Department of Population Health
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch 8140
Background
Gillian Abel's early background was in haematology before taking a career change to public health. She joined the Department of Public Health and General Practice at the University of Otago, Christchurch in 1997 and holds a PhD in public health from this University.
Gillian is expert in mixed methods research using community-based participatory approaches. Her research focuses on vulnerable populations such as sex workers, vulnerable youth and Pacific people. Sex work research is a field in which she has extensive expertise. Her research in this field is firmly located in public health but she applies a sociological lens by analysing data in the context of structural opportunities and constraints faced by sex workers, drawing on concepts of stigma; theories of social exclusion; theories of risk; and feminist theories.
She led a large Health Research Council funded national research project looking at the impact of the Prostitution Reform Act (2003) on the health and safety of sex workers and this study has been influential in informing policy both in New Zealand and internationally. She is currently a collaborator on a large Canadian team project looking at vulnerabilities in the Canadian sex industry.
Gillian teaches two papers in the post-graduate Diploma in Public Health and also teaches into the undergraduate medical programme. She has supervised many students on a variety of public health and health sciences topics.
She is particularly keen to supervise Masters and PhD students with an interest in
Vulnerable or stigmatised population groups
Community-based research approaches
Qualitative and mixed methods research approaches
Teaching
PUBH 724 Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods (Convenor)
Qualitative Research Methods (ALM 4th year medical students)
Research interests
Sex work research
Youth health
Community-based participatory research
Qualitative research
Public lectures
The Christchurch Street-Based Sex Work Collaborative Project: A community development approach.
Lecture to Sex and Consequences New Zealand Update, Oxford Terrace Baptists Church Lounge, 12 June 2019.
No longer a disposable population?: Decriminalization and social justice for sex workers in New Zealand. Lecture to Probus group, Russley Golf Club, 19 November 2018.
Street-based sex work in Christchurch.
Presentation at Community meeting on street-based sex work, Salvation Army, Christchurch, 24 July 2018
From harm minimisation to social justice: a public health perspective on decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand. Lecture to University of the Third Age, 11 July 2017, Christchurch.
The NZPC and me: A long and productive collaboration. Keynote Speaker at Insights" Sex work in New Zealand and Beyond Symposium, 12 February 2016, Wellington
Decriminalisation of sex work: Has the Prostitution Reform Act resulted in healthier and safer sex workers? Winter Lecture Series: Illuminating New Knowledge, University of Otago, Auckland Centre, 28 July, 2011.
Decriminalisation of sex work: Has the Prostitution Reform Act resulted in healthier and safer sex workers? Winter Lecture Series: Illuminating New Knowledge, University of Otago, James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, Wellington, 27 July, 2011.
The Impact of the Prostitution Reform Act on the Health and Safety of Sex Workers, Going All the Way Seminar, Parliament Buildings, Wellington, 25 June 2008.
The Prostitution Reform Act _ New Zealand's experience, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 31 October 2007
Student: Claire Weinhold
Degree: PhD
Topic: Decriminalisation and the management of brothels in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Co-supervisor: Lee Thompson
Student: Lev Zhuravsky
Degree: PhD
Topic: Creating Resilience in Health Care Organizations. Role of Shared Leadership in Realigning a Gap between Work as Imagined and Work as Done
Co-supervisor: Lee Thompson
Student: Hayley Lewis-Pullan
Degree: MHealSc
Topic: Halted recovery: Understanding the internal experience of people who feel stuck in opioid recovery.
Co-supervisor: Simon Adamson
Student: Lavanya Pillay
Degree: PhD
Topic: Sex workers' experiences during the COVID‑19 pandemic: a comparative analysis between South Africa and New Zealand
Co-supervisor: Dr Rose Crossin
2021
Student: Christina McKerchar
Degree: PhD
Topic: Food Availability for Māori Children – a rights-based approach
Co-supervisors: Louise Signal and Cameron Lacey
2020
Student: Rachael Dixon
Degree: PhD
Topic: Exploring the long-term outcomes of senior secondary school Health Education in New Zealand
Co Supervisor: L Burrows
Student: Toyin Kolawole
Degree: PhD
Topic: African Migrants and HIV
Co-supervisor: Lee Thompson
Student: Susan Bidwell
Degree: PhD
Topic: An exploration of people's use of dietary supplements and herbal medicines
Co-supervisor: Lee Thompson
2019
Student: Chidimma Aham-Chiabuotu
Degree: PhD
Topic: Exploring Alternative Resources for Raising Awareness, Prevention and Reporting of Sexual violence against Internally Displaced Women of Reproductive Age in North Eastern Nigeria
Co-supervisor: Lee Thompson
Student: Jane Reeves
Topic: Meeting cultural competency learning needs of general practice reception staff.
