Improving our poor child health outcomes. Child Poverty and health.
Improving our poor child health outcomes.
Presentations from Professor Innes Asher and Dr Nikki Turner
Improving our poor child health outcomes.
Professor Innes Asher was invited to give the Porrit Lecture in Whanganui on 3 November, 2010. In this lecture Professor Asher talks about:
- Child health outcomes in New Zealand-international comparisions and inequalities within New Zealand
- Determinants of health - a triple jeopardy
- Child rights
- Working together
The full presentation is available here:
Improving our poor child health outcomes
"Income is the single most important determinant of health. There is a persistent correlation worldwide between low income and poor health."
Dr Nikki Turner presents on Poverty and Child Health.
Our Objectives
A child's potential is a terrible thing to waste.
Child Poverty Action Group is an independent charity working to eliminate child poverty in New Zealand. CPAG works on behalf of the 230,000 New Zealand children whose well-being and future is compromised by their meagre standard of living.
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Myths and Facts: Sole Parents and the DPB
This report challenges common myths about beneficiaries, particularly sole parents on the DPB. These myths circulate every day in political speeches, newspapers and on talk-back radio. They mold public attitudes but do not give an accurate picture at all.
Published March 2013
Post-Budget Breakfasts
Friday 17 May - 7.15am-8.45am
Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.
Each year CPAG provides child-focused analyses and commentary of the year's budget and how it affects children and young people, especially our most vulnerable.
Please join us for breakfast, excellent speakers and a Q&A session.
Tickets: Waged $20, Unwaged $10
Our guiding principle, is the right of every child in New Zealand to security, food, shelter, education and healthcare. Child Poverty Action Group