Implications of child poverty reduction targets for public health and health inequalities in England: a modelling study between 2024 and 2033 (6 August 2024)

Summary

A study by Ronan McCabe and colleagues investigated the potential impacts of child poverty (CP) reduction scenarios on population health and health inequalities in England between 2024 and 2033. They combined aggregate local authority-level data with published and newly created estimates on the association between CP and the rate per 100 000 of infant mortality, children (aged <16) looked after, child (aged <16) hospitalisations for nutritional anaemia and child (aged <16) all-cause emergency hospital admissions. The concluded that achieving reductions in CP could substantially improve child health and reduce health inequalities in England.