Protect your child - Immuisation Week 23-29th April 2012
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In this article parallels are drawn with the child health poverty situation in the UK a few years ago and the current day New Zealand.
Please find attached a summary of the Naomi Eisenstadt tour that has been published in NZ Doctor July 2010.
In this article parallels are drawn with the child health poverty situation in the UK a few years ago and the current day New Zealand.
Reviews in the UK identified that investment in the early years, if high quality and relevant to parents and children, pays off in reduced costs in later life such as fewer teen pregnancies, less crime, better education outcomes.
Government policies that arose out of this included: universal nursery education for 3 and 4 year olds; welfare to work strategies including childcare, especially for solo parents; rights to request flexible working for all parents with children up to 6 years; and integrated services for the poorest children – called the ‘Sure Start’ programme.
The recommendation from England: Build on the existing universal services and focus on better integration at the frontline, target geographically.
The new whanau ora strategy has some promising rhetoric, however we are yet to see how it will be actualized and whether it will move towards a universal base with coverage geographically.