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Page 3 of 5 Reducing inequalitiesIn Northland, as in New Zealand and throughout the rest of the world, inequalities in health exist between groups within the population. Inequalities can be measured according to:
Reducing these inequalities is one of the primary aims of the Northland DHB funding and planning team, and one of the key criteria in our prioritisation policy. It is also one of the main reasons why we work with MAPO co-funders. Reducing inequalities is one of the objectives for DHBs in the Public Health and Disability Act 2000 and a priority for the Ministry of Health. NDHB uses two tools developed by the Ministry of Health in defining inequalities and evaluating plans to remedy them – the Reducing Inequalities Framework and the Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT). There is a host of evidence of inequalities. Some examples are contained in this document. |

