Simon is an environmental epidemiologist with an interest in the atmospheric environment and global issues.
Simon's current projects include:
empirical modelling of air pollution and health
assessing health aspects of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change
estimating the global burden of disease attributable to climate change
empirical modelling of communicable disease in relation to climate
health co benefits of climate change mitigation
Publications
Baker, M., Kerr, J., Broadbent, A., Hales, S., Rawson-Te Patu, E., Prickett, M., Edwards, R., Cleghorn, C., & Wilson, N. (2024). Communicating public health evidence: A successful first year for the PHCC. The Briefing, (9 February). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/communicating-public-health-evidence-successful-first-year-phcc
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Huang, W., Yang, Z., Zhang, Y., Vogt, T., Armstrong, B., Yu, W., … Hales, S., Pourzand, F., … and MCC Collaborators. (2024). Tropical cyclone-specific mortality risks and the periods of concern: A multicountry time-series study. PLoS Medicine, 21(1), e1004341. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004341
Journal - Research Article
Royal, H., Mannetje, A., Hales, S., Douwes, J., Berry, M., & Chambers, T. (2024). Nitrate in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes: A narrative review of epidemiological evidence and proposed biological mechanisms. PLoS Water, 3(1), e0000214. doi: 10.1371/journal.pwat.0000214
Journal - Research Other
Pourzand, F., Bolton, A., Salter, C., Hales, S., & Woodward, A. (2023). Health and climate change: Adaptation policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100954
Journal - Research Article
Prickett, M., Chambers, T., & Hales, S. (2023). When the first barrier fails: Public health and policy implications of nitrate contamination of a municipal drinking water source in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australasian Journal of Water Resources. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/13241583.2023.2272324
Journal - Research Article
Huang, W., Li, S., Vogt, T., Xu, R., Tong, S., Molina, T., … Hales, S., … Guo, Y. (2023). Global short-term mortality risk and burden associated with tropical cyclones from 1980 to 2019: A multi-country time-series study. Lancet Planetary Health, 7(8). doi: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00143-2
Journal - Research Article
Pourzand, F., & Hales, S. (2023). Impacts of extreme weather events on enteric infectious disease outbreaks: Evidence from New Zealand. Population Medicine, 5(Suppl.), (pp. 91). doi: 10.18332/popmed/165758
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Grout, L., Chambers, T., Hales, S., Prickett, M., Baker, M. G., & Wilson, N. (2023). The potential human health hazard of nitrates in drinking water: A media discourse analysis in a high-income country. Environmental Health, 22, 9. doi: 10.1186/s12940-023-00960-5
Journal - Research Article
Graham, F. F., Kim, A. H. M., Baker, M. G., Fyfe, C., & Hales, S. (2023). Associations between meteorological factors, air pollution and Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand: Time series analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 296, 119572. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119572
Journal - Research Article
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2023). New Zealand travellers to high-risk destinations for arbovirus infection make little effort to avoid mosquito bites. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(2), 209-218. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2071951
Journal - Research Article
Chambers, T., Wilson, N., Hales, S., Prickett, M., Ellison, E., & Baker, M. G. (2022). Beyond muddy waters: Three Waters reforms required to future-proof water service delivery and protect public health in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1566), 87-95. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Journal - Research Other
Chambers, T., Douwes, J., Mannetje, A., Woodward, A., Baker, M., Wilson, N., & Hales, S. (2022). Nitrate in drinking water and cancer risk: The biological mechanism, epidemiological evidence and future research. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(2), 105-108. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13222
Journal - Research Other
Graham, F. F., Finn, N., White, P., Hales, S., & Baker, M. G. (2022). Global perspective of Legionella infection in community-acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 1907. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19031907
Journal - Research Article
Chambers, T., Joy, M., Wilson, N., Hales, S., & Baker, M. (2022). Quantifying the nitrate levels in bottled water in New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(3), 322-324. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13196
Journal - Research Article
Richards, J., Chambers, T., Hales, S., Joy, M., Radu, T., Woodward, A., Humphrey, A., Randal, E., & Baker, M. G. (2022). Nitrate contamination in drinking water and colorectal cancer: Exposure assessment and estimated health burden in New Zealand. Environmental Research, 204, 112322. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112322
Journal - Research Article
Chambers, T., Hales, S., & Anglemyer, A. (2021). Correction: Nitrate-nitrite exposure through drinking water and diet and risk of colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Clinical Nutrition, 40, 5443-5444. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.09.027
Journal - Research Other
