The partners behind KidsHealth
The KidsHealth website has been created by a partnership between the Paediatric Society of New Zealand - Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa (PSNZ) and the Starship Foundation, supported and funded by Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand.
Paediatric Society of New Zealand - Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa
PSNZ is a multidisciplinary society committed to improving the health of tamariki and rangatahi. With its membership of a broad range of child and youth health professionals, PSNZ is well placed to develop content for the KidsHealth website that is helpful for parents and is up-to-date, accurate and valid.
Check the Paediatric Society of New Zealand - Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa website
Starship Foundation
The Starship Foundation is a charitable trust which raises funds for medical equipment, support services, research and paediatric training to boost the health of tamariki and rangatahi in New Zealand. The Foundation has a high charity profile within New Zealand.
Check the Starship Foundation website
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand
Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand is a new organisation established to lead the day-to-day running of the health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.
Check the Te Whatu Ora website
What we can achieve together
Together, our mission is to provide parents, caregivers and whānau with accurate and reliable information about the health and wellbeing of tamariki and rangatahi in Aotearoa.
What you can find on KidsHealth
KidsHealth is growing all the time so please keep checking back if your topic isn't covered.
On the KidsHealth website New Zealand parents, caregivers and whānau will find accurate and reliable information about the health of their tamariki. KidsHealth content has been developed with substantial input from many professionals, experts and parents from all over New Zealand. Content continues to be added, refined and amended based on expert clinical advice. It includes information organised into 2 main sections:
- information for helping you keep your child safe and well
- information for when your child is unwell or has a health issue
These sections include information about the support available for parents, tamariki and whānau (for example, when your child has a disability or chronic condition) and about how parents and caregivers can best support their tamariki (for example, when your child is receiving health care treatment or when your child is grieving).
KidsHealth is growing all the time so please keep checking back if your topic isn't covered.
Who KidsHealth information is for
KidsHealth information is for 2 main audiences.
New Zealand parents and whānau
KidsHealth is for New Zealand parents, caregivers, family and whānau and anyone else involved in caring for tamariki in New Zealand.
New Zealand professionals working with parents and whānau
KidsHealth is for the range of professionals in New Zealand who work with parents every day - doctors, nurses, early childhood staff, teachers, mental health professionals and others. We hope these professionals will refer parents and whānau to the site.
Copyright
The material on this website is protected by copyright. Unless otherwise stated, copyright is owned by the Paediatric Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) and Starship Foundation.
In the interests of information sharing, anyone can reproduce the written content (excluding photos) available on this website free of charge and without permission provided that the source and copyright status of the material is acknowledged, and that:
- the content is not changed
- the information is not sold
- the material is not used to promote or endorse any product or service
- the material is not used in an inappropriate or misleading context
- any disclaimers included on the published information are reproduced on the material
Photos on this website cannot be reproduced elsewhere, in any form, as the subjects in the photos have only consented to their use on the KidsHealth website.
Permission to reproduce PSNZ/Starship Foundation content does not extend to include any work identified on this website as the copyright material of a party other than PSNZ/Starship Foundation. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