Supervisors: Gillian Abel, Lynley Cook
Sponsor: Pegasus Health
2015–2016
Student: Anna Brinsdon
Topic: 'I am HIV but I am not a patient': Managing marginalised identities in health interactions.
Supervisors: Gillian Able, Jen Desrosiers
Scoular, J., Sanders, T., Balderston, S., Abel, G., Brents, B., Ellison, G., & Marriott, N. (2023). Understanding sexual violence in sex working populations: Law, legal consciousness and legal practice in four countries (2021-2023): Study protocol v2.5. PLoS ONE, 18(11), e0283067. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283067
Journal - Research Other
Ball, J., Pettie, M. A., Poasa, L., & Abel, G. (2023). Understanding youth drinking decline: Similarity and change in the function and social meaning of alcohol use (and non-use) in adolescent cohorts 20 years apart. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13685
Journal - Research Article
Dixon, R., Abel, G., & Burrows, L. (2023). A case for connecting school-based health education in Aotearoa New Zealand to critical health literacy. Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 14(2), 127-142. doi: 10.1080/25742981.2022.2082310
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2023). “You’re selling a brand”: Marketing commercial sex online. Sexualities, 26(3), 354-371. doi: 10.1177/13634607211056189
Journal - Research Article
Weinhold, C., Abel, G., & Thompson, L. (2022). “They wouldn't get away with it at McDonalds”: Decriminalization, work, and disciplinary power in New Zealand brothels. Gender, Work & Organization. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12893
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., Gage, R., Smith, M., Lacey, C., Abel, G., Ni Mhurchu, C., & Signal, L. (2022). Children’s community nutrition environment, food and drink purchases and consumption on journeys between home and school: A wearable camera study. Nutrients, 14, 1995. doi: 10.3390/nu14101995
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G., & Healy, C. (2021). Sex worker-led provision of services in New Zealand: Optimising health and safety in a decriminalised context. In S. M. Goldenberg, R. Morgan Thomas, A. Forbes & S. Baral (Eds.), Sex work, health, and human rights: Global inequities, challenges, and opportunities for action. (pp. 175-188). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_10
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., & Ludeke, M. (2021). Brothels as sites of third-party exploitation? Decriminalisation and sex workers’ employment rights. Social Sciences, 10, 3. doi: 10.3390/socsci10010003
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G., & Ludeke, M. (2021). Business like any other? New Zealand’s brothel industry post-decriminalisation. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 24(9), 1243-1256. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2021.1942553
Journal - Research Article
Aham-Chiabuotu, C. B., Abel, G., & Thompson, L. (2021). 'Men don't have patience': Sexuality, pleasure and danger in displacement settings in Northcentral Nigeria. Global Public Health, 16(5), 801-813. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1690539
Journal - Research Article
Dixon, R., Abel, G., & Burrows, L. (2021). Putting assemblage to work to explore pedagogical practices in health education in Aotearoa New Zealand. Health Education, 121(2), 174-188. doi: 10.1108/HE-05-2020-0034
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., Lacey, C., Abel, G., & Signal, L. (2021). Ensuring the right to food for indigenous children: A case study of stakeholder perspectives on policy options to ensure the rights of tamariki Māori to healthy food. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20, 67. doi: 10.1186/s12939-021-01407-4
Journal - Research Article
Armstrong, L., & Abel, G. (Eds.). (2020). Sex work and the New Zealand model: Decriminalisation and social change. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press, 244p. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv1453kvn
Edited Book - Research
Abel, G. (2020). Contested space: Street-based sex workers and community engagement. In L. Armstrong & G. Abel (Eds.), Sex work and the New Zealand model: Decriminalisation and social change. (pp. 199-221). Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv1453kvn.15
Chapter in Book - Research
Armstrong, L., & Abel, G. (2020). Introduction. In L. Armstrong & G. Abel (Eds.), Sex work and the New Zealand model: Decriminalisation and social change. (pp. 1-16). Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv1453kvn.6
Chapter in Book - Research
Armstrong, L., Abel, G., & Roguski, M. (2020). Fear of trafficking or implicit prejudice? Migrant sex workers and the impacts of Section 19. In L. Armstrong & G. Abel (Eds.), Sex work and the New Zealand model: Decriminalisation and social change. (pp. 113-134). Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctv1453kvn.11