Chambers, T., Hales, S., Shaw, C., Baker, M., Ball, J., Cleghorn, C., & Wilson, N. (2021). New Zealand's Climate Change Commission report: The critical need to address the missing health co-benefits of reducing emissions. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1542), 109-118. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Hales, S., Atkinson, J., Metcalfe, J., Kuschel, G., & Woodward, A. (2021). Long term exposure to air pollution, mortality and morbidity in New Zealand: Cohort study. Science of the Total Environment, 801, 149660. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149660
Journal - Research Article
Chua, P. L. C., Huber, V., Ng, C. F. S., Seposo, X. T., Madaniyazi, L., Hales, S., Woodward, A., & Hashizume, M. (2021). Global projections of temperature-attributable mortality due to enteric infections: A modelling study. Lancet Planetary Health, 5, e436-e445. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00152-2
Journal - Research Article
Ye, T., Guo, S., Xie, Y., Chen, Z., Abramson, M. J., Heyworth, J., Hales, S., … Li, S. (2021). Health and related economic benefits associated with reduction in air pollution during COVID-19 outbreak in 367 cities in China. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety, 222, 112481. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112481
Journal - Research Article
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2021). Imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017: A risk factor for local transmission. Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease, 41, 102047. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102047
Journal - Research Article
Hess, J. J., Ranadive, N., Boyer, C., Aleksandrowicz, L., Anenberg, S. C., Aunan, K., … Hales, S., … Ebi, K. L. (2020). Guidelines for modeling and reporting health effects of climate change mitigation actions. Environmental Health Perspectives, 128(11), 115001. doi: 10.1289/ehp6745
Journal - Research Other
Lai, H., Hales, S., Woodward, A., Walker, C., Marks, E., Pillai, A., … Morton, S. M. (2020). Effects of heavy rainfall on waterborne disease hospitalizations among young children in wet and dry areas of New Zealand. Environment International, 145, 106136. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106136
Journal - Research Article
Tuyet Hanh, T. T., Huong, L. T. T., Huong, N. T. L., Linh, T. N. Q., Quyen, N. H., Nhung, N. T. T., … Hales, S., … Van Minh, H. (2020). Vietnam Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment, 2018. Environmental Health Insights, 14, 1-11. doi: 10.1177/1178630220924658
Journal - Research Article
Graham, F. F., Hales, S., White, P. S., & Baker, M. G. (2020). Global seroprevalence of legionellosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 10, 7337. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-63740-y
Journal - Research Article
Grout, L., Baker, M. G., French, N., & Hales, S. (2020). A review of potential public health impacts associated with the global dairy sector. GeoHealth, 4, e2019GH000213. doi: 10.1029/2019GH000213
Journal - Research Other
Grout, L., French, N., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Zoonotic diseases, livestock densities, social and environmental factors in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Swan, T., Kasper, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand's ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Verbal presentation at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019, December). Increasing risk of imported arboviral infections in New Zealand, 2001 to 2017. Poster session presented at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Ammar, S. E., McIntyre, M., Swan, T., Kasper, J., Derraik, J. G. B., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2019). Intercepted mosquitoes at New Zealand's ports of entry, 2001 to 2018: Current status and future concerns. Tropical Medicine & Infectious Disease, 4(3), 101. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030101
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. (2019). Climate change, extreme rainfall events, drinking water and enteric disease. Reviews on Environmental Health, 34(1), 1-3. doi: 10.1515/reveh-2019-2001
Journal - Research Other
Ammar, S., McIntyre, M., Baker, M., & Hales, S. (2018, December). Arbovirus vector mosquitoes intercepted at New Zealand ports of entry, 2001 to 2018. Poster session presented at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Grout, L., Hales, S., French, N., & Baker, M. G. (2018, December). Dairy cattle exposure and zoonotic disease in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lloyd, S. J., & Hales, S. (2018). Challenges and gaps in assessing impacts of climate change on health in rural areas: Background paper for Expert Group Meeting on Eradicating Rural Poverty to Implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 28p. Retrieved from https://www.un.org/development/desa/dspd/egm-rural-poverty.html/
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Schnitter, R., Verret, M., Berry, P., Fook, T. C. T., Hales, S., Lal, A., & Edwards, S. (2018). An assessment of climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation in Dominica. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 16(1), 70. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16010070
Journal - Research Article
Grout, L., Hales, S., French, N., & Baker, M. G. (2018). A review of methods for assessing the environmental health impacts of an agricultural system. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 15, 1315. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071315
Journal - Research Other
Allan, P. D., Palmer, C., Chan, F., Lyons, R., Nicholson, O., Rose, M., Hales, S., & Baker, M. G. (2018). Food safety labelling of chicken to prevent campylobacteriosis: Consumer expectations and current practices. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 414. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5322-z
Journal - Research Article
