Consequences of COVID-19 protection measures on children's respiratory health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

IF 1.2 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL JOURNAL Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI:10.26635/6965.6714

Claire O'Loughlin, Tali Uia, Cameron Grant, Kirsten Smiler, Marianna Churchward, Catherine Tu'akalau, Rochelle Ellison-Lupena, Mona Jeffreys

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Abstract

Aim: To explore the impact of COVID-19 protection measures on children's respiratory health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Method: Annual hospitalisation rates (2017/2018 to 2022/2023) for specific respiratory illnesses in children under age 15 years were calculated. Comparisons were made across time and age/sex/ethnicity groups.

Results: Hospitalisation rates for respiratory illnesses were lower for all children in the years when COVID-19 protection measures were strictly enforced, followed by an increase in rates in subsequent years. There was an excess of hospitalisations for tamariki Māori and for Pacific children compared with non-Māori, non-Pacific children. Inequities in influenza that were present before the pandemic re-emerged rapidly following the relaxation of COVID-19 protection measures.

Conclusion: Reducing the burden of respiratory illness in children is a key challenge for health delivery in Aotearoa New Zealand. The re-appearance of inequities across outcomes and age groups following the relaxation or removal of COVID-19 protection measures indicates the need for an effective strategy that embeds learnings from our pandemic response.

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