Papers by Richard Edwards
The New Zealand medical journal
The New Zealand medical journal
The New Zealand medical journal
The New Zealand medical journal
The New Zealand medical journal
... reduced to managing the interface between individuals and employers and the providers oflearn... more ... reduced to managing the interface between individuals and employers and the providers oflearning opportunities (LGMB 1996). ... those outside the employment relationship and their learning are excluded. ... Lifelong learning then becomes a rallying cry capable of ...
... reduced to managing the interface between individuals and employers and the providers oflearn... more ... reduced to managing the interface between individuals and employers and the providers oflearning opportunities (LGMB 1996). ... those outside the employment relationship and their learning are excluded. ... Lifelong learning then becomes a rallying cry capable of ...
New Zealand’s goal of becoming smokefree by 2025 will not be realized without novel new policies.... more New Zealand’s goal of becoming smokefree by 2025 will not be realized without novel new policies. Policy makers’ inherent caution impedes innovation but can be assuaged by evidence of public support; we therefore tested responses to measures that could help achieve the smokefree goal among a sample of smokers (daily n=335; intermittent n=73) and non-smokers (former n=160; never n=265). Measures examined included modifications to cigarette composition and appearance, restrictions on tobacco supply, and increased smokefree spaces. Support varied significantly by smoking status for all but one measure (reduced cost of cessation products). Non-smokers showed majority support for all proposals except banning the sale of tobacco products (47% ±6.0%), classifying tobacco as a prescription drug (47% ±6.0%), and classifying movies containing smoking as R18 (33% ±5.7%). Predictably, smokers were significantly less likely to support the interventions tested; nevertheless, a majority supported ...
New Zealand’s goal of becoming smokefree by 2025 will not be realized without novel new policies.... more New Zealand’s goal of becoming smokefree by 2025 will not be realized without novel new policies. Policy makers’ inherent caution impedes innovation but can be assuaged by evidence of public support; we therefore tested responses to measures that could help achieve the smokefree goal among a sample of smokers (daily n=335; intermittent n=73) and non-smokers (former n=160; never n=265). Measures examined included modifications to cigarette composition and appearance, restrictions on tobacco supply, and increased smokefree spaces. Support varied significantly by smoking status for all but one measure (reduced cost of cessation products). Non-smokers showed majority support for all proposals except banning the sale of tobacco products (47% ±6.0%), classifying tobacco as a prescription drug (47% ±6.0%), and classifying movies containing smoking as R18 (33% ±5.7%). Predictably, smokers were significantly less likely to support the interventions tested; nevertheless, a majority supported ...
The New Zealand medical journal
The Ministry of Health's recent announcement of a realignment of tobacco control services has... more The Ministry of Health's recent announcement of a realignment of tobacco control services has heralded a welcome focus on the New Zealand Government's Smokefree 2025 goal, and an acknowledgement that we are not on track to achieve it. However, we believe that the realignment will not address some key issues, most importantly the requirement that the Government should adopt and implement a comprehensive plan to achieve the goal. In the realignment contracts for all face-to-face stop smoking services, and local and national health promotion and advocacy services will end in June 2016 and be re-tendered. 1 This action is apparently a response to the recent Review of tobacco control services 2 and emerging evidence 3,4 that the Government's Smokefree 2025 goal will not be achieved if the current business as usual approach continues, particularly for Māori and Pacific populations. Prior to this announcement a decision had already been taken to replace the highly successful 5 ...
The New Zealand medical journal
The Ministry of Health's recent announcement of a realignment of tobacco control services has... more The Ministry of Health's recent announcement of a realignment of tobacco control services has heralded a welcome focus on the New Zealand Government's Smokefree 2025 goal, and an acknowledgement that we are not on track to achieve it. However, we believe that the realignment will not address some key issues, most importantly the requirement that the Government should adopt and implement a comprehensive plan to achieve the goal. In the realignment contracts for all face-to-face stop smoking services, and local and national health promotion and advocacy services will end in June 2016 and be re-tendered. 1 This action is apparently a response to the recent Review of tobacco control services 2 and emerging evidence 3,4 that the Government's Smokefree 2025 goal will not be achieved if the current business as usual approach continues, particularly for Māori and Pacific populations. Prior to this announcement a decision had already been taken to replace the highly successful 5 ...