Chapter in Book - Research
Benoit, C., Maurice, R., Abel, G., Smith, A., Jansson, M., Healey, P., & Magnuson, D. (2020). 'I dodged the stigma bullet': Canadian sex workers' situated responses to occupational stigma. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 22(1), 81-95. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2019.1576226
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., King, P., Lacey, C., Abel, G., & Signal, L. (2020). Rights-based approaches to improving food availability for tamariki Māori: A narrative literature review and theory-based synthesis. MAI Journal, 9(3), 237-248. doi: 10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.6
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., Smith, M., Gage, R., Williman, J., Abel, G., Lacey, C., Ni Mhurchu, C., & Signal, L. (2020). Kids in a candy store: An objective analysis of children's interactions with food in convenience stores. Nutrients, 12(7), 2143. doi: 10.3390/nu12072143
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., Smith, M., Stanley, J., Barr, M., Chambers, T., Abel, G., Lacey, C., Gage, R., … Signal, L. (2020). Food store environment examination: FoodSee: A new method to study the food store environment using wearable cameras. Global Health Promotion, 27(3), 73-81. doi: 10.1177/1757975919859575
Journal - Research Article
McKerchar, C., Smith, M., Gage, R., Williman, J., Abel, G., Lacey, C., … Signal, L. (2020). Kids in a candy store: An objective analysis of children's interactions with food in convenience stores. Proceedings of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity (ISBNPA) XChange. (pp. 385). International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Retrieved from https://venuewest.eventsair.com/isbnpa-xchange-initiative
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Abel, G. (2020, May). A community development approach to street-based sex work in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Law & Society Association (LSA) Annual Meeting: Rule and Resistance, [Online].
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2020, November). A research journey in sex work. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].
Other Research Output
Abel, G. (2019). The problem with sex work policies. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 48, 1925-1929. doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1366-5
Journal - Research Other
Abel, G. (2018). Decriminalisation and social justice: A public health perspective on sex work. In S. A. FitzGerald & K. McGarry (Eds.), Realising justice for sex workers: An agenda for change. (pp. 123-140). London, UK: Rowman & Littlefield International.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., & Thompson, L. (2018). "I don't want to look like an AIDS victim": A New Zealand case study of facial lipoatrophy. Health & Social Care in the Community, 26(1), 41-47. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12459
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2018). Decriminalisation of sex work protects human rights. BMJ, 362, k3630. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k3630
Journal - Research Other
Abel, G. (2018). Sex work is here to stay and decriminalisation improves safety and social justice. BMJ, 361, k2687. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2687
Journal - Research Other
Abel, G. (2018, June). A public health perspective on social justice and the decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Annual Meeting on Law and Society, Toronto, Canada.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2017). In search of a fair and free society: The regulation of sex work in New Zealand. In E. Ward & G. Wylie (Eds.), Feminism, prostitution and the state: The politics of neo-abolitionism. (pp. 140-154). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., & Wahab, S. (2017). “Build a friendship with them”: The discourse of “at-risk” as a barrier to relationship building between young people who trade sex and social workers. Child & Family Social Work, 22(4), 1391-1398. doi: 10.1111/cfs.12357
Journal - Research Article
Brinsdon, A., Abel, G., & Desrosiers, J. (2017). "I'm taking control": How people living with HIV/AIDS manage stigma in health interactions. AIDS Care, 29(2), 185-188. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1204420
Journal - Research Article
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
Desrosiers, J., Wilkinson, T., Abel, G., & Pitama, S. (2016). Curricular initiatives that enhance student knowledge and perceptions of sexual and gender minority groups: A critical interpretive synthesis. Canadian Medical Education Journal / Revue canadienne de l'éducation médicale, 7(2), e121-e138.
