Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 4 832 3141
- sonya.morgan@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Fellow
- Department
- Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice (Wellington)
- Research summary
- Communication in health care
Research
Sonya has been working in the Department since 2001 on a variety of projects, completing a Master of Health Science thesis exploring communication mismatches in general practice consultations in 2008. Her current research interests are in the area of interprofessional collaboration/teamwork in primary health care settings.Publications
Morgan, S., Mihlar, S., Wood, E., McKinlay, E., Gibbs, H., Parker, G., & Gray, L. (2024). Sizing up general practice environments for big-bodied patients: An environmental assessment of three facilities in Aotearoa New Zealand. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/19375867241238442
Carroll, R., Morgan, S. J., Ker, A., Garrett, S. M., Rose, S. B., Gardiner, T., & McKinlay, E. M. (2023). "It was a very awkward consultation because I didn't know": General practice staff experiences and challenges in providing healthcare to gender and sexual minority youth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Family Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad024
Ker, A., Gardiner, T., Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Morgan, S. J., Garrett, S. M., & McKinlay, E. M. (2022). "We just want to be treated normally and to have that healthcare that comes along with it": Rainbow young people's experiences of primary care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Youth, 2(4), 691-704. doi: 10.3390/youth2040049
McKinlay, E., Hilder, J., Hood, F., Morgan, S., Barthow, C., Gray, B., Huthwaite, M., Weatherall, M., Crane, J., Krebs, J., & Pullon, S. (2022). Uncertainty and certainty: Perceptions and experiences of prediabetes in New Zealand primary care: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 138-145. doi: 10.1071/HC21066
Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2022). Experience of sexual healthcare by Māori and non-Māori young people: An online survey of 15-24 year olds in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(1), 118-129. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1926041
Morgan, S., Mihlar, S., Wood, E., McKinlay, E., Gibbs, H., Parker, G., & Gray, L. (2024). Sizing up general practice environments for big-bodied patients: An environmental assessment of three facilities in Aotearoa New Zealand. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/19375867241238442
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Carroll, R., Morgan, S. J., Ker, A., Garrett, S. M., Rose, S. B., Gardiner, T., & McKinlay, E. M. (2023). "It was a very awkward consultation because I didn't know": General practice staff experiences and challenges in providing healthcare to gender and sexual minority youth in Aotearoa New Zealand. Family Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad024
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Ker, A., Gardiner, T., Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Morgan, S. J., Garrett, S. M., & McKinlay, E. M. (2022). "We just want to be treated normally and to have that healthcare that comes along with it": Rainbow young people's experiences of primary care in Aotearoa New Zealand. Youth, 2(4), 691-704. doi: 10.3390/youth2040049
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McKinlay, E., Hilder, J., Hood, F., Morgan, S., Barthow, C., Gray, B., Huthwaite, M., Weatherall, M., Crane, J., Krebs, J., & Pullon, S. (2022). Uncertainty and certainty: Perceptions and experiences of prediabetes in New Zealand primary care: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(2), 138-145. doi: 10.1071/HC21066
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Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2022). Experience of sexual healthcare by Māori and non-Māori young people: An online survey of 15-24 year olds in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. International Journal of Sexual Health, 34(1), 118-129. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2021.1926041
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McKinlay, E., Morgan, S., Garrett, S., Dunlop, A., & Pullon, S. (2021). Young peoples’ perspectives about care in a youth-friendly general practice. Journal of Primary Health Care, 13(2), 157-164. doi: 10.1071/HC20134
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Morgan, S., Pullon, S., McKinlay, E., Garrett, S., Kennedy, J., & Watson, B. (2021). Collaborative care in primary care: The influence of practice interior architecture on informal face-to-face communication: An observational study. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 14(1), 190-209. doi: 10.1177/1937586720939665
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Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2021). 'Be nice to us, we're still learning': An online survey of young people in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, about unmet need for sexual health care and improving access to services. Sexual Health, 18(5), 394-404. doi: 10.1071/sh21092
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Rose, S. B., Garrett, S. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Morgan, S. J. (2021). Access to sexual healthcare during New Zealand's COVID-19 lockdown: Cross-sectional online survey of 15–24-year-olds in a high deprivation region. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 47, 277-284. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2020-200986
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Garrett, S., Pullon, S., Morgan, S., & McKinlay, E. (2020). Collaborative care in 'Youth One Stop Shops' in New Zealand: Hidden, time-consuming, essential. Journal of Child Health Care, 24(2), 180-194. doi: 10.1177/1367493519847030
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McKinlay, E. M., Moran, S. V., Morgan, S. J., Sari, P., Kerridge, J. M., & Pullon, S. R. H. (2019). What does palliative care look like in a New Zealand aged residential care facility when patients die are admitted to die? New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1505), 14-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
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Morgan, S., Pullon, S., Garrett, S., & McKinlay, E. (2019). Interagency collaborative care for young people with complex needs: Front-line staff perspectives. Health & Social Care in the Community, 27, 1019-1030. doi: 10.1111/hsc.12719
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McKinlay, E. M., Morgan, S. J., Gray, B. V., Macdonald, L. M., & Pullon, S. R. H. (2017). Exploring interprofessional, interagency multimorbidity care: Case study based observational research. Journal of Comorbidity, 7(1), 64-78. doi: 10.15256/joc.2017.7.103
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Morgan, S. J., Pullon, S. R. H., Macdonald, L. M., McKinlay, E. M., & Gray, B. V. (2017). Case study observational research: A framework for conducting case study research where observation data are the focus. Qualitative Health Research, 27(7), 1060-1068. doi: 10.1177/1049732316649160
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Pullon, S., Morgan, S., Macdonald, L., McKinlay, E., & Gray, B. (2016). Observation of interprofessional collaboration in primary care practice: A multiple case study. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 30(6), 787-794. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2016.1220929
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Morgan, S., Pullon, S., & McKinlay, E. (2015). Observation of interprofessional collaborative practice in primary care teams: An integrative literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52, 1217-1230. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.03.008
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Morgan, S. (2013). Miscommunication between patients and general practitioners: Implications for clinical practice. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(2), 123-128.