Shaw, C., Hales, S., Edwards, R., Howden-Chapman, P., & Stanley, J. (2018). What can fuel price increases tell us about the air pollution health co-benefits of a carbon price? Journal of Transport & Health, 8, 81-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.11.002
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., Marshall, J., Benschop, J., Brock, A., Hales, S., Baker, M. G., & French, N. P. (2018). A Bayesian spatio-temporal framework to identify outbreaks and examine environmental and social risk factors for infectious diseases monitored by routine surveillance. Spatial & Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 25, 39-48. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2017.10.004
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. (2017). One earth, one health? Proceedings of the 3rd One Health Aotearoa Symposium. Retrieved from https://onehealth.org.nz
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Lal, A., Hashizume, M., & Hales, S. (2017). Indian Ocean Dipole and cryptosporidiosis in Australia: Short-term and nonlinear associations. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(14), 8119-8127. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05146
Journal - Research Article
Shaw, C., Hales, S., Edwards, R., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2017). Health co-benefits of policies to mitigate climate change in the transport sector: Systematic review. Journal of Transport & Health, 5(Suppl.), (pp. S107-S108). doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.05.268
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Swinburn, B., Vandevijvere, S., on behalf of submitting health professors, including Hornblow, A., Taylor, B., Drummond, B., Murdoch, D., Mangin, D., Sarfati, D., Sellman, D., Sopoaga, F., Thomson, G., Abel, G., Hoek, J., Connor, J., Krebs, J., Mann, J., McCall, J., Broughton, J., Toop, L., Signal, L., Beckert, L., Farella, M., Baker, M., Keall, M., Skeaff, M., Thomson, M., Wilson, N., Chandler, N., Priest, P., Brunton, P., Crampton, P., Gendall, P., Howden-Chapman, P., Taylor, R., Edwards, R., Gauld, R., McGee, R., Mulder, R., Derrett, S., Hales, S., Pullon, S., & Blakely, T. (2017). Proposed new industry code on unhealthy food marketing to children and young people: Will it make a difference? New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1450), 94-101. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Lal, A., Dobbins, T., Bagheri, N., Baker, M. G., French, N. P., & Hales, S. (2016). Cryptosporidiosis risk in New Zealand children under 5 years old is greatest in areas with high dairy cattle densities. EcoHealth, 13(4), 652-660. doi: 10.1007/s10393-016-1187-8
Journal - Research Article
Bambrick, H., & Hales, S. (2016). Dengue: Distribution and transmission dynamics with climate change. In Climate change and global health. (Revised reprint ed.) (pp. 77-84). Wallingford, UK: CABI International.
Chapter in Book - Other
Butler, C. D., Hales, S., Beggs, P. J., & Ebi, K. L. (2016). From Paris towards 1.5 degrees C. In C. D. Butler (Ed.), Climate change and global health. (Revised reprint ed.) (pp. 293-305). Wallingford, UK: CABI International.
Chapter in Book - Research
McIver, L., Kim, R., Woodward, A., Hales, S., Spickett, J., Katscherian, D., … Ebi, K. L. (2016). Health impacts of climate change in Pacific Island countries: A regional assessment of vulnerabilities and adaption priorities. Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(11), 1707-1714. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1509756
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Lesher-Trevino, A., Ford, N., Maher, D., Ramsey, A., & Tran, N. (2016). Reporting guidelines for implementation and operational research. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94, 58-64. doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.167585
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., Hales, S., Kirk, M., Baker, M. G., & French, N. P. (2016). Spatial and temporal variation in the association between temperature and salmonellosis in NZ. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(2), 165-169. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12413
Journal - Research Article
Pega, F., Shaw, C., Rasanathan, K., Yablonski, J., Kawachi, I., & Hales, S. (2015). Climate change, cash transfers and health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 93(8), 559-565. doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.150037
Journal - Research Article
Telfar Barnard, L. F., Baker, M. G., Hales, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2015). Novel use of three administrative datasets to establish a cohort for environmental health research. BMC Public Health, 15, 246. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1580-1
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., Lill, A. W. T., McIntyre, M., Hales, S., Baker, M. G., & French, N. P. (2015). Environmental change and enteric zoonoses in New Zealand: A systematic review of the evidence. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39(1), 63-68. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12274
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., & Hales, S. (2015). Heterogeneity in hotspots: Spatio-temporal patterns in neglected parasitic diseases. Epidemiology & Infection, 143(03), 631-639. doi: 10.1017/s0950268814001101
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Kovats, S., Lloyd, S., & Campbell-Lendrum, D. (2014). Quantitative risk assessment of the effects of climate change on selected causes of death, 2030s and 2050s. Commissioned by World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO. 115p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Bambrick, H., & Hales, S. (2014). Dengue: Distribution and transmission dynamics with climate change. In C. D. Butler (Ed.), Climate change and global health. (pp. 77-84). Abingdon, UK: CAB International.
