Matthew Hobbs

Dr Matthew Hobbs is an Associate Professor in Spatial Data Science and Planetary Health and a Transforming Lives Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University.

He is also an adjunct member of staff in the Faculty of Health and Geospatial Research Institute at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Vape stores – you could embed some figures from in here and share this story map? https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9057d723efc34800b06dbcae06ca278a

Good news article from me on it: https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350058523/third-christchurch-vape-stores-within-400m-schools

Water fluoridation review which cited our work – https://www.pmcsa.ac.nz/topics/fluoridation-an-update-on-evidence/  

Follow on quote from that review

“In 2020, a study was published that looked at the relationship between water fluoridation and children’s hospital visits for dental treatment that could have been provided earlier by primary care (e.g. GP, dentist) (Hobbs et al. 2020). The study found an association between fluoridation of drinking-water and reduced dental hospital visits for children up to 12 years old. This effect was greatest for children living in the most deprived areas and indicated a greater health gain from fluoridated drinking-water for those most socio-economically disadvantaged. This means decisions on fluoridation of drinking-water can contribute to structural inequities in oral-health outcomes for children.”

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