Table 3 Overview of content of 17 Child Health Policies Reviewed (see attached file with table 3 in landscape format)
Policy document # | Main Health Issue | Age Range covered | Aim of Goal/s | Acknowledging or auditing evidence on the SDH | Social gradient | Objectives – main codes | # Strategies | Strategies-main codes | # Strategies addressing equity | # SDH codes | Main SDH covered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Infant & child health | 0–8 | Population group (non-equity) | Significant audit and acknowledge | No | 1. Promote and Prevent (individualised) 2. Health services access | 46 | 1. Promote and Prevent (individualised) 2. Health services | 3 | 2 | ECD |
2 | Mental health | 0–2 | Population group (non-equity) | Significant audit and acknowledge | No | 1. Promote and Prevent (individualised) | 42 | 1. Cross sector 2. Health services 3. Health Workforce | 13 | 3 | ECD |
3 | Infant mortality | 0–2 | Population group (non-equity) | Minor acknowledge and audit | No | 1. Health services | 44 | 1. Health services 2. Health Workforce 3. Health services access | 7 | 0 | N/A |
4 | Family violence | 0–8 | Population group (equity) | Significant audit and acknowledge | No | 1. Health services 2. Cultural awareness 3. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) | 116 | 1. Health services 2. Promote and Prevent (individualised) 3. Health services access | 61 | 5 | Education |
5 | General health | 0–8 | Population group (non-equity) | Minor acknowledge | No | 1. Health services 2. Health service access | 81 | 1. Health services 2. Health workforce 3. Cross sector | 5 | 2 | ECD |
6 | Mental health | 0–18 | Population group (non-equity) | Minor acknowledge | No | 1. Health services 2. Health Services access | 24 | 1. Health services 2. Health service access 3. Health Policy | 11 | 1 | Housing |
7 | General Health | 0–18 | Population group (non-equity) | Significant audit and acknowledge | No | 1. Health services | 23 | 1. Health Services 2. Health workforce 3. Promote and Prevent (individualised) | 1 | 0 | N/A |
8 | General Health | 0–18 | Population group (non-equity) | Significant acknowledge | Yes | 1. Health services 2. Promotion and Prevention 3. SDH | 155 | 1. Promotion and Prevention 2. Health Services 3. SDH | 39 | 20 | ECD |
9 | General Health and education | 0–8 | Population group (non-equity) | Significant acknowledge and audit | No | 1. Cross sector 2. Health Services | 68 | 1. Cross sector 2. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 3. SDH | 13 | 10 | ECD Education |
10 | Child friendly city | 0–12 | Population group (non-equity) | Extensive acknowledge and audit | No | 1. Policy and governamce 2. Community Engagement 3. Cross sector action | 284 | 1. SDH 2. Cross sector 3. Policy and governance | 59 | 70 | ECD Education Healthy Settings Housing Urban Planning Employment/workplace conditions |
11 | Physical, social and and emotional wellbeing | 12–24 | Population group (non-equity) | Extensive acknowledge and audit | No | 1. Health Services access 2. SDH 3. Health research | 45 | 1. Health service access 2. SDH 3. Health services | 3 | 7 | Healthy settings |
12 | Obesity Physical activity nutrition | 0–18 | Population group (non-equity) | Significant acknowledge and audit | No | 1. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 2. SDH | 60 | 1. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 2. SDH 3. Cross sector | 4 | 15 | Healthy Settings Urban Planning Regulation Public Transport |
13 | Child protection | 0–12 | Population group (non-equity) | Extensive acknowledge and audit | No | 1. SDH 2. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 3. Health Services | 133 | 1. Policy and governance 2. Health Services 3. SDH | 60 | 22 | ECD Education |
14 | Sexual health | 12–18 | Population group (non-equity) | N/A | No | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
15 | Health Promotion and early child hood development | 0–12 | Population group (non-equity) | Acknowledge and audit | No | N/A | 11 | 1. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 2. Policy and governance 3. SDH | 0 | 1 | Healthy Settings |
16 | Health Promotion | 0–3 | Population group (non-equity) | Extensive acknowledge and audit | Yes | N/A | 48 | 1. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 2. Health Services 3. Health service access | 13 | 5 | Education Healthy Settings Urban Planning |
17 | General Health | 0–8 | Population group (non-equity) | Minor acknowledge | No | N/A | 71 | 1. Promotion and Prevention (individualised) 2. Health workforce 3. Health Services | 8 | 14 | ECD Healthy Settings |