Child Health Programme Review
Date of publication: June 1998
The Child Health Strategy was launched by the Hon Bill English, Minister of Health, on 29 July 1998. The contributing documents: the Child Health Programme Review and Our Children's Health were also released at that time. There is also a small booklet, Improving the Health of our Children, which summarises the Strategy.
The Child Health Programme Review reviews research into the effectiveness of preventive interventions in 14 areas of child health. Each section of the review consists of health status data, factors influencing health status, interventions identified as effective or in frequent use and the major implications for policy and services.
The key interventions identified as having the potential to lead to the greatest health gain for New Zealand children are:
- home visiting services
- injury prevention strategies
- tobacco control strategies
- improved service delivery, including co-ordination.
A variety of other interventions were also identified as having the potential to lead to health gain in specific areas.
Document availability
This publication is available in hard copy. To order a copy email moh@wickliffe.co.nz or call 04 496 2277. Please let us know your name, your physical address and how many copies you would like.
It is also available on this website in PDF format below.
 (PDF, 665 kB)
It has also been separated into a series of PDF files below.
The Purpose of the Child Health Review and How to Use it (PDF, 95 kB)
Health Status (PDF, 87 kB)
Key Interventions to Improve Health Gain and Improve Family Functioning (PDF, 141 kB)
Prenatal and Infant Health (PDF, 119 kB)
Control of Communicable Diseases (PDF, 104 kB)
Preventing Unintentional Injuries (PDF, 101 kB)
Tobacco Control and Child Health (PDF, 126 kB)
Mental Health and Behaviour Problems (PDF, 104 kB)
Child Abuse and Domestic Violence (PDF, 106 kB)
Substance Misuse (PDF, 112 kB)
Sexual and Reproductive Health (PDF, 106 kB)
Asthma Prevention and Control (PDF, 96 kB)
Cancer (PDF, 97 kB)
Oral Health (PDF, 116 kB)
Food and Nutrition (PDF, 106 kB)
Physical Activity (PDF, 113 kB)
Disability (PDF, 122 kB)
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