Chapter in Book - Research
Telfar Barnard, L., Baker, M., Hales, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2014). New Zealand excess winter hospitalisation: An opportunity for disease prevention? Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 311). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Shaw, C., Hales, S., Howden-Chapman, P., & Edwards, R. (2014). Health co-benefits of policies to mitigate climate change in the transport sector: Systematic review. Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 115). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hales, S. (2014, November). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessments in Asia-Pacific countries. Verbal presentation at the 7th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Bennett, H., Jones, R., Keating, G., Woodward, A., Hales, S., & Metcalfe, S. (2014). Health and equity impacts of climate change in Aotearoa-New Zealand, and health gains from climate action [Special article]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1406). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Xiang, F., Lucas, R., Hales, S., & Neale, R. (2014). Incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer in relation to ambient UV radiation in white populations, 1978-2012: Empirical relationships. JAMA Dermatology, 150(10), 1063-1071. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.762
Journal - Research Article
Shaw, C., Hales, S., Howden-Chapman, P., & Edwards, R. (2014). Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation policies in the transport sector. Nature Climate Change, 4(6), 427-433. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2247
Journal - Research Article
Woodward, A., & Hales, S. (2014). The past and future of coal. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(2), 103-104. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12215
Journal - Research Other
Honda, Y., Kondo, M., McGregor, G., Kim, H., Guo, Y.-L., Hijioka, Y., … Hales, S., & Kovats, R. S. (2014). Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection. Environmental Health & Preventive Medicine, 19(1), 56-63. doi: 10.1007/s12199-013-0354-6
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., Ikeda, T., French, N., Baker, M. G., & Hales, S. (2013). Climate variability, weather and enteric disease incidence in new Zealand: Time series analysis. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e83484. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083484
Journal - Research Article
O'Sullivan, K. C., Howden-Chapman, P. L., Stanley, J., & Hales, S. (2013). Kids in the cold: Outcomes for New Zealand households with children using prepayment metering for electricity. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1371). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Cotterill, L., Kjellström, T., Hales, S., & Bierre, S. (2013). Exploring the experiences and responses of heat among workers in the sheep shearing industry [Minipaper]. In J. D. Cotter, S. J. E. Lucas & T. Mündel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics (ICEE). (pp. 40-41). International Society for Environmental Ergonomics. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Lal, A., Baker, M. G., Hales, S., & French, N. P. (2013). Potential effects of global environmental changes on cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis transmission. Trends in Parasitology, 29(2), 83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.10.005
Journal - Research Article
O'Sullivan, K. C., Howden-Chapman, P. L., Fougere, G. M., Hales, S., & Stanley, J. (2013). Empowered? Examining self-disconnection in a postal survey of electricity prepayment meter consumers in New Zealand. Energy Policy, 52, 277-287. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.020
Journal - Research Article
Armenteras, D., Finlayson, C. M., Agard, J., Butchart, S. H. M., Carino, J., Cheung, W. W. L., … Hales, S., … Morales Rivas, M. (2012). Biodiversity. In Global Environment Outlook: Environment for the future we want. (pp. 133-166). United Nations Environment Program. [Report Contribution].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Åström, C., Rocklöv, J., Hales, S., Béguin, A., Louis, V., & Sauerborn, R. (2012). Potential distribution of Dengue fever under scenarios of climate change and economic development. EcoHealth, 9(4), 448-454. doi: 10.1007/s10393-012-0808-0
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., Hales, S., French, N., & Baker, M. G. (2012). Seasonality in human zoonotic enteric diseases: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e31883. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031883
Journal - Research Article
Lal, A., Baker, M. G., French, N. P., Dufour, M., & Hales, S. (2012). The epidemiology of human salmonellosis in New Zealand, 1997-2008. Epidemiology & Infection, 140(9), 1685-1694. doi: 10.1017/s0950268811002470
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Blakely, T., & Woodward, A. (2012). Air pollution and mortality in New Zealand: Cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 66(5), 468-473. doi: 10.1136/jech.2010.112490
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Blakely, T., Foster, R. H., Baker, M. G., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2012). Seasonal patterns of mortality in relation to social factors. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 66, 379-384. doi: 10.1136/jech.2010.111864
