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Protected: Health matters: The cost of mass urban living

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Health matters: Alcohol in our lives

The alcohol industry are no longer immune to the mounting evidence of alcohol’s relationship to public health. Woodbridge Research were in Brussels for the 2017 FIVS conference and the Beer and Health symposium. Both events provided a global perspective on key issues faced by industry in regard to health. The alcohol industry are at a […]

Cannabis Use in New Zealand – an MoH report

Cannabis Use 2012/13: New Zealand Health Survey Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal recreational drug in New Zealand. While most cannabis use does not result significant harms, some users misuse it. Cannabis Use 2012/13 presents the key findings from the New Zealand Health Survey about cannabis use in New Zealand, including patterns of use, drug-driving, harms […]

“He said he had been out doing the traffic”

General practice and men’s sexual health ‘He said he had been out doing the traffic’: general practitioner perceptions of sexually transmitted infection and HIV testing strategies for men This study provides new insights into the testing behaviour and test strategies of general practitioners in relation to sexually transmitted infections and HIV with male patients. General […]

Hanoi School of Public Health Seminar

Health Care Service Models                       Signposting Success in New Zealand & Exploring Options in Viet Nam As part of our international engagement initiatives, Woodbridge Research promotes and assists with the development of institutional and human resource capabilities, and shares knowledge and research expertise through our education […]

Science & Art

Developing tools to promote health – The collaborative role of science and art Scientists embark on projects using measures of exploration, imagination and theory to achieve a desired result. Artists often use a similar approach. Given that, it seems pertinent they should intersect and collaborate to provide health solutions. This presentation explores (i) how science […]

Smoking Cessation in and out of Prison

Smoking Cessation in Prison. Smoking in prisons – a thing of the past Smoke free prisons became a reality in July 2011. Our prison population is predominantly young to middle aged males from low socioeconomic and disadvantaged backgrounds. Over half report chronic disease, the most common being asthma, and two-thirds or more are current smokers; […]

Steroid Injectors – a hidden population

Steroid injectors: A hidden population Testosterone schematic Steroids from dodgy sources. Steroids from dodgy international sources are increasingly available through the black market. Martin Woodbridge, an independent health researcher and policy analyst based in Wellington, says steroid misuse needs to be on GPs’ radars. Steroid injectors are among the hidden injecting populations using New Zealand’s needle-exchange programmes […]

Cannabinoids – the right dose can help

Cannabinoids – the right dose can help Martin Woodbridge on a site tour of GW Pharma (UK) Cannabis, in its raw form, was first introduced to Western therapeutics in the mid-19th century, when it was used as an analgesic, anticonvulsant and antispasmodic. However, its active constituents were not isolated until much later, and the drug […]