title: Striving to provide the best start to every child.
abstract: IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to view Northern Ireland's approach to improving the health of children without seeing it through the prism of poverty. The legacy of the Troubles, the recession and a high cost of living mean that child poverty levels remain well above the UK average.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Triggle
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D057172:Economic Recession; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009660:Northern Ireland; D024802:Nurse's Role; D064689:Nurses, Public Health / Q000592:standards; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D011057:Politics; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing