Dr Nick Bowden

2024

Journal - Research Article

Underwood, L., Teng, A., Bowden, N., Dewes, O., Marek, L., & Milne, B. (2024). Long-term health conditions among household families in Aotearoa New Zealand: Cross-sectional analysis of integrated Census and administrative data. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1596), 20-34. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/

Slykerman, R. F., Clasby, B. E., Chong, J., Edward, K., Milne, B. J., Temperton, H., Thabrew, H., & Bowden, N. (2024). Case identification of non-traumatic brain injury in youth using linked population data. BMC Neurology, 24, 82. doi: 10.1186/s12883-024-03575-6

Vu, H., Bowden, N., Gibb, S., Audas, R., Dacombe, J., McLay, L., … Taylor, B., … Theodore, R., … Schluter, P. J. (2024). Mortality risk among Autistic children and young people: A nationwide birth cohort study. Autism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/13623613231224015

Hetrick, S. E., Hobbs, M., Fortune, S., Marek, L., Wiki, J., Boden, J. M., Theodore, R., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J. J., … Bowden, N. (2024). Proximity of alcohol outlets and presentation to hospital by young people after self-harm: A retrospective geospatial study using the integrated data infrastructure. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(2), 152-161. doi: 10.1177/00048674231203909

Bowden, N., Dixon, R., Anderson, V., de Bock, M., Boucsein, A., Kewene-Edwards, M., Gibb, S., Kokaua, J., Palmer, O., Paul, R., Taylor, B., Vu, H., & Wheeler, B. J. (2024). Associations between type 1 diabetes and educational outcomes: An Aotearoa/New Zealand nationwide birth cohort study using the Integrated Data Infrastructure. Diabetologia, 67, 62-73. doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-06026-y

2023

Journal - Research Article

Kokaua, J., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Ruhe, T., Aldridge, F., Foliaki, S., Kokaua, L., Mapusua, T., Dacombe, J., Richards, R., Blakelock, R., & Bowden, N. (2023). Is parent education a factor in identifying autism/takiwātanga in an ethnic cohort of Pacific children in Aotearoa, New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study using linked administrative data. Autism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/13623613231217800

Gorman, E., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., McNeill, B., & Schluter, P. J. (2023). A national multiple baseline cohort study of mental health conditions in early adolescence and subsequent educational outcomes in New Zealand. Scientific Reports, 13, 11025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38131-8

Anns, F., D'Souza, S., MacCormick, C., Mirfin-Veitch, B., Clasby, B., Hughes, N., … Bowden, N. (2023). Risk of criminal justice system interactions in young adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Findings from a national birth cohort. Journal of Attention Disorders, 27(12), 1332-1342. doi: 10.1177/10870547231177469

Pugh, M., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., Dawson, P., & Duncanson, M. (2023). Health outcomes of children in state care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 59(7), 895-900. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16409

Thomas, C., Braund, R., Bowden, N., Hobbs, M., Kokaua, J., & Paterson, H. (2023). Disparities in utilisation of combined oral contraceptives in Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional whole-of-population study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 63(3), 441-447. doi: 10.1111/ajo.13672

Hobbs, M., Bowden, N., Marek, L., Wiki, J., Kokaua, J., Theodore, R., Ruhe, T., Boden, J., … Milne, B. (2023). The environment a young person grows up in is associated with their mental health: A nationwide geospatial study using the integrated data infrastructure, New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 326, 115893. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115893

Mujoo, H., Bowden, N., Thabrew, H., Kokaua, J., Audas, R., & Taylor, B. (2023). Identifying neurodevelopmental disabilities from nationalised preschool health check. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(8), 1140-1149. doi: 10.1177/00048674231151606

Lorenzoni, L., Marino, A., Or, Z., Blankart, C. R., Shatrov, K., Wodchis, W., … Bowden, N., … Papanicolas, I. (2023). Why the US spends more treating high-need high-cost patients: A comparative study of pricing and utilization of care in six high-income countries. Health Policy, 128, 55-61. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.12.004

