Foreword
I am pleased to present the 2005-2006 Report on Child Health from the New South Wales Population Health Survey, which provides information on health behaviours, health status, access to health services, and social determinants of health, for children aged 0-15 years.
During 2005 and 2006, data for the New South Wales Population Health Survey were collected from February to December each year.
After describing the survey methods, this report presents information on health behaviours including: breastfeeding, folate and pregnancy, immunisation (meningococcal disease), injury prevention (smoke alarms, fire education, and infant sleeping position), nutrition, physical activity, and smoking. This is followed by a chapter on health status including: asthma, mental health, oral health, and self-rated health status. Next there is a chapter on health services including: health service use (services attended, private health insurance, and difficulties getting health care), community health centres, early childhood health centres, emergency departments, home visiting, hospital admissions, and public dental services. Finally, a chapter on the social determinants of health including: early childhood educational development, and family functioning and parental support.
In this PDF version indicator graphs are presented by age, socioeconomic disadvantage, mothers' characteristics, geographic location and years (when available). In the HTML version these indicator graphs are presented with an accompanied table which includes the 95% confidence intervals. The graphs and tables can be downloaded from the html report as gif, pdf and/or csv files for further use. Both the PDF and HTML versions can be obtained from the New South Wales Population Health Survey website at www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/survey/hsurvey.html.
This is a descriptive report and there is a wealth of other information in the survey dataset that may be of specific interest. For these reasons we encourage as many people as possible to analyse the data further. For further analysis within a health area, data can be accessed through the Health Outcomes Information Statistical Toolkit (HOIST). For further analysis among health areas or at a statewide level, a data request needs to be lodged with the NSW Department of Health.
Comments on the New South Wales Population Health Survey are welcome.
I thank all the individuals and organisations who contributed their time and expertise to assist in the development and conduct of the Survey in 2005 and 2006.
Denise Robinson
Chief Health Officer and Deputy Director-General, Population Health
January 2008
| Source: | New South Wales Population Health Survey 2006 (HOIST). Centre for Epidemiology and Research, NSW Department of Health. |
| Print version: | Although this page can be printed directly from your web browser, a higher quality version is available as a PDF file that can be printed or viewed on screen. |
| Produced by: | Centre for Epidemiology and Research, Population Health Division, NSW Department of Health. |
| Last updated on: | 25 January 2008 |