What could we do, and what should we not do, to improve public health? This Blog has postings from public health experts on issues such as efficiency, equity, interventions, politics, cost effectiveness and much more.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 | cooju60p | No Comments
Prof Nick Wilson, Dr Jennifer Summers* A just published study examined the lifespan of politicians in 11 high-income democratic countries – including Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). The NZ politicians were found to live at least 5 years longer than the … Continue reading
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 | cooju60p | No Comments
Caroline Shaw, Alistair Woodward, Alex Macmillan* This blog is part of the Public Health Solutions series looking at effective public health measures to reduce demand on healthcare quickly. This blog looks at solutions in the transport sector: low traffic neighbourhoods, … Continue reading
Friday, July 22nd, 2022 | cooju60p | 1 Comment
Dr Tim Chambers, Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Simon Hales, Marnie Prickett, Prof Michael Baker* Chambers T, Wilson N, Hales S, Prickett M, Baker M. Three Waters reforms are needed to protect public health and ensure changes are economically sustainable and … Continue reading
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022 | carra86p | No Comments
Dr Leah Grout, Louise Thornley, Prof Nick Wilson* Grout L, Thornley L, Wilson N. Seven decades of severe weather events in Aotearoa New Zealand: What are the human health impacts? Public Health Expert Blog. 22 June 2022. https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/seven-decades-of-severe-weather-events-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-what-are-the-human-health-impacts/ In this … Continue reading
Friday, September 3rd, 2021 | carra86p | No Comments
Dr Tim Chambers and Professor Simon Hales This week a report, co-funded by Fonterra and MBIE, investigated the relative contributions of nitrate in our diet from water and food. The report comes in response to emerging epidemiological evidence observing nitrate … Continue reading