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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … the burden of lung cancer, the capacity of the New Zealand health system to deal with another screening programme, the … that a LDCT screening programme would generate less health gain per capita for Māori, but this needs to be … about to present now). However, to not assess the likely health gains, inequality impacts and cost of lung cancer …
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  • High regret among people who smoke reinforces strong support for smokefree legislation

    … of public consultation and mandate for changing this law, Health Coalition Aotearoa commissioned a public opinion … media release . This party claimed: “The problem is the health lobbyists leading the charge [to retain the … people achieve their smokefree aspirations, bring profound health, economic and social improvements , 15 and benefit …
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  • NZ’s “Team of 5 million” has achieved the lowest COVID-19 death rate in the OECD – but there are still gaps in our pandemic response

    … culture of continuous quality improvement, the risk management maxim of learning from errors, and the health protection approach of building multi-barrier … use of face coverings (mass masking) is now required by health authorities in Victoria Australia to help control …
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  • Lessons From history: Helping New Zealand prepare for future influenza pandemics

    … for severe ones to cause high death rates and overwhelm health services. Such pandemics could even pose existential … kept out the pandemic (a naval base in San Francisco and American Samoa – the site of a US naval base). Iceland also …
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  • Budget 2023 goes a long way to improving housing and wellbeing

    … this week, have implications for housing and public health. This includes new public housing, extending the … housing for Aotearoa New Zealand . Implications for public health policy Investment in building new public housing is …  is co-director of He K ā inga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago, Wellington. …
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  • The maths and ethics of minimising COVID-19 deaths in NZ

    … and healthy who incur higher infection rates? Under a health gain maximising utilitarian framework, yes. So long as … minus 10,000). So these analyses suggest a strong extra health benefit of the eradication strategy over the ‘flatten … eradication versus flattening the curve (eg, in the health sector, across the economy – and factoring in that …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … in preventing the spread of pandemics (3). Indeed, World Health Organization (WHO) advice is that while there might be … to be the first to attempt to weigh the economic and health issues associated with pandemic-related border closure …
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  • Does healthy food really cost more?

    … price? Measuring foods per 100g and per serve reflects the information available at point of purchase – is this box of … the measurement method. Carlson, A. Frazao, E. Economic Information Bulletin. Are Healthy Foods Really More …
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  • Tackling housing instability for LGBTIQ+ people in Aotearoa

    … family relationship breakdown, sexual abuse, and poor health. 1,2 LGBTIQ+ people have specific needs around … research was funded by a University of Otago Division of Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship and a Rule Foundation …
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  • Why don’t we make rental housing safer?

    … rental housing has not been systematically regulated with health and safety requirements dispersed across multiple acts … injury as an individualised event. Implications for public health Effective regulation and enforcement would help reduce … as we address the social and economic determinants of health.   Author details Dr Sarah Bierre ,  Professor Michael …
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