The Health Status of Pacific Children and Young People in New Zealand (2011)

Simpson, Jean; Reddington, Anne; Craig, Elizabeth; Wicken, Andrew; Adams, Judith; Oben, Glenda

The Health Status of Pacific Children and Young People in New Zealand (2011)

Craig, Elizabeth; Adams, Judith; Oben, Glenda; Reddington, Anne; Wicken, Andrew; Simpson, Jean

Cite this item: Craig E, Adams J, Oben G, Reddington A, Wicken A and Simpson J. The Health Status of Pacific Children and Young People in New Zealand. Dunedin: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago; 2012.

Permanent link to OUR Archive version: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/6131

Date: 2012-12

Publisher: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service

Series: Health Status of Children and Young People; Pacific Child and Youth Health; National Report

Keywords: Infant Mortality; Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy; Children; Young people; Breastfeeding; Hospital Admissions; Child Mortality; Infectious Diseases; Respiratory Diseases; Injuries; Oral Health; Hearing Screening; Mortality in Young People; Teenage Pregnancy; Terminations of Pregnancy

Research Type: Commissioned Report for External Body

Languages: English

Abstract:

The aim of this report is to provide an overview of the health status of Pacific children and young people in New Zealand, and to assist those working to improve Pacific child and youth health to utilise all of the available evidence when developing programmes and interventions to address the health needs of Pacific children and young people.

Each of the indicators in this year’s report has been assigned to one of three main sections as follows:

• Issues More Common in Infancy

• Issues More Common in Children, or Common in both Children and Young People

• Issues More Common in Young People

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