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Cheryl Brunton is Public Health Champion 2009
Friday, 4 September 2009, 9:58 am | Public Health Association
A bullet in her letterbox is one of the more unusual features in the life of Medical Officer of Health, Dr Cheryl Brunton, who last night was named Public Health Champion for 2009. More >>
Radical new plans to control tobacco supply
Friday, 4 September 2009, 9:57 am | Public Health Association
Major new proposals to alter the supply of tobacco products in New Zealand will be presented at the Public Health Association conference in Dunedin today. The proposals include introducing a reducing quota for the amount of tobacco made available in ... More >>
More responsibility needed for type 2 diabetes
Friday, 4 September 2009, 9:04 am | Public Health Association
The Government needs to intervene to change the environmental factors that contribute to the type 2 diabetes epidemic, the Public Health Association conference has been told. More >>
Schools audited on sun protection as country warms
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 4:37 pm | Public Health Association
A survey of 500 schools is being carried out across the country to check how well they protect their pupils from sunburn. A public health researcher with the Cancer Society Social and Behavioural Research Unit at the Dunedin School of Medicine, Jan ... More >>
Cervical screening for pacific women
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 3:57 pm | Public Health Association
A new way of training nurses in cervical screening has resulted in a jump in the number of Pacific women in Counties Manukau having a regular cervical smear. Ruth Davy of WONS, a nursing, education and health promotion service, told the Public ... More >>
“Whanau Pack” approved by Waikato parents, teens
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 3:48 pm | Public Health Association
A resource designed to keep parents and their teenagers up-to-date with issues affecting young New Zealanders has been given the universal thumbs up, the Public Health Association conference was told today. Jacqueline Henry, research and evaluation project manager ... More >>
Maori team produce new ethical research guidelines
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 1:29 pm | Public Health Association
PuTai Ora Maori ethics researchers have produced a set of ethical guidelines for anyone undertaking research with Maori. “The model uses Maori concepts to build a framework,” Drs Khyla Russell, Stephanie Palmer and Poly Atatoa-Carr told delegates ... More >>
Call for “green” architects to design for health
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 1:24 pm | Public Health Association
A relatively inexpensive but effective assault on the twin epidemics of type 2 diabetes and heart disease could come from the emerging sustainable building industry, the Public Health Association conference was told today. Susan Bidwell, a regional public ... More >>
Worldwide rise of attacks on 'nanny state'
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 1:17 pm | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association conference was told today that public health initiatives to protect populations from the risks of the tobacco, alcohol and food industries have increasingly been labelled as nanny state. The lead presenter of research into ... More >>
health in poor countries imperils entire globe
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 11:22 am | Public Health Association
Everyone everywhere is at greater risk of infection because developed nations continue to be lukewarm about helping to buttress the health care systems of poor countries, public health workers were told today. Dr Michael Selgelid of the Australian National ... More >>
Smartcard To Help Low Income Families Be Healthy
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 2:47 pm | Public Health Association
Research presented this week at the Public Health Association Conference in Dunedin proposes that many New Zealand households should be eligible for a smartcard to help them buy healthy food. More >>
Personal stories of discrimination
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 2:29 pm | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association conference was told today that people who experience mental illness face discrimination not only when they are job-seeking but also after they've secured a job. More >>
Personal stories of workplace discrimination
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 2:23 pm | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association conference was told today that people who experience mental illness face discrimination not only when they are job-seeking but also after they've secured a job. More >>
Health system still failing Maori
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 11:43 am | Public Health Association
New Zealand’s health education system is failing Maori, a South Island academic has told the annual Public Health Association Conference in Dunedin. More >>
PHA welcomes renewed focus on quality
Monday, 17 August 2009, 4:32 pm | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association (PHA) is welcoming the Ministerial Review Group's recommendation that developing more integrated models of health care should help reduce inequalities between various groups. More >>
New book highlights benefits of keeping people wel
Wednesday, 15 July 2009, 12:45 pm | Public Health Association
A new book on health promotion shows that keeping people healthy is the best way to reduce demand on hospitals, says the Public Health Association (PHA). Reviews of Health Promotion Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand 2007–20081 looks at a number ... More >>
Govt's private hospital plan misses the point
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 8:55 am | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association (PHA) says the Government’s plans for District Health Boards (DHBs) to work more closely with private hospitals misses the point. National Executive Officer Dr Gay Keating says the most effective way to reduce waiting lists ... More >>
PHA praises health response to swine flu
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 11:09 am | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association (PHA) is praising the response of health officials to the Mexican swine flu. More >>
PHA praises officials' response to swine flu
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 10:04 am | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association (PHA) is praising the response of health officials to the Mexican swine flu. PHA National Executive Officer Dr Gay Keating says the Ministry of Health and health officials have to tread a fine line between unnecessarily ... More >>
Importance of Resource Management Act To Health
Thursday, 23 April 2009, 12:37 pm | Public Health Association
The Public Health Association (PHA) has warned against changing the Resource Management Act (RMA) at the expense of people’s health. Speaking to the Local Government and Environment Select Committee, PHA National Executive Officer Dr Gay Keating, said ... More >>