Journal - Research Article
Thompson, L., & Abel, G. (2016). The work of negotiating HIV as a chronic condition: A qualitative analysis. AIDS Care, 28(12), 1571-1576. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1191615
Journal - Research Article
Wahab, S., & Abel, G. (2016). The Prostitution Reform Act (2003) and social work in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Affilia, 31(4), 418-433. doi: 10.1177/0886109916647764
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2016, February). The NZPC and me: A long and productive collaboration. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective Insights Symposium: Sex Work in New Zealand and Beyond, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2016, March). From harm minimisation to social justice: A public health perspective on decriminalistation of sex work in New Zealand. Keynote presentation at the 6th Meeting of the European network ProsPol: Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance (COST Action IS1209), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2016, March). Managing stigma in New Zealand's decriminalised sex work environment. Verbal presentation at the 6th Meeting of the European network ProsPol: Comparing European Prostitution Policies: Understanding Scales and Cultures of Governance (COST Action IS1209), Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2016, September). Really working: Sex workers, decriminalisation and social justice. Keynote presentation at the Sex Work Research Hub Symposium on Sex Work, De-criminalisation and Social Justice, York, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Meriluoto, L., Webb, R., Masselot, A., Morrish, S., & Abel, G. (2015). Safety in the New Zealand sex industry. New Zealand Economic Papers, 49(3), 296-317. doi: 10.1080/00779954.2015.1041548
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. M. (2015, May). "I don't want to look like an AIDS victim": Thinking lipodystrophy with Deleuze. Verbal presentation at the Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
McKerchar, C., Signal, L. N., Abel, G. M., & Lacey, C. J. (2015, May). Healthy food availability for Māori children: A rights based approach. Verbal presentation at the Hui Poutama: Māori Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2014). Sex workers’ utilisation of health services in a decriminalised environment. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1390). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. M. (2014). A decade of decriminalization: Sex work 'down under' but not underground. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 14(5), 580-592. doi: 10.1177/1748895814523024
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G., & Bruckert, C. (2014, September). Importance of relationships as factors related to violence, resiliency and other correlates of vulnerability. Panel discussion at the International Symposium on Sex Work in Canada: Building on the Evidence, Ottawa, Canada.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Wahab, S., & Abel, G. M. (2014, May). The impact of the Prostitution Reform Act (2003) on social workers and youth (16-18) in the sex industry in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Seers, K., Cook, L., Abel, G., Schluter, P. J., & Bridgford, P. (2013). Is it time to talk? Interpreter services use in general practice within Canterbury. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(2), 129-137.
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2013, February). Public health research: More than just epidemiology. Verbal presentation at the Christchurch Medical School 40th Anniversary Celebrations, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. M., & Fitzgerald, L. J. (2012). ‘The street's got its advantages’: Movement between sectors of the sex industry in a decriminalised environment. Health, Risk & Society, 14(1), 7-23. doi: 10.1080/13698575.2011.640664
Journal - Research Article
Ludeke, M., Puni, R., Cook, L., Pasene, M., Abel, G., & Sopoaga, F. (2012). Access to general practice for Pacific peoples: A place for cultural competency. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4(2), 123-130.
Journal - Research Article
Thompson, L., Reeder, T., & Abel, G. (2012). 'I can't get my husband to go and have a colonoscopy': Gender and screening for colorectal cancer. Health, 16(3), 235-249. doi: 10.1177/1363459311403948
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. M. (2011). Different stage, different performance: The protective strategy of role play on emotional health in sex work. Social Science & Medicine, 72(7), 1177-1184. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.021
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. M., & Thompson, L. (2011). What do specialists and GPs think about the introduction of colorectal cancer screening? A qualitative study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1338). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1338/4756/content.pdf
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. M., & Thompson, L. E. (2011). General practitioners, specialists and surveillance guidelines: Interpreting the socio-clinical context of decision-making. Health, Risk & Society, 13(6), 547-559. doi: 10.1080/13698575.2011.615826
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2011, April). Sex work: Choice, exploitation or more than just a dichotomy? Verbal presentation at the 29th International Labour Process Conference, Leeds, UK.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2011, March). Country Presentation: New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the International Workshop: Decriminalizing Prostitution and Beyond: Practical Experiences and Challenges, The Hague, Netherlands.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. (2011, July). Decriminalisation of sex work: Has the Prostitution Reform Act resulted in healthier and safer sex workers? University of Otago Winter Lecture Series. Auckland, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Abel, G. (2011, July). Decriminalisation of sex work: Has the Prostitution Reform Act resulted in healthier and safer sex workers? University of Otago Winter Lecture Series. Wellington, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].
Other Research Output
Abel, G., Fitzgerald, L., Healy, C., & with Taylor, A. (Eds.). (2010). Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 271p.
Edited Book - Research
Abel, G., & Fitzgerald, L. (2010). Conclusion. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 259-264). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., & Fitzgerald, L. (2010). Decriminalisation and stigma. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 239-258). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., & Fitzgerald, L. (2010). Introduction. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 1-24). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., & Fitzgerald, L. (2010). Risk and risk management in sex work post-Prostitution Reform Act: A public health perspective. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 217-238). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., Fitzgerald, L., & Brunton, C. (2010). Christchurch School of Medicine study: Methodology and methods. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 159-172). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G., Healy, C., Bennachie, C., & Reed, A. (2010). The Prostitution Reform Act. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 75-84). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Fitzgerald, L., & Abel, G. (2010). The media and the Prostitution Reform Act. In G. Abel, L. Fitzgerald, C. Healy & A. Taylor (Eds.), Taking the crime out of sex work: New Zealand sex workers' fight for decriminalisation. (pp. 197-216). Bristol, UK: Policy Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Abel, G. (2010, September). The law has changed so much: Sex workers' ability to negotiate safe sex following decriminalisation of sex work in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Sexual Health Society Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Reeder, A.I., Thompson, L., & Abel, G. (2010, May). FOBT as CRC screening tool: Perceived barriers & facilitators: A NZ qualitative study. Ministry of Health Bowel Cancer, Cancer Sector Capability & Innovation Directorate Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand. [Invited Presentation].
