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Table 2 Coding Structure

From: To what extent do Australian child and youth health policies address the social determinants of health and health equity?: a document analysis study

Main categories (codes)

Codes (sections of text can be coded against several codes)

(a) Goals

5 codes re gains in intended gains in health status specified as either:

 • average health

 • subject to ill health

 • equity groups

 • Close the Gap

 • Across the gradient

(b) Recognition of evidence on the SDH & HE

 • Acknowledge

 • Audit

(c) and (d) Objectives & Strategies

Both of these categories are coded against the same codes.

 • Environmental health

 • Research

 • Policy development and governance

 • Workforce

 • Health Service quality

 • Health service access

 • Collaboration between health services

 • Health promotion and disease prevention

 • Community engagement

 • Cross sector activity

 • Social determinants of health (other than health service access)

   • home environment

   • early childhood development

   • education

   • health settings;

   • employment/workplace conditions

   • housing

   • urban planning

   • public transport

   • regulatory measures

 • And reducing social inequalities

Note: Strategies were all double coded against intended outcomes in regards to health equity