Ruhe, T., Broadbent, J. M., Schluter, P. J., Bowden, N., Theodore, R., Richards, R., & Kokaua, J. (2023). Parents' education and Pasifika children's oral health in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A national linked data study using Aotearoa/New Zealand's integrated data infrastructure. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 51, 936-944. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12791

Kokaua, J., Ruhe, T., Bowden, N., Theodore, R., Jensen, S., Jensen, W., … Richards, R. (2023). Parental education and hospitalisations among Pacific children: A cross-sectional study using linked administrative data in New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 615-630. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2094967

Journal - Research Other

McLay, L., Emerson, L. M., Waddington, H., van Deurs, J., Hunter, J., Blampied, N., … Bowden, N., … Rispoli, M. (2023). Telehealth-delivered naturalistic developmental behavioural intervention with and without caregiver acceptance and commitment therapy for autistic children and their caregivers: Protocol for a multi-arm parallel group randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open, 13, e071235. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071235

Maw, M., & Bowden, N. (2023). Letter to the editor regarding 'Falling through the cracks in science and clinical service: A call to action for people with OCD'. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(2), 302-304. doi: 10.1177/00048674221134502

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bowden, N., Anns, F., Vu, H., Dacombe, J., Muir, C., Russell, J., … Williams, J., & Clendon, S. (2023, December). School attendance among autistic students in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A population study using the integrated data infrastructure. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Bowden, N., Vu, H., Anns, F., Dacombe, J., Williams, J., Tupou, J., Theodore, R., … Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Gibb, S., … Schluter, P. (2023, December). Using population-level data for Takiwātanga | autism research in Aotearoa | New Zealand [Keynote]. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Kokaua, J., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Ruhe, T., Aldridge, F., Foliaki, S., Kokaua, L., Mapusua, T., Dacombe, J., Bowden, N., Blakelock, R., & Richards, R. (2023, December). The association between parent education and identifying autism/takiwātanga in Pacific children in Aotearoa: A national ethnic cohort study using linked administrative data. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ruhe, T., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Foliaki, S., Bowden, N., Richards, R., & Kokaua, J. (2023, December). Examining case complexity among Pasifika with autism/Takiwātanga in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national cross-sectional study. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Bowden, N., Iosua, E., & Richards, R. (2023, July). Lighted and connected pathways: Identifying the specific Pacific ethnicities of a Pacific birth cohort in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). Verbal presentation at the 5th Pacific Islands Universities Research Network (PIURN) Conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Other Research Output

Bowden, N., Anns, F., Vu, H., Dacomble, J., Williams, J., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., ..., Theodore, R., ..., Gibbs, S. (2023, November). Quantifying the impact of health and education based supports for Autistic children and their whānau. Spotlight on Autism Research: Autism, Education and Gut Bugs. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWTPzI_Vgc

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Bowden, N. (2023). Autism/Takiwātanga in Aotearoa New Zealand: Medication prescribing, educational outcomes, and criminal justice system interactions: Investigations using linked whole-of-population administrative data (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/14852

2022

Journal - Research Article

Ruhe, T., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Foliaki, S. '., Bowden, N., Richards, R., & Kokaua, J. (2022). Examining case complexity among Pasifika with autism/Takiwātanga in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national cross-sectional study. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(10), 673-682. doi: 10.26635/phd.2024.144

Ruhe, T., Bowden, N., Theodore, R., Stanley-Wishart, B., Hetrick, S., Thabrew, H., … Boden, J., & Kokaua, J. (2022). Identification of mental health and substance use-related conditions among Pasifika young people in Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional study using the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). Pacific Health Dialog, 21(10), 663-672. doi: 10.26635/phd.2022.147

