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  • Social media and youth wellbeing: The need for a multi-layered public health approach

    … of access to social media from 13 to 16. This represented a first step in a public health approach to addressing the harms of social … There is an irony here because social media platforms are often cited as sources of mental health support and a place …
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  • Nationwide Colorectal Screening in New Zealand: a tricky balance of improving overall population health and addressing inequalities

    … In this blog we will discuss a paper recently published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers … and Prevention [1] by the BODE3 team, which modelled a nationwide colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programme for … Similar to modelling from other countries, we found that a national CRC screening programme is highly likely to be …
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  • It’s been 3 years since COVID entered New Zealand – here are 3 ways to improve our response

    … from year three of the pandemic is resulting in frequent infection and reinfection with associated illness, … disability from long Covid.  Available evidence supports a strategy that suppresses Covid infection to reduce the … is a multi-organ disease with symptoms commonly persisting after three months as long Covid . 5 Infection may damage the …
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  • What we would like to see on the Ministry of Health’s website to better inform progress on COVID-19 elimination

    … from the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 website and display a key graph that we think should be routinely on that … of more overseas travellers arriving in NZ with their infection having been identified and reported by a country … entry to NZ for flights which depart from another country after 9 April. These travellers must go into supervised …
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  • Strong public support for healthy food policies in Aotearoa

    … like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, affecting a growing number of people who struggle to afford nutritious … 73% back free healthy school lunches, and 64% endorse a sugary drinks tax if the revenue supports affordable and … would be unpopular. Such policies should be part of a comprehensive New Zealand Food Strategy, drawing …
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  • How might NZ expand community water fluoridation?

    … Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor) gave a green light for expanding water fluoridation in New Zealand … this is a cost-effective intervention, indeed one that is often cost-saving given the prevention of future dental care … CWF is not accepted by a majority of the community – even after mass media campaigns that provide information. Hence …
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  • Will the Health Star Rating labels improve people’s diets?

    … Consumers have a right to have informative yet easy-to-use nutrition … and consumer organisations in Australia. This came about after Ministers from Australian and New Zealand Governments … foods and, in particular, help consumers who don’t often use the NIP to make decisions like those who do use it …
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  • Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ?

    … infectious agents and possible synthetic bioweapons. In a study we just published in a journal, we explored the costs and benefits of complete … human modification of existing or potential pathogens (2). A common view is that country border closures have a limited, …
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  • Improving NZ Government communication about COVID-19: Five suggestions

    … of the Prime Minister, combined with an ability to be a strong leader by “enacting tough policies such as closing … highly sensitive screening strategy for early detection of infection in an individual). Factually inaccurate … (and even these can be in just a brief summary form 22 or after journalists and others have pursued official …
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  • The Omicron waves – Comparing Aotearoa NZ and Australia in four key graphs

    … experience of the first Omicron wave is more severe, with a higher hospitalisation rate. We recommend that the NZ … first identified Omicron at its border just three days after it was first recognized in South Africa in late … the booster is known to reduce severe illness from Omicron infection, this factor may partially explain the generally …
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