The New Zealand medical journal
Aims: We aimed to explore New Zealand tobacco retailers' views on selling tobacco, the forthc... more Aims: We aimed to explore New Zealand tobacco retailers' views on selling tobacco, the forthcoming 2012 point of sale display ban and two other potential tobacco control interventions in the retail setting: compulsory sales of nicotine replacement therapy and licensing of tobacco retailers. Methods: We carried out in-depth interviews with 18 retailers from a variety of store types where tobacco was sold. Stores were selected from a range of locations with varying levels of deprivation. We used thematic analysis to analyse the data. Results: All but four of the retailers were ambivalent about selling tobacco, would rather not sell it, or fell back on a business imperative for justification. Only one retailer was explicitly unconcerned about selling tobacco products. Most participants had few or no concerns about the removal of point-of-sale displays. Issues which were raised were mainly practical and logistical issues with the removal of displays. Only three thought sales would d...
The New Zealand medical journal
Although a growing number of countries have passed legislation to introduce standardised (or '... more Although a growing number of countries have passed legislation to introduce standardised (or 'plain') packaging, New Zealand's legislation is currently stalled. The research evidence supporting standardised packaging is strong. Furthermore, evaluations from Australia, the first country to introduce this measure, show standardised packaging is reducing the appeal of smoking. Tobacco consumption in Australia has also fallen since the introduction of standardised packaging. The government should reassert its commitment to New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 goal by recognising the Australian evidence and passing and implementing standardised packaging as soon as possible.
European Urology Supplements, 2007
Aberrant E-cadherin expression is an independent predictor of bladder cancer progression. In epit... more Aberrant E-cadherin expression is an independent predictor of bladder cancer progression. In epithelial cancer cell lines, a 'cadherin-switch' from E-to N-cadherin expression has been associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). E-cadherin function can be inhibited by gene mutation, promoter hypermethylation, or transcriptional repression. Currently described repressors which interact with E2-boxes in the E-cadherin promoter are SIP1, Snail, ZEB1 and SLUG. In bladder cancer, the role of Ecadherin transcriptional repressors has not been evaluated. Our primary aim was to compare novel and established mechanisms of silencing the E-cadherin promoter in bladder cancer cell lines. A secondary aim was to evaluate E-cadherin and ZEB1 immunoexpression in muscle-invasive bladder cancer.
... 2009 Roz Ivanicˇ, Richard Edwards, David Barton, Marilyn Martin-Jones, Zoe Fowler, Buddug Hug... more ... 2009 Roz Ivanicˇ, Richard Edwards, David Barton, Marilyn Martin-Jones, Zoe Fowler, Buddug Hughes, Greg Mannion, Kate Miller, Candice Satchwell and ... of a course: the case of Multimedia 4.3 Literacy practices in a day in a training restaurant 5.1 Joanne Knowles: lecturer in ...
Journal of Public Health
To describe an organizing framework, Population Impact Analysis, for applying the findings of sys... more To describe an organizing framework, Population Impact Analysis, for applying the findings of systematic reviews of public health literature to estimating the impact on a local population, with the aim of implementing evidence-based decision-making. A framework using population impact measures to demonstrate how resource allocation decisions may be influenced by using evidence-based medicine and local data. An example of influenza vaccination in the over 65s in Trafford to reduce hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is used. The number of COPD admissions due to non-vaccination of the over 65 in Trafford was 16.4 (95% confidence interval: 13.5; 19.5) and if vaccination rates were taken up to 90%, 11.5 (95% confidence interval: 9.3; 13.8) admissions could have been prevented. A total of 705 (95% confidence interval: 611; 861) people would have to be vaccinated against influenza to prevent one hospital admission. Population Impact Analysis can help the &...
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