political panel on prevention

    … Centre, Health Coalition Aotearoa, and the University of Otago, Wellington, in the capital on 8 August 2023. The panel was held on the back of the release of a Health Coalition Aotearoa political survey on where the …
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  • Full video: Health Coalition Aotearoa political panel 2023

    … Chloe Swarbrick (Green Party) spoke to over 100 members of the public health sector and media at a political panel on … Public Health Communications Centre, and the University of Otago, Wellington . The panel coincided with the release of Health Coalition Aotearoa's policy survey of the political …
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  • In the news: Long Covid: Teachers, healthcare workers most vulnerable occupations, report finds

    … University of Otago Associate Professor Amanda Kvalsvig was interviewed … RNZ's Morning Report on 26 March following the publication of the Briefing Long Covid in Aotearoa NZ: Risk assessment … needed . The Briefing presented findings from a review of Long Covid to guide NZ’s response to this public health …
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  • Submission: Science Sector and Universty Advisory Groups

    … Prof Sir Peter Gluckman, were established by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and the Ministry of Education respectively.    In response to Phase One … the media sector is essential for effective dissemination of scientific research to the public—and policymakers. It …
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  • In the news: Tracking and evaluating AI in government services

    … Waatea News that we need a stocktake that shows the use of AI in government so the public, Māori and other … and discrimination.  Dr Taiuru was speaking as co-author of our Briefing Has the time come for a register of AI systems used by government agencies?   … In the news: …
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  • In the news: Doctors say a surge in whooping cough cases shows how much immunisation rates need to improve.

    … to severe disease, especially if a national epidemic of pertussis occurs.  Dr David was speaking as one of the co authors of the Briefing - Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at …
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  • PHCC monthly Newsletter: August 2024

    … have examined the Government's unprecedented move of slashing excise tax on a tobacco product in the form of heated tobacco products.  Authors have also explored how …
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