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Lucas, R., & McMichael, A. J. (2011). Global environmental hazards. In B. S. Levy, D. H. Wegman, S. L. Baron & R. K. Sokas (Eds.), Occupational and environmental health: Recognizing and preventing disease and injury. (6th ed.) (pp. 98-118). New York: Oxford University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Hales, S., & Edwards, R. (2011). Cardiovascular effects of exposure to air pollution: Causal pathways of toxicity may depend on the duration of exposure [Editorial]. BMJ, 343, d5814. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5814
Journal - Research Other
van Kleef, E., Bambrick, H., & Hales, S. (2011). The global distribution of dengue: Past, present and future impacts of climate change. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A324). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976k.97
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Telfar Barnard, L., Baker, M., Hales, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2011). Death and hospitalisation have different seasonality. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl. 1), (pp. A465). doi: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976q.11
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Béguin, A., Hales, S., Rocklöv, J., Åström, C., Louis, V. R., & Sauerborn, R. (2011). The opposing effects of climate change and socio-economic development on the global distribution of malaria. Global Environmental Change, 21(4), 1209-1214. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.06.001
Journal - Research Article
Wilson, N., Slaney, D., Baker, M. G., Hales, S., & Britton, E. (2011). Climate change and infectious diseases in New Zealand: A brief review and tentative research agenda. Reviews on Environmental Health, 26(2), 93-99. doi: 10.1515/REVEH.2011.013
Journal - Research Article
Longley, I., & Hales, S. (2011). Does health evidence support or undermine our regulatory approach to air quality? [Letter]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1334). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1334/4649/content.pdf
Journal - Research Other
Hales, S. (2010, September). Forecasting weather and health. Verbal presentation at the Fourth Annual Division of Health Sciences Research Forum, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Britton, E., Hales, S., Venugopal, K., & Baker, M. G. (2010). The impact of climate variability and change on cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis rates in New Zealand. Journal of Water & Health, 8(3), 561-571. doi: 10.2166/wh.2010.049
Journal - Research Article
Britton, E., Hales, S., Venugopal, K., & Baker, M. G. (2010). Positive association between ambient temperature and salmonellosis notifications in New Zealand, 1965-2006. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(2), 126-129. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00495.x
Journal - Research Article
Metcalfe, S., Woodward, A., Macmillan, A., Baker, M., Howden-Chapman, P., Lindsay, G., Hales, S., … Jaine, R., … Edwards, R., … for the New Zealand Climate and Health Group. (2009). Why New Zealand must rapidly halve its greenhouse gas emissions. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1304). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1304/3827/content.pdf
Journal - Research Article
Analitis, A., Becker, P., Biggeri, A., Bouchama, A., De'Donato, F., D'Ippoliti, D., … Hales, S., … Wolf, T. (2009). Improving public health responses to extreme weather/heat-waves: EuroHEAT. Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organization, 60p.
Authored Book - Research
McMichael, A. J., Neira, M., Bertollini, R., Campbell-Lendrum, D., & Hales, S. (2009). Climate change: A time of need and opportunity for the health sector. Lancet, 374(9707), 2123-2125. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62031-6
Journal - Research Article
Markandya, A., Armstrong, B. G., Hales, S., Chiabai, A., Criqui, P., Mima, S., … Wilkinson, P. (2009). Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: Low-carbon electricity generation. Lancet, 374(9706), 2006-2015. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61715-3
Journal - Research Article
Mann, S., Baker, M., Hales, S., Kamalesh, V., Telfar Barnard, L., Zhang, J., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2009). Cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in New Zealand is higher in winter in all disease subcategories. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 18(Suppl. 3), (pp. S256). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.05.631
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Mann, S., Baker, M., Hales, S., Kamalesh, V., Telfar Barnard, L., Zhang, J., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2009). Excess winter cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in New Zealand is seen in all disease subcategories. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 18(Suppl. 2), (pp. S21-S22). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.04.050
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Matthies, F., Bickler, G., Cardeñosa Marín, N., & Hales, S. (Eds.). (2008). Heat-Health action plans. Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organisation, 45p.
