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In the news: Experts pitch 'Swiss cheese model' for gun laws
… layers: The Swiss cheese model , co-authored by Ms Yasbek and Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard. "What it says is that in the goal of reducing harms, deaths and injuries there are multiple things that can go wrong and you don't just use one policy tool or one protection to prevent harms. "You need a layered …
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Watch this space – The Public Health Communication Centre launches soon
… that day, you will be able to learn more about who we are and what we are aiming to do. Meanwhile, you can look back … a decade.) The Briefing is public health expert commentary and analysis. We unpack some of the big public health issues … our country, detail what the research is showing us, and discuss evidence-based solutions. The Public Health …
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Media release: A call for strong leadership to reduce NZ’s dangerously high antibiotic use
… Professor Mark Thomas of the University of Auckland and co-authors highlight that the misuse of antibiotics has … occurred in many other countries when highly respected and influential national organisations have set ambitious … do provide a health benefit.” While Te Whatu Ora and the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners …
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Media release: Making the consumer care guidelines for electricity retailers mandatory could save lives
… to Energy poverty researcher Dr Kimberley O’Sullivan and He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago … to assist vulnerable and medically dependent consumers or people who critically rely on electricity to support their …
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Media release: Councils encouraged to curb alcohol availability in new policy environment
… protection from high levels of alcohol availability and the associated harms, according to public health experts. … process. “The appeals resulted in many councils weakening or removing protections that communities had supported, long … harm in New Zealand, costing the country an estimated $9.1 billion annually, with disproportionate effects on Māori, …
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Media release: Insulation matters - The evidence for keeping our improved Building Code standards
… insulation standards will cost industry, energy savings and our health according to public health researchers. The … Public Health Communication Centre Dr Lucy Telfar-Barnard and co-authors lay out the evidence for retaining hard-won … will take our insulation standards back to about half or even less of the levels required in places like Australia, …
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Media release: Good firearms law needs multiple defensive layers
… compared with individual policies which show only small or uncertain effects. Briefing co-author, researcher Philippa … take a system approach that considers how individuals live and work. Systems have defensive layers that protect against … such as firearm licensing, registration, safe storage, and restrictions on semi-automatic firearms must work …
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Media release: Aotearoa New Zealand ranks lowest in international alcohol policy comparison
… of effectiveness: pricing, availability, marketing, and drink driving countermeasures. New Zealand scored lowest … overall in the Index, performing worse than six countries and four Canadian provinces. Researchers say the poor result … zero tolerance alcohol policy for professional drivers or an adult limit below .05%. NZ scored below average in …
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Media release: Will NZ’s next government face up to future catastrophic risks?
… nuclear war, out of control artificial intelligence and climate change according to the results of a new survey. … the survey of the five parties currently in Parliament and has released the first Briefing in the series “Where the … by the political parties about the need for planning and actions to address such risks. “As political parties …
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NZ Health Survey data released today reinforce Smokefree Legislation is crucial to reduce smoking inequities
… threatened with repeal. The researchers unpick the data and look at the ramifications in the latest Briefing from the … with daily smoking almost three times among Māori (17.1%) compared to European/other (6.1%), which means health … equitably will decrease the huge burden of ill health and avoidable death that people in Aotearoa continue to …
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