Abstract
The environment, whether natural or built, is central to the health of Pacific Peoples, especially children and young people. However, little is known about health-promoting and health-constraining features of the environments where Pacific children (0–14 years) and young people (15–24 years) live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Using linked data from populationlevel databases, the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and the Healthy Location Index (HLI), this national cross-sectional study was undertaken to address this knowledge gap. Pacific children and young people were found to predominantly live in urban and high-deprivation areas. They were simultaneously closer to health-promoting and health-constraining features than non-Māori/non-Pacific (NMNP) children and young people. The findings from this study provide an opportunity for structural change that can help reduce inequities and improve the health and wellbeing of Pacific communities.
He mea taketake te taiao, ahakoa hanga, ahakoa tūturu, ki te hauora o ngā Iwi o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, ina koa ki ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi. Heoi, he iti te mōhio ki ngā āhuatanga whakatairanga hauora, whakatiki hauora rānei o ngā taiao e noho nei ngā tamariki (0-14 tau), me ngā rangatahi (15- 24 tau) Moana-nui-a-Kiwa kei Aotearoa. He mea whakahaere tēnei rangahau topenga ā-motu, e whakamahi ana i ngā raraunga hono mai i ngā pātengi raraunga taumata-taupori, te Tūāhanga Raraunga Kōmitimiti (IDI) me te Tauine Tauwāhi Hauora (HLI), ki te whakatika i taua āputa mōhiotanga. I kitea e noho ana te nuinga o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi Moananui-a-Kiwa i ngā wāhi tāone he nui te pakukore. I taua wā anō he tūtata atu tō rātou noho ki ngā āhuahira whakatairanga me te whakatiki hauora i ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi ehara i te Māori/Moananui-a-Kiwa (NMMP). Mā aua kitenga i tēnei rangahau e whakarato arawātea ki ngā panoni hangahanga ka āwhina pea ki te whakaiti tautika-kore me te whakapiki i te hauora me te toiora o ngā hapori Moananui-a-Kiwa.