Edited Book - Research
Telfar Barnard, L. F., Baker, M. G., Hales, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. L. (2008). Excess winter morbidity and mortality: Do housing and socio-economic status have an effect? Reviews on Environmental Health, 23(3), 203-221.
Journal - Research Article
Kingham, S., Fisher, G., Hales, S., Wilson, I., & Bartie, P. (2008). An empirical model for estimating census unit population exposure in areas lacking air quality monitoring. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 18(2), 200-210.
Journal - Research Article
Cazelles, B., Chavez, M., de Magny, G. C., Guégan, J.-F., & Hales, S. (2007). Time-dependent spectral analysis of epidemiological time-series with wavelets. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 4(15), 625-636. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2007.0212
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Baker, M., Howden-Chapman, P., Menne, B., Woodruff, R., & Woodward, A. (2007). Implications of global climate change for housing, human settlements and public health. Reviews on Environmental Health, 22(4), 295-302.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2007). Effects of air pollution on health: Quantifying the effect alone is not enough to change policy and improve health. BMJ, 335, 314-315. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39304.389433.AD
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Davie, G. S., Baker, M. G., Hales, S., & Carlin, J. B. (2007). Trends and determinants of excess winter mortality in New Zealand: 1980 to 2000. BMC Public Health, 7, 263. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-263
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., & Corvalan, C. (2006). Public health emergency on planet earth: Insights from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. EcoHealth, 3(3), 130-135.
Journal - Research Article
McMichael, A. J., Hales, S., & Lucas, R. M. (2006). Global environmental changes. In B. S. Levy, D. H. Wegman, S. L. Baron & R. K. Sokas (Eds.), Occupational and environmental health: Recognizing and preventing disease and injury. (5th ed.) (pp. 451-470). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Chapter in Book - Research
McMichael, A. J., Woodruff, R. E., & Hales, S. (2006). Climate change and human health: Present and future risks. Lancet, 367(11), 859-869. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68079-3
Journal - Research Article
Cazelles, B., & Hales, S. (2006). Infectious diseases, climate influences, and nonstationarity. PLoS Medicine, 3(8), 1212-1213.
Journal - Research Article
Woodruff, R. E., McMichael, A. J., & Hales, S. (2006). Action on climate change: No time to delay [Editorial]. Medical Journal of Australia, 184(11), 539-540.
Journal - Research Other
Howden-Chapman, P., Hales, S., Chapman, R., & Keskimäki, I. (2005). The impact of economic recession on youth suicide: A comparison of New Zealand and Finland. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand. 33p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Kovats, R. S., Edwards, S. J., Charron, D., Cowden, J., D'Souza, R. M., Ebi, K. L., … Hales, S., … Schmid, H. (2005). Climate variability and campylobacter infection: An international study. International Journal of Biometeorology, 49(4), 207-214.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Sabel, C. E., Exeter, D. J., Crane, J., & Woodward, A. (2005). Clustering of childhood asthma hospital admissions in New Zealand, 1999-2004. In P. A. Whigham (Ed.), Proceedings of the 17th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre. (pp. 15-26). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Howden-Chapman, P., Hales, S., Chapman, R., & Keskimäki, I. (Eds.). (2005). The impact of economic recession on youth suicide: A comparison of New Zealand and Finland. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health, 33p. Retrieved from http://www.moh.govt.nz
Edited Book - Research
Fisher, G., Kjellstrom, T., Woodward, A., Hales, S. E., Town, G. I., Sturman, A. P., … O'Dea, D., … Epton, M., … Spronken-Smith, R. A., … Dawson, R., … Donnelly, P. D. (2005). Health and air pollution in New Zealand: Christchurch pilot study. Commissioned by Health Research Council, Ministry for the Environment & Ministry of Transport. New Zealand: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Hales, S. E., & van Panhuis, W. (2005). A new strategy for dengue control. Lancet, 365(9459), 551-552.
Journal - Research Article
Cazelles, B., Chavez, M., McMichael, A. J., & Hales, S. E. (2005). Nonstationary influence of El Niño on the synchronous dengue epidemics in Thailand. PLoS Medicine, 2(4), e106. Retrieved from http://medicine.plosjournals.org/archive/1549-1676/2/4/pdf/10f
Journal - Research Article
Reid, W. V., Mooney, H. A., . . ., Hales, S. E., & et al (2005). Ecosystems and human well-being: Synthesis. Commissioned by Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Panel. Washington DC, USA: World Resources Institute/Island Press. 137p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Blakely, T., Hales, S., Kieft, C., Wilson, N., & Woodward, A. (2005). The global distribution of risk factors by poverty level. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(2), 118-126.