Theodore, R., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., Ruhe, T., Hobbs, M., Hetrick, S., … Boden, J. (2022). Mental health inequities for Māori youth: A population-level study of mental health service data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1567), 79-90. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Cargo, T., Stevenson, K., Bowden, N., Milne, B., Hetrick, S., & D'Souza, S. (2022). Medication dispensing among Māori and non-Māori screened for preschool ADHD. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1565), 95-103. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Thabrew, H., Aljawahiri, N., Kumar, H., Bowden, N., Milne, B., Prictor, M., … Hetrick, S. (2022). 'As long as it's used for beneficial things': An investigation of non-Māori, Māori and young people's perceptions regarding the research use of the Aotearoa New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 17(4), 471-482. doi: 10.1177/15562646221111294

Bowden, N., Gibb, S., Audas, R., Clendon, S., Dacombe, J., Kokaua, J., … Mujoo, H., … Taylor, B. J. (2022). Association between high-need education-based funding and school suspension rates for autistic students in New Zealand. JAMA Pediatrics, 176(7), 664-671. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1296

McLay, L. K., Bowden, N. J., Eggleston, M. J. F., Thabrew, H., Braund, R., & Schluter, P. J. (2022). Melatonin dispensing and polypharmacy rates for New Zealand children with autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorders: A nationwide pharmacoepidemiological study. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 101948. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2022.101948

Bowden, N., Milne, B., Audas, R., Clasby, B., Dacombe, J., Forster, W., Kokaua, J., Gibb, S., … Taylor, B., & Mirfin-Veitch, B. (2022). Criminal justice system interactions among young adults with and without autism: A national birth cohort study in New Zealand. Autism, 26(7), 1783-1794. doi: 10.1177/13623613211065541

Journal - Research Other

Chambers, T., Boden, J., Hobbs, M., & Bowden, N. (2022). Why New Zealand must consider restricting alcohol sponsorship of broadcast sports as part of a wider law reform. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/why-new-zealand-must-consider-restricting-alcohol-sponsorship-of-broadcast-sports-as-part-of-a-wider-law-reform-193523

Boden, J., Hetrick, S., Bowden, N., Fortune, S., Marek, L., Theodore, R., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., & Hobbs, M. (2022). Empowering community control over alcohol availability as a suicide and self-harm prevention measure: Policy opportunity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 29, 100631. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100631

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pugh, M. L., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., Dawson, P., & Duncanson, M. (2022). Health outcomes of children in state care in Aotearoa New Zealand. In L. Wilson, H. Harcombe, P. Jayakaran, L. Burga, J. Antony, K. Morgaine, M. Garelja, A. Middleton, M. Anwar & T. Milne (Eds.), Proceedings of the 264th Otago Medical School Research Society (OMSRS) Meeting: Masters/Honours Student Speaker Awards. Dunedin, New Zealand: OMSRS. Retrieved from https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/12839

2021

Journal - Research Article

Kokaua, J., Jensen, S., Theodore, R., Bowden, N., Blakelock, R., Sorensen, D., … Richards, R. (2021). Is parent education protective of mental wellbeing in Pacific young people? A cohort study of mental health and census data in Aotearoa/New Zealand's integrated data infrastructure. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(7), 361-372. doi: 10.26635/phd.2021.112

Blankart, C. R., van Gool, K., Papanicolas, I., Bernal-Delgado, E., Bowden, N., Estupiñán-Romero, F., Gauld, R., … on behalf of the ICCONIC Collaboration. (2021). International comparison of spending and utilization at the end of life for hip fracture patients. Health Services Research, 56(Suppl. 3), 1370-1382. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13734

Papanicolas, I., Riley, K., Abiona, O., Arvin, M., Atsma, F., Bernal-Delgado, E., Bowden, N., … Gauld, R., … Figueroa, J. F. (2021). Differences in health outcomes for high-need high-cost patients across high-income countries. Health Services Research, 56(Suppl. 3), 1347-1357. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13735

Papanicolas, I., Figueroa, J. F., Schoenfeld, A. J., Riley, K., Abiona, O., Arvin, M., … Bowden, N., … Gauld, R., … Jha, A. K. (2021). Differences in health care spending and utilization among older frail adults in high-income countries: ICCONIC hip fracture persona. Health Services Research, 56(Suppl. 3), 1335-1346. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13739

