The report provides an overview of secondary health service utilisation patterns for Māori children and young people with chronic conditions and disabilities. The last section of the report presents the New Zealand Children’s Social Health Monitor which considers how Māori children are faring in the current economic downturn.
Child health publications
The Ministry has published the following documents on child health in New Zealand.
Publications
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Published 20 January 2012This document provides guidance on improving the range, quality and national consistency of perinatal and infant mental health services in New Zealand and their integration with primary care, maternity, child health and other social services. -
Published 02 September 2011Information on the subsidy for glasses and vision tests available for children 15 and under. -
Published 02 April 2011A fact sheet on Child Development Services, which provide specialist assessment, intervention and management services for children who have an intellectual, sensory or physical disability. -
Published 02 March 2011Immunisation is one of the Government's six Health Targets, with the health sector seeking to have 95% of all New Zealand two-year-olds fully immunised by 2012.
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Published 02 March 2011This publication looks at how District Health Boards, general practices and their staff are working to achieve the Increased immunisation health target and discusses how the improved rates of immunisation are already contributing to significant improvements in the health of New Zealand children.
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Published 10 January 2011This training curriculum and Guide is prepared for New Zealand Well Child/Tamariki Ora providers (Well Child services) who have specific training in child health. The Guide aims to reduce oral health inequality by offering Well Child service providers information and understanding to provide early anticipatory guidance about the prevention of Early Childhood Caries (ECC). -
Published 10 November 2010This plan outlines the options for child cancer services in New Zealand that will give families and whanau confidence in the services that will be delivered, regardless of where they live. It also recommends a preferred model of care and a service that is most likely to provide safe, high-quality care and achieve equitable health outcomes for children and young people with cancer.
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Published 02 November 2010This paper summarises the current literature on Irlen syndrome (Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome). It describes the evidential basis for this condition, and provides an analysis of the evidence for and against the use of coloured overlays or glasses in the treatment of reading difficulties.
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Published 02 November 2010This is the policy for the management and use of the health information collected as part of the B4 School Check and held on the national B4 School Check information system. This document must be read and adhered to by all users of the system.
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Page last updated: 30 November 2011
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