Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:20 pm
A study to measure the mental health of young people who
grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such
as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one
of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M
collaboration to fund child health research.
A Better
Start, one of the country’s 11 National Science
Challenges, and Cure Kids, New Zealand’s largest national
child health research charity, are co-funding the new
projects, which are all aimed at making a real-world
difference for tamariki and their whānau.
The
research projects are centred on three key research areas
Press Release – A Better Start National Science Challenge A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M collaboration to fund …
A study to measure the mental health of young people who grow up in areas with unhealthy environmental features, such as gaming venues, takeaway shops and liquor outlets, is one of 12 projects to get the greenlight through a new $4M collaboration to fund child health research.
A Better Start, one of the country’s 11 National Science Challenges, and Cure Kids, New Zealand’s largest national child health research charity, are co-funding the new projects, which are all aimed at making a real-world difference for tamariki and their whānau.
Thursday 10 December 2020, 02:28 PM
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Each year the PHA honours individuals or groups for their outstanding contribution to public health action by naming them Public Health Champion for the year.
Professor Michael Baker
In the early days of the pandemic, Michael was a key voice advocating for a national lockdown and arguing for NZ to take an elimination approach rather than following the influenza pandemic playbook.
Throughout the year he has tirelessly advised, advocated and appeared in the media, helping New Zealanders to understand the epidemiology of COVID-19 and the implications for action. Michael has become a household name this year, but his huge contribution to Public Health began decades earlier.