A stakeholder group assessment of interactions between child health and the sustainable development goals in Cambodia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, a systematic assessment of how the goals influence child health and vice versa has been lacking. We aimed to contribute to such an assessment by investigating the interactions between child health and the Sustainable Development Goals in Cambodia.

Methods

Based on the SDG Synergies approach, 272 interactions between 16 Cambodian Sustainable Development Goals and child health were evaluated by an interdisciplinary Cambodian stakeholder group. From this a cross-impact matrix was derived and network analysis applied to determine first and second-order effects of the interactions with a focus on child health.

Results

We show that with the exception of Cambodian Sustainable Development Goal 15 (life o

SUBMITTER: Hellden D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9203784 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature