Assignment The Children's Message / Life on a Thread
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1The Children's Message The poor sate of child health in NZ: the increasing use of hospitals rather than family doctors; the relationship between poverty and poor child health; has the low political profile of child health had an impaction funding for child health care; the fragmentation of health services for children; and a look at some programmes (Early Start, Tipu Ora Kaitiaki) which aim to improve child health care.
Speakers
- Dwayne Crombie (general manager surgical, North Health) Cameron Grant (Starship paediatrician) Elizabeth McCabe (mother of sick child) Grant Close (general manager, Starship Hospital) Elizabeth Farrell (public health nurse) Diana Lennon (associate professor, paediatrics) Colin Tukuitonga (Pasifika GP) Rita Harder (Pasifika community nurse) Rosemary Langham (pharmacist) Colleen Fakalogotoa (regional Plunket nurse) Unnamed Early Start Worker David Fergusson (Child Development Researcher) Hildegard Grant (Early Start coordinator) Libby Robbins (Early Start coordinator) Susan Smith (Early Start support worker) Eileen (Early Start mother) Alaine McRae (Tipu Ora Kaitiaki) Francesca (Tip Ora mother) Roger Williams (Whanganui GP)
Live Broadcast
- No
Commercials
- No
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2Life on a Thread The long-term consequences of keeping ever more premature babies alive - especially in terms of their special medical and education needs.
Primary Title
- Assignment
Secondary Title
- The Children's Message / Life on a Thread
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 31 October 1996
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Live Broadcast
- No
Genres
- Current affairs
Hosts
- Susan Wood (Presenter)
Speakers
- Dwayne Crombie (general manager surgical, North Health) Cameron Grant (Starship paediatrician) Elizabeth McCabe (mother of sick child) Grant Close (general manager, Starship Hospital) Elizabeth Farrell (public health nurse) Diana Lennon (associate professor, paediatrics) Colin Tukuitonga (Pasifika GP) Rita Harder (Pasifika community nurse) Rosemary Langham (pharmacist) Colleen Fakalogotoa (regional Plunket nurse) Unnamed Early Start Worker David Fergusson (Child Development Researcher) Hildegard Grant (Early Start coordinator) Libby Robbins (Early Start coordinator) Susan Smith (Early Start support worker) Eileen (Early Start mother) Alaine McRae (Tipu Ora Kaitiaki) Francesca (Tip Ora mother) Roger Williams (Whanganui GP)