Journal - Research Article
Rodgers, A., Ezzati, M., Vander Hoorn, S., Lopez, A. D., Lin, R.-B., Murray, C. J. L., Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group, including Blakely, T., Hales, S., Kieft, C., & Wilson, N. (2004). Distribution of major health risks: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study. PLoS Medicine, 1(1), e27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0010027
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. (2004). Precautionary health risk assessment: Case study of biological insecticides. EcoHealth, 1(4), 399-403. doi: 10.1007/s10393-004-0102-x
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S., Butler, C., Woodward, A., & Corvalan, C. (2004). Health aspects of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. EcoHealth, 1(2), 124-128. doi: 10.1007/s10393-004-0085-7
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T., Hales, S., & Woodward, A. (2004). Poverty: Assessing the distribution of health risks by socioeconomic position at national and local levels (Environmental Burden of Disease Series, No. 10). Commissioned by World Health Organization. Geneva: WHO. 33p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Blakely, T. A., Hales, S., Kieft, C. E., Wilson, N., & Woodward, A. (2004). Distribution of risk factors by poverty. In M. Ezzati, A. D. Lopez, A. Rodgers & C. J. L. Murray (Eds.), Comparative quantification of health risks: Volume 2: Global and regional burden of disease attributable to selected major risk factors. (pp. 1941-2127). Geneva: World Health Organization.
Chapter in Book - Research
Hales, S. E., Edwards, S. J., & Kovats, R. S. (2003). Impacts on health of climate extremes. In A. J. McMichael, D. H. Campbell-Lendrum, C. F. Corvalán, K. L. Ebi, A. Githeko, J. D. Scheraga & A. Woodward (Eds.), Climate change and human health - Risks and responses. (pp. 79-102). Geneva: World Health Organization.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ezzati, M., Vander Hoorn, S., Rodgers, A., Lopez, A. D., Mathers, C. D., Murray, C. J. L., and the Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group, including Blakely, T., Hales, S., … Wilson, N., & Woodward, A. (2003). Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet, 362, 271-280. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13968-2
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Black, W., Skelly, W. C., Salmond, C. E., & Weinstein, P. (2003). Social deprivation and the public health risks of community drinking water supplies in New Zealand. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 57, 581-583.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., & Woodward, A. (2003). Climate change will increase demands on malaria control in Africa. Lancet, 362(9398), 1775.
Journal - Research Article
Woodward, A., & Hales, S. E. (2003). Weather, climate, climate change and human health. Applied Environmental Science & Public Health, 1(1), 3-7.
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T. A., Hales, S. E., Kieft, C. E., Wilson, N. C., & Woodward, A. (2002). The global distribution of risk factors by poverty: A complementary CRA. Commissioned by World Health Organisation. Wellington: Department of Public Health, Wellington School of Medicine. 259p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Woodward, A., Hales, S. E., & De Wet, N. (2002). What does climate change mean for human health? Pacific Ecologist, March, 15-18.
Journal - Research Article
Woodward, A. J., Hales, S., & Hill, S. E. (2002). The motor car and public health. Medical Journal of Australia, 177, 592-593.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., De Wet, N., Maindonald, J., & Woodward, A. (2002). The global distribution of dengue fever: Potential impact of population and climate changes. Lancet, 360, 830-834.
Journal - Research Article
Fisher, G. W., Rolfe, K., Kjellstrom, T., Woodward, A., Hales, S., Sturman, A. P., … King, D. (2001). Health effects due to motor vehicle air pollution in New Zealand. Commissioned by Ministry of Transport. Wellington: Ministry of Transport. 71p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
De Wet, N., Ye, W., Hales, S. E., Warrick, R., Woodward, A., & Weinstein, P. (2001). Use of a computer model to identify potential hotspots for dengue fever in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 114, 420-422.
Journal - Research Article
Blakely, T. A., Hales, S. E., Kieft, C., & Woodward, A. (2001). The distribution of risk factors by poverty status. Global Burden of Disease Workshop. Geneva: World Health Organisation. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Woodward, A., Hales, S. E., & De Wet, N. (2001). Impact of Climate Change on Human Health in New Zealand. Commissioned by Ministry for the Environment. Wellington. 27p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Singh, R., Hales, S. E., De Wet, N., Raj, R., Hearnden, M. N., & Weinstein, P. (2001). The influence of climate variation and change on diarrheal disease in the Pacific Islands. Environmental Health Perspectives, 109, 155-159.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E. (2001). Dioxins: Laypersons Summary of Health Risk Appraisal. Commissioned by New Zealand Ministry for the Environment. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment. 5p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
De Wet, N., & Hales, S. E. (2000). Human health. In T. Taeuea, I. Ubaitoi, N. De Wet & G. Kenny (Eds.), Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Kiribati. (pp. 112-130). Hamilton: University of Waikato, IGCI, SPREP, PICCAP.
