Epidemiologist and public health expert. Tobacco, nutrition and obesity. Interventions to improve health and reduce inequalites, cost-effectively.
Wellington, NZ
Joined December 2011
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How much of Māori:European mortality inequalities are due to socioeconomic position and tobacco? Blakely and colleagues at: teapawt.net/share
Extremely thoughtful blog on tobacco control by Edwards at co, at PHE Blog: teapawt.net/share. Share widely.
And now the Brits are doing it: A sugary drink tax levy on the industry. Blakely and others at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Dietary counselling – how effective and cost-effective is it? blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Preventing falls can be very cost-effective in NZ – New study. PHE Blog at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Patterns of Declining Smoking in NZ – But More Action Needed by the New Government. Wilson and colleagues at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Home Modification to Reduce Falls – Appears Cost-Effective in NZ. PHE Blog at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
“Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a response to critiques. Edwards and colleagues at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Climate Change and Recent Actions of NZ Political Parties. Wilson and colleagues measure up the parties. blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Achieving Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025”: a new Action Plan to achieve our smokefree goal. Edwards et al at blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
BODE3 League Tables: Prevention vs treatment, voluntary vs mandatory, targeted vs untargeted – can we generalize? blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
BODE3 Interactive League Table – how to use it. World first interactive league table! blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
NZ’s Environmental Protection Authority in a muddle over weed killer. Very concerning failute of process by NZ EPA blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Comparing health interventions in a meaningful way – Introducing the BODE3 Interactive League Table. Exciting! At: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Nine Things New Zealand Must Do To Tackle The Child Obesity Crisis. Vandevijvere and Swinburn (INFORMAS) at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Bowel cancer screening cost effectiveness for NZ - and inequlaity implicats. See: otago.ac.nz/news/news/releas…
Nationwide Colorectal Screening: a tricky balance of improving overall population health and addressing inequalities blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it? Blakely and Ni Mhurchu: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Only eight more years to go to 2025: Time for the NZ Government to step up its tobacco endgame. Van der Deen et al: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…
Can pandemic threats justify border closure for island nations like NZ? Wilson and colleagues at: blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthe…