PMID- 17274215
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070306
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1049-510X (Print)
IS  - 1049-510X (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Winter
TI  - Associations between ethnicity and child health factors in New Zealand.
PG  - 84-91
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To identify associations between material and behavioral factors in 
      relation to health among Maori, Pacific, and New Zealand European or other (NZEO) 
      children in New Zealand. DESIGN: Cross-sectional using a two-stage random 
      clustered sampling procedure. PARTICIPANTS: 3,275 children: 37.4% Maori, 32.3% 
      Pacific, and 30.3% NZEO. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of demographic, 
      socioeconomic, food security, physical/lifestyle, dietary, and dental factors by 
      ethnic group. RESULTS: Proportionally more Maori and Pacific children, 
      respectively, lived in large households, and approximately one quarter of each 
      group had an annual household income < dollar 20,000. Approximately one fifth of 
      Maori and Pacific households respectively relied on food banks when they did not 
      have enough money for food, and more Pacific household occupants felt stressed 
      when food could not be provided for social occasions. A higher proportion of 
      Pacific children were obese. Approximately 40% of Maori and NZEO children did not 
      play physically active games, and almost four fifths of Maori children had 
      watched television every night the previous week. A higher proportion of Pacific 
      children ate breakfast on the way to school or purchased their school lunch. More 
      than half the Maori and Pacific children had consumed a chocolate bar or soda > 
      or = 4 times the previous month, and a higher proportion of Pacific children 
      added sugar to hot beverages. Proportionally more Maori children had received a 
      restoration or experienced dental pain at night, and a higher proportion of 
      Pacific children had received an extraction due to dental caries. CONCLUSIONS: 
      Marked differences were found in material and behavioral outcomes in relation to 
      child health when ethnicity was considered.
FAU - Jamieson, Lisa M
AU  - Jamieson LM
AD  - Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, The University of 
      Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia. lisa.jamieson@adelaide.edu.au
FAU - Koopu, Pauline I
AU  - Koopu PI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ethn Dis
JT  - Ethnicity & disease
JID - 9109034
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Welfare/*ethnology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diet
MH  - *Ethnicity/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Health Behavior
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
MH  - New Zealand
MH  - Social Class
EDAT- 2007/02/06 09:00
MHDA- 2007/03/07 09:00
CRDT- 2007/02/06 09:00
PHST- 2007/02/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/03/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/02/06 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ethn Dis. 2007 Winter;17(1):84-91.