Children
Contact
Carol Stott
Strategy and Planning Manager Children, Youth & Women
(09) 630 9943 x 4341
021 811 625
carols@adhb.govt.nz
Or
Ruth Bijl
Associate Strategy and Planning Manager, Children, Youth & Women
(09) 630 9943 x 2792
021 280 4310
rbijl@adhb.govt.nz
Introduction
When considering child health (0 – 14 years) the ADHB finds it useful to do so in terms of two age groupings, those children aged 0 to 4 years and those aged 5 years to 14 years, as this is largely how services are delivered based on developmental ages and stages.
The CHIP acknowledges that there is a broad range of factors that influence the health of children e.g. housing, education and income which, while lying primarily outside the health sector, have a profound influence on health status. As such, alongside the clear health priority areas e.g. injury, hearing, immunisation, nutrition/obesity, skin sepsis and oral health, there is a clear effort to work across sectors to maximise health gain.
The ADHB Child Health Improvement Plan 2006 - 2011 was developed to provide a framework for activities regarding child health until 2011. Development of a new Child Health Improvement Plan 2011 - 2016 has begun. For further information about this process please contact Ruth Bijl on rbijl@adhb.govt.nz