Or, Z., Shatrov, K., Penneau, A., Wodchis, W., Abiona, O., Blankart, C. R., Bowden, N., … Figueroa, J. F. (2021). Within and across country variations in treatment of patients with heart failure and diabetes. Health Services Research, 56(Suppl. 3), 1358-1369. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13854

Figueroa, J. F., Papanicolas, I., Riley, K., Abiona, O., Arvin, M., Atsma, F., … Bowden, N., … Gauld, R., … Jha, A. K. (2021). International comparison of health spending and utilization among people with complex multimorbidity. Health Services Research, 56(3), 1317-1334. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13708

Gibb, S., Brewer, N., & Bowden, N. (2021). Social impacts and costs of schizophrenia: A national cohort study using New Zealand linked administrative data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1537), 66-83. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Findlay, R., Hamm, L., Anstice, N., Chelimo, C., Grant, C. C., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., & Black, J. (2021). Vision screening in New Zealand pre-school children: Is it equitable? Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 57, 1594-1599. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15548

McLay, L. K., Schluter, P. J., Eggleston, M. J. F., Woodford, E. C., & Bowden, N. (2021). Melatonin dispensing among New Zealand children aged 0-18 years with autism: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Sleep Medicine, 80, 184-192. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.01.028

Journal - Research Other

Figueroa, J. F., Horneffer, K. E., Riley, K., Abiona, O., Arvin, M., Atsma, F., … Bowden, N., … Gauld, R., … Papanicolas, I. (2021). A methodology for identifying high-need, high-cost patient personas for international comparisons. Health Services Research, 56(Suppl. 3), 1302-1316. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13890

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Thomas, C., Paterson, H., Braund, R., Bowden, N., & Kokaua, J. (2021, October). Who and where? An analysis of combined oral contraceptive users in Aotearoa New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 42nd New Zealand Sexual Health Society (NZSHS) Conference: Showing Up, Speaking Out, [Online].

2020

Journal - Research Article

D'Souza, S., Bowden, N., Gibb, S., Shackleton, N., Audas, R., Hetrick, S., Taylor, B., & Milne, B. (2020). Medication dispensing for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder to New Zealand youth. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1522), 84-95. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Bowden, N., Thabrew, H., Kokaua, J., & Braund, R. (2020). National prescribing rates and polypharmacy for children and young people in New Zealand with and without autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 78, 101642. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101642

Bowden, N., Thabrew, H., Kokaua, J., Audas, R., Milne, B., Smiler, K., … Taylor, B., & Gibb, S. (2020). Autism spectrum disorder/Takiwātanga: An Integrated Data Infrastructure-based approach to autism spectrum disorder research in New Zealand. Autism, 24(8), 2213-2227. doi: 10.1177/1362361320939329

Bowden, N., Gibb, S., Thabrew, H., Kokaua, J., Audas, R., Merry, S., Taylor, B., & Hetrick, S. E. (2020). Case identification of mental health and related problems in children and young people using the New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure. BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making, 20, 42. doi: 10.1186/s12911-020-1057-8

2019

Journal - Research Article

Bowden, N., Gibb, S., Thabrew, H., Audas, R., Camp, J., Taylor, B., & Hetrick, S. (2019). IDI trends in antidepressant dispensing to New Zealand children and young people between 2007/08 and 2015/16. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1505), 48-61. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

2018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Bowden, N., Gibb, S., Thabrew, H., Audas, R., Camp, J., Taylor, B., & Hetrick, S. (2018). IDI trends in antidepressant dispensing to New Zealand children and young people between 2007/08 and 2015/16. Proceedings of the 4th Pharmacoepidemiology Research Network Symposium. (pp. 24-25). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pharmacoepidemiology

2014

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lawless, J., & Bowden, N. (2014). Willful blindness: The ethics of dealing with unpalatable research findings. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 12(3), (pp. 189-190). doi: 10.1097/01.XEB.0000455179.81606.c1