One in five underage adolescents vape occasionally, and nearly 28% of Māori youth vape regularly. Most get their product by sharing and asking older friends to buy vapes for them.
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Influenza accounts for more than half of all potentially vaccine-preventable hospitalisations of children under 14. But those living in poverty are three times more likely to require hospital care.
New research highlights common threads in cancer survivors’ stories, including the effort it takes to navigate the health system, even for a diagnosis, and the struggle to fund unsubsidised treatments.
New mothers can experience anxiety and depression. But rushed appointments and impersonal checklists leave many fearful of being judged inadequate or unfit if they admit to struggling.
The Māori Health Authority is gone, but a law remains that puts primary focus on reducing health inequities – meaning the government may struggle to bridge the gap between rhetoric and policy priority.
Māori and Pacific people already face a disproportionate burden of influenza and a persistently reduced life expectancy. Lowering the age for free flu vaccination is essential for achieving equity.
New Zealand has no legislation, nor a national strategy, explicitly addressing or policing accessibility to digital health tools.
Growing evidence shows industry payments to doctors play a key role in unethical pharmaceutical marketing. New Zealand’s disclosure scheme fails to capture all companies and payment types.
Group therapy can be at least as effective as individual therapy. It improves mental health by giving people a stronger sense of belonging – without medicines, hospitals or expensive professionals.
Many patients prefer single-gender hospital rooms. For women, this preference often comes from fear, while male patients are concerned with dignity.
Considered a pipe dream not too long ago, research on RNA therapeutics is progressing rapidly. Now a new manufacturing protocol will help researchers to advance the technology.
The goal of mRNA technology is to harness the power of the cell to potentially prevent infections and treat diseases.
Many plant-based foods are rich in iron, but they also contain high amounts of fibre and phytates, which reduce the body’s capacity to absorb the essential nutrient.
Some New Zealand universities have proposed staff and course cuts in earth sciences. This could leave the country ill prepared to deal with natural hazards and extreme weather.
The risk of serious disease outbreaks among NZ children is now very real. Some childhood immunisation rates have dropped from about 80% in early 2020 to 67% by June 2022, and as low as 45% for Māori.
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Senior Lecturer in Nursing, Auckland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Bioethics, University of Otago
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Associate Professor of Hauora Māori, University of Otago
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Associate Professor, Health Policy, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Dean, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor of Applied Geology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Postdoctoral research fellow - Sustainable Nutrition Initiative, Massey University
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PhD Fellow - Sustainable Nutrition Initiative, Massey University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer (Above the Bar) in Public Health and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury
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