title: Pathways to health and wellbeing for Pacific children--how are we tracking?
abstract: The government's 5-year strategy for improving Pacific people's health and wellbeing, 'Ala Mo'ui Pathways to Pacific Health and Wellbeing 2010-2014, emphasised disease prevention and improvements in health systems as priority outcomes. Actions that would contribute to disease prevention included reducing barriers to health in structural mechanisms (such as better access to healthy housing) and improving health service systems. However, after 4 years since its release, not only have important structural barriers remained but so have the poor health outcomes of Pacific peoples in New Zealand.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Islands Families (PIF) Study, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. faasisila.savila@aut.ac.nz.
authors.forename: Fa'asisila
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Savila
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rush
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011322:Primary Prevention