Other Research Output
Abel, G. M., Fitzgerald, L. J., & Brunton, C. (2009). The impact of decriminalisation on the number of sex workers in New Zealand. Journal of Social Policy, 38(3), 515-531. doi: 10.1017/s0047279409003080
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2009, June). Decriminalisation of sex work: The New Zealand experience. Verbal presentation at the 19th World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) World Congress for Sexual Health: Sexual Health & Rights: A Global Challenge, Göteborg, Sweden.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. M., & Fitzgerald, L. J. (2008). On a fast-track into adulthood: An exploration of transitions into adulthood for street-based sex workers in New Zealand. Journal of Youth Studies, 11(4), 361-376. doi: 10.1080/13676260802104808
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2007, October). Young street-based workers' talk of a compacted transition into adulthood: An exploration of street-based sex workers in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Transitioning Into Adulthood Conference, Victoria, Canada.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G., & Fitzgerald, L. (2006). 'When you come to it you feel like a dork asking a guy to put a condom on': Is sex education addressing young people's understandings of risk? Sex Education, 6(2), 105-119.
Journal - Research Article
Fitzgerald, L., & Abel, G. (2006). Decriminalisation of the New Zealand sex industry: Reflections on stigma, pleasure and practice post-Prostitution Reform Act. Proceedings of the 9th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases. (pp. 40). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Fitzgerald, L., & Abel, G. (2006, December). Contexts affecting adolescent sexual initiation and the impact of the Prostitution Reform Act on the health and safety practices of sex workers. Verbal presentation at the Sexual Health Research Network Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G., & Brunton, C. (2005). Young people's use of condoms and their perceived vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 29(3), 254-260.
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G., Bagshaw, S., Fitzgerald, L., Jeffs, L., Locke, A., McAlevey, F., & Schroder, R. (2005, November). A collaborative conversation. Verbal presentation at the 4th Annual Australian and New Zealand Adolescent Health Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Abel, G. M., & Plumridge, E. W. (2004). Network 'norms' or 'styles' of 'drunken comportment'? Health Education Research, 19(5), 492-500.
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2004). Styles of sociability in alcohol consumption within young people's networks. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial Adolescent Health and Development Conference and the 3rd Annual Australian-New Zealand Adolescent Health and Development Conference. (pp. 28). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Adolescent Health and Development. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Abel, G. M., Plumridge, E. W., & Graham, P. J. (2002). Peers, networks or relationships: Strategies for understanding social dynamics as determinants of smoking behaviour. Drugs, 9(4), 325-338.
Journal - Research Article
Corwin, P., Abel, G., Wells, J. E., Coughlan, E., Bagshaw, S., Sutherland, M., & Plumridge, L. (2002). Chlamydia trachomatis prevalence and sexual behaviour in Christchurch high school students. New Zealand Medical Journal, 115(1158). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/115-1158/107/content.pdf
Journal - Research Article
Plumridge, E. W., Fitzgerald, L. J., & Abel, G. M. (2002). Performing coolness: Smoking refusal and adolescent identities. Health Education Research, 17(2), 167-179.
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G., & Plumridge, L. (2002). Network 'norms' or ″styles″ of drunken comportment? Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa (NZ) Conference: Social Science in the 21st Century. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Abel, G. (2002, July). Styles and sociabilities in alcohol consumption within children's networks. Verbal presentation at the XV World Congress of Sociology: The Social World in the 21st Century: Ambivalent Legacies and Rising Challenges, Brisbane, Australia.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Plumridge, E. W., & Abel, G. M. (2001). A 'segmented' sex industry in New Zealand: Sexual and personal safety of female sex workers. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25(1), 78-83.
Journal - Research Article
Abel, G. (2001). Social exclusion as a determinant risk-taking within adolescent social networks. Proceedings of the SAANZ Conference: Social Diversity and the Politics of Exclusion. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Plumridge, E. W., & Abel, G. M. (2000). Services and information utilised by female sex workers for sexual and physical safety. New Zealand Medical Journal, 113, 370-372.
Journal - Research Article
Head of Department
Student: Jane Reeves
Student: Nicholas Pascoe