Timeframe
2017-2020
Funding
Health Research Council of New Zealand
COMPASS staff
Barry Milne
Nichola Shackleton
Eileen Li
Collaborators
University of Auckland
Andrew Sporle
University of Otago Wellington
Amanda Kvalsvig
Michael Baker
Sheree Gibb
University of Melbourne
Rebecca Bentley
Tony Blakely
Description
The overall aim of this project was to give policymakers robust evidence of the most effective ways to reduce the impacts of childhood poverty on health. We answered three questions in relation to the health effects of childhood poverty:
- What is the effect of childhood poverty on health, and specifically which health outcomes does it affect?
- Which aspects of poverty dynamics, i.e. timing, duration, have the greatest impact on health outcomes?
- Which factors most strongly mediate the association between childhood poverty and health, and what are the likely benefits of interventions targeting these factors?