Achieving Health for all People
Whakatutuki te oranga hauora mo ngā tāngata katoa
A framework for public health action for the New Zealand Health Strategy Date of publication: October 2003
ISBN 0-478-25806-2 (Book)
ISBN 0-478-25807-0 (Website)
HP 3693
Achieving Health for all People is the public health sector’s response to the New Zealand Health Strategy and will provide a framework for public health action for the New Zealand Health Strategy for the next 3-5 years.
Effective public health action is not a single service or intervention but rather it makes a difference when society collectively moves on an issue. The framework therefore has two audiences – the primary audience is the public health sector – ie planners, funders and providers of public health services.
The action tables make explicit the dual role of public health providers in carrying out public health services as well as supporting and informing the actions of others. The secondary audience is made up of the personal health care sector, local government and non health agencies whose work impacts on the determinants of health. It is hoped that these agencies will find the suggested actions for each of the five objectives helpful in developing a population health approach.
The strategy is concerned more with the ‘how’ than the ‘what’ of public health and is designed to be used in conjunction with the New Zealand Health Strategy, the New Zealand Disability Strategy and He Korowai Oranga. Strategies such as the Pacific Health and Disability Action Plan, Healthy Eating Healthy Action and the Infectious Diseases action plan provide guidance around specific programme areas.
The framework is the result of more than two years of formal and informal consultation with the public health community. In response to sector feedback half of the document is made up of action tables which outline specific actions and suggested outputs for all parts of the public health sector, the person health sector, local government and other community agencies.
Actions to improve the health status of Māori are threaded through the five objectives and action tables and a companion action plan for Māori public health is currently in preparation.
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Related information
Other Ministry of Health Strategies
Public Health links
Pacific Health and Disability Action Plan
Healthy Eating Healthy Action