World Health Organisation ( 2016) has defined the social determinants of health (SDH) are the social and economic conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age such as stress, work, food, early life, transport, addiction, social support, unemployment, social exclusions and social gradient. These conditions are formed by the allocation of funds, power and resources at the local, national and global levels. In this essay, I am going not only to analyse the impact of poverty, addiction and family violence on the children’s health age group from zero to twelve, but also to identify local, regional and national prevention services and strategies in New Zealand.
Oxford University Press (2016) has defined a child as a young human …show more content…
Poverty has defined by most countries in the world by basic measure a lack of funds, such as income (ODHI, 2016). Low income places stress on families leading in increased risk of child abuse and neglect. Children’s of parents such as young families, beneficiaries, single parents and those who are unemployed live in poverty or below the poverty level. This not only limits access to resources in order to meet basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing, and education but also reduces their opportunities to make choices that promote good health (The Association of faculties of Medicine of Canada, …show more content…
Department of Health & Human services, 2015). New Zealand ranked fifth out of 31 OECD countries for child abuse according to the World Report on Violence against Children (Pinheiro, n.d.). There are different forms of child maltreatment such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and child neglect. An example of an emotional abuse could be embarrassing and ignoring the child. This type of abuse does not leave visible or physical scars like physical abuse, however, it damage child’s mental health and social
Oxford University Press (2016) has defined a child as a young human …show more content…
Poverty has defined by most countries in the world by basic measure a lack of funds, such as income (ODHI, 2016). Low income places stress on families leading in increased risk of child abuse and neglect. Children’s of parents such as young families, beneficiaries, single parents and those who are unemployed live in poverty or below the poverty level. This not only limits access to resources in order to meet basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing, and education but also reduces their opportunities to make choices that promote good health (The Association of faculties of Medicine of Canada, …show more content…
Department of Health & Human services, 2015). New Zealand ranked fifth out of 31 OECD countries for child abuse according to the World Report on Violence against Children (Pinheiro, n.d.). There are different forms of child maltreatment such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse, and child neglect. An example of an emotional abuse could be embarrassing and ignoring the child. This type of abuse does not leave visible or physical scars like physical abuse, however, it damage child’s mental health and social