Chapter in Book - Research
Hales, S. E., Kovats, S., & Woodward, A. (2000). What El Niño can tell us about human health and global climate change. Global Change & Human Health, 1(1), 66-77.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Salmond, C. E., Town, G. I., Kjellstrom, T., & Woodward, A. (2000). Daily mortality in relation to weather and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24, 89-91.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Salmond, C. E., Exeter, D., Purvis, M. K., Woodward, A., & Kjellstrom, T. (2000). Spatial patterns of mortality in relation to particulate air pollution in Christchurch, 1988-1997. In P. A. Whigham (Ed.), Proceedings of the 12th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre. (pp. 37-43). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
McMichael, A., Githeko, A., Martens, P., Kovats, S., Patz, J., Woodward, A., … Hales, S. E., … Smith, K. (2000). Special Report on Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer. Commissioned by The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 54p.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Singh, R., Raj, R., De Wet, N., & Hales, S. E. (2000). The influence of climate variation and change on diarrhoeal disease in the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Pacific Islands Conference on Climate Change, Climate Variability and Sea Level Rise. (pp. 21). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Woodward, A., Hales, S. E., Litidamu, N., Phillips, D. P., & Martin, J. (2000). Protecting human health in a changing world: The role of social and economic development. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 78, 1148-1155.
Journal - Research Article
Salmond, C. E., Crampton, P., Hales, S. E., Lewis, S., & Pearce, N. E. (1999). Asthma prevalence and deprivation: a small area analysis. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 53, 476-480.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Weinstein, P., & Woodward, A. (1999). Fish poisoning and El Niño. Proceedings of the Environmental Indicators Symposium. Dunedin.: University of Otago. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Hales, S. E., Weinstein, P., & Woodward, A. (1999). Ciguatera fish poisoning, El Niño, and Pacific sea surface temperatures. Ecosystem Health, 5, 20-25.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Weinstein, P., Souares, Y., & Woodward, A. (1999). El Niño and the dynamics of vectorborne disease transmission. Environmental Health Perspectives, 107, 99-102.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., & Hearnden, M. N. (1999). Modelling the potential distribution of disease vectors in New Zealand. A case study of Aedes camptorhynchus. 11th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre. (pp. 43-50). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Maelzer, D. A., Hales, S. E., Weinstein, P., Zalucki, M., & Woodward, A. (1999). El Niño and arboviral disease prediction. Environmental Health Perspectives, 107(10), 817-818.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Howden-Chapman, P. L., Salmond, C. E., Woodward, A., & Mackenbach, J. (1999). National infant mortality rates in relation to gross national product and distribution of income. Lancet, 354(9195), 2047.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Lewis, S., Slater, T. M. M., Crane, J., & Pearce, N. E. (1998). Prevalence of adult asthma symptoms in relation to climate in New Zealand. Environmental Health Perspectives, 106, 607-610.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Zhou, Q. Q., Lewis, S., & Purvis, M. K. (1998). Connectionist modelling of asthma incidence in New Zealand. In P. Firns (Ed.), 10th Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre (SIRC'98). (pp. 111-117). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Woodward, A., Hales, S. E., & Weinstein, P. (1998). Climate change and human health in the Asia Pacific: who will be most vulnerable? Climate Research, 11, 31-38.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Weinstein, P., & Woodward, A. (1997). Public health impacts of global climate change. Reviews on Environmental Health, 12(3), 191-199.
Journal - Research Article
Lewis, S., Hales, S. E., Slater, T. M. M., Pearce, N. E., Crane, J., & Beasley, C. R. (1997). Geographical variation in the prevalence of asthma symptoms in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 110(1049), 286-289.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Weinstein, P., & Woodward, A. (1996). Dengue fever epidemics in the South Pacific: driven by El Nino Southern Oscillation? Lancet, 348(9042), 1664-1665.
Journal - Research Article
Hales, S. E., Woodward, A., & Guest, C. S. (1995). Climate change in the South Pacific region: priorities for public health research. Australian Journal of Public Health, 19, 543-545.
Journal - Research Article