The Determinants of Health for Children and Young People in the Northern District Health Boards

This report focuses on the underlying determinants of health for children and young people in the Northern DHBs and provides an overview of many of the factors that would need to be addressed, should an integrated policy package, such as that outlined by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s EAG’s, be developed.

The report is the second of a three part series on the health of children and young people in the Northern DHBs and fits into the reporting cycle as follows:

Year 1 (2011) The Health Status of Children and Young People

Year 2 (2012) The Determinants of Health for Children and Young People

Year 3 (2013) Children and Young People with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities