About KidsHealth

Who are 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 children and young people. 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 useful 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 children and young people's health 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 can you 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 their children's health. 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, children and families (for example, when your child has a disability or chronic condition) and about how parents and caregivers can best support their children (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 is KidsHealth information 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 New Zealand children.

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.

Please note that the Infant Nutrition Section of this website is copyright Ministry of Health. See copyright information at the Ministry of Health's website.