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Pullon, S., McKinlay, E., Beckingsale, L., Perry, M., Darlow, B., Gray, B., Gallagher, P., Hoare, K., & Morgan, S. (2013). Interprofessional education for physiotherapy, medical and dietetics students: A pilot programme. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(1), 52-58.
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Raymont, A., Morgan, S., McLeod, D., Dowell, A., van Rij, A., Cumming, J., … Dew, K., & Cormack, D. (2008). New Zealand general practitioners' non-urgent referrals to surgeons: Who and why? New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1275). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1275/3091/content.pdf
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Dew, K., Morgan, S., Dowell, A., McLeod, D., Bushnell, J. A., & Collings, S. (2007). ′It puts things out of your control′: Fear of consequences as a barrier to patient disclosure of mental health issues to general practitioners. Sociology of Health & Illness, 29(7), 1-16.
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Dew, K., Cumming, J., McLeod, D., Morgan, S., McKinlay, E., Dowell, A., & Love, T. (2005). Explicit rationing of elective services: Implementing the New Zealand reforms. Health Policy, 74, 1-12.
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McLeod, D., Dew, K., Morgan, S., Dowell, A., Cumming, J., Cormack, D., McKinlay, E., & Love, T. (2004). Equity of access to elective surgery: Reflections from NZ clinicians. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 9(Suppl. 2), 41-47.
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McLeod, D., Morgan, S., McKinlay, E., Dew, K., Cumming, J., Dowell, A., & Love, T. (2004). Clinicians' reported use of clinical priority assessment criteria and their attitudes to prioritization for elective surgery: A cross-sectional survey. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 74(11), 1003-1009.
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McLeod, D., Morgan, S., McKinlay, E., Dew, K., Cumming, J., Dowell, A., & Love, T. (2004). Use of, and attitudes to, clinical priority assessment criteria in elective surgery in New Zealand. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 9(2), 91-99.
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McLeod, D., Pullon, S., Benn, C. A., Cookson, T., Dowell, A., Viccars, A., White, S., Green, R., & Crooke, M. J. (2004). Can support and education for smoking cessation and reduction be provided effectively by midwives within primary maternity care? Midwifery, 20(1), 37-50. doi: 10.1016/S0266-6138(03)00051-2
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Morgan, S., McLeod, D., Kidd, A., & Langford, B. (2004). Genetic testing in New Zealand: The role of the general practitioner. New Zealand Medical Journal, 117(1206). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/117-1206/1178/content.pdf
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Pullon, S., Webster, M., McLeod, D., Benn, C., & Morgan, S. (2004). Smoking cessation and nicotine replacement therapy in current primary maternity care. Australian Family Physician, 33(1/2), 94-96.
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McLeod, D., Benn, C. A., Pullon, S. R., Viccars, A., Morgan, S., Cookson, T. J., & Dowell, A. C. (2003). The midwife's role in facilitating smoking behaviour change during pregnancy. Midwifery, 19, 285-297.
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Morgan, S., Dixon, J., Kidd, A., & McLeod, D. (2003). Genetics and genetic testing: Questions, answers and case scenarios. New Zealand Family Physician, 30(6), 420-424.
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Pullon, S. R., McLeod, D., Benn, C. A., Viccars, A., Morgan, S., Cookson, T. J., Dowell, A. C., & Green, R. (2003). Smoking cessation in New Zealand: Education and resources for use by midwives for women who smoke during pregnancy. Health Promotion International, 18(4), 315-325.
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White, S. J., & Low, J. (2002). When mothers turn a visual story into a verbal one for their children: Previewing helps with the telling, conversing and remembering. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26(4), 360.
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