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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 5811
Email
paula.king@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Associate Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Research summary
Māori health

Research

Dr Paula King is a Māori public health physician and a Research Associate Professor at the University of Otago in Wellington. She is interested in Māori health and health inequities.

Publications

Paki Paki, N., King, P. T., Lewis, L., Walker, S., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Anderson, D., … Kemp, S. P. (2023). Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13100

Ingham, T. R., Jones, B., Perry, M., von Randow, M., Milne, B., King, P. T., … Te Ao Mārama Study Group. (2023). Measuring Māori health, wellbeing, and disability in Aotearoa using a web-based survey methodology. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20, 6797. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20186797

Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio: See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: Courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 12(1), 3-27.

Moton, T. M., King, P. T., Dalziel, S. R., Merry, S., Robertson, S. P., & Day, A. S. (2023). The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 549-552. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2219409

Jones, B., King, P. T., Baker, G., Nikora, L. W., Hickey, H., Perry, M., … Ingham, T. R. (2023). Karanga rua, karanga maha: Māori with lived experience of disability self-determining their own identities. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2224422

Ingham, T., Jones, B., King, P. T., Smiler, K., Tuteao, H., Baker, G., & Hickey, H. (2022). Decolonising disability: Indigenous Māori perspectives of disability research in the modern era. In M. H. Rioux, J. Viera, A. Buettgen & E. Zubrow (Eds.), Handbook of disability. (Online ed.) Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-1278-7_68-1

Chapter in Book - Research

Ingham, T. R., Jones, B., Perry, M., von Randow, M., Milne, B., King, P. T., … Te Ao Mārama Study Group. (2023). Measuring Māori health, wellbeing, and disability in Aotearoa using a web-based survey methodology. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 20, 6797. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20186797

Journal - Research Article

Jones, B., King, P. T., Baker, G., Nikora, L. W., Hickey, H., Perry, M., … Ingham, T. R. (2023). Karanga rua, karanga maha: Māori with lived experience of disability self-determining their own identities. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2224422

Journal - Research Article

Kemp, S. P., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Egan-Bitran, M., King, P. T., Smith, A., Valente, S., … Baldwin, S. (2023). Kia Tika, Kia Pono - honouring truths: Ensuring the participatory rights of tamariki and rangatahi who are care experienced. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 697-711. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2094968

Journal - Research Article

King, P. T., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., & McLeod, M. (2023). ‘Never-ending beginnings’: A qualitative literature review of Māori temporal ontologies. Kōtuitui, 18(3), 252-267. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2022.2138467

Journal - Research Article

Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Koi te matapunenga maianga i te matapuuioio: See the unseen, feel the unfelt, believe in the impossible: Courageous and loving practice in a Māta Waka social service provider. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 12(1), 3-27.

Journal - Research Article

Lewis, L., Walker, S., King, P. T., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Paki Paki, N., Anderson, D., & Kemp, S. P. (2023). Ka mua, ka muri: Walking backwards into the future: Partnering with mainstream child protection services as a community-based Māta Waka organisation. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 35(1), 5-20. doi: 10.11157/anzswj-vol35iss1id1016

Journal - Research Article

Paki Paki, N., King, P. T., Lewis, L., Walker, S., Te Urukaiata Mackay, H., Anderson, D., … Kemp, S. P. (2023). Identifying key dimensions of indigenous led child welfare services: A qualitative literature review. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13100

Journal - Research Article

Cunningham, R., King, P. T., Telfer, K., Crengle, S., Carr, J., Stanley, J., Gibb, S., & Robson, B. (2022). Mortality after release from incarceration in New Zealand by gender: A national record linkage study. SSM Population Health, 20, 101274. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101274

Journal - Research Article

Harris, R. B., Paine, S.-J., Atkinson, J., Robson, B., King, P. T., Randle, J., Mizdrak, A., & McLeod, M. (2022). We still don't count: The under-counting and under-representation of Māori in health and disability sector data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1567), 54-78. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Journal - Research Article

Ingham, T. R., Jones, B., Perry, M., King, P. T., Baker, G., Hickey, H., … Nikora, L. W. (2022). The multidimensional impacts of inequities for tāngata whaikaha Māori (indigenous Māori with lived experience of disability) in Aotearoa, New Zealand. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19, 13558. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013558

Journal - Research Article

King, P. T., & Cormack, D. (2022). ‘It feels special when you’re Māori’: Voices of mokopuna Māori aged 6 to 13 years. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(4), 376-395. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2064520

Journal - Research Article

Baker, G., King, P. T., Jones, B., & Ingham, T. R. (2021). Meeting the Crown's te Tiriti o Waitangi commitments and obligations to Māori with lived experience of disability through the Health and Disability System Review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1535), 44-54. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

King, P., Baker, G., Jones, B., & Ingham, T. (2021). The Official Information Act: Māori with lived experience of disability, and New Zealand disability data: A case study. Policy Quarterly, 17(1), 72-78.

Journal - Research Article

King, P. T., Cormack, D., & Keenan, R. (2020). COVID-19 and the mass incarceration of Indigenous peoples. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 9(3), 141-157. Retrieved from https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jisd/article/view/70937

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

Talamaivao, N., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Paine, S.-J., & King, P. (2020). Racism and health in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systematic review of quantitative studies. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1521), 55-68. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Chin, M. H., King, P. T., Jones, R. C., Jones, B., Ameratunga, S. N., Muramatsu, N., & Derrett, S. (2018). Lessons for achieving health equity comparing Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States. Health Policy, 122(8), 837-853. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.05.001

Journal - Research Article

McLeod, M., King, P., Stanley, J., Lacey, C., & Cunningham, R. (2017). Ethnic disparities in the use of seclusion for adult psychiatric inpatients in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1454), 30-39. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Moton, T. M., King, P. T., Dalziel, S. R., Merry, S., Robertson, S. P., & Day, A. S. (2023). The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 2. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 549-552. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2219409

Journal - Research Other

King, P. T., & Robson, B. (2022). Coloniality and racism impacts the health of young people. Lancet, 400, 1084-1085. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01878-5

Journal - Research Other

King, P. T., Cormack, D., Edwards, R., Harris, R., & Paine, S.-J. (2022). Co-design for indigenous and other children and young people from priority social groups: A systematic review. SSM Population Health, 18, 101077. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101077

Journal - Research Other

Moton, T. M., King, P. T., Dalziel, S. R., Merry, S., Robertson, S. P., & Day, A. S. (2022). The current and future state of child health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: Part 1. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(4), 313-317. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2093434

Journal - Research Other

Jones, B., King, P. T., Baker, G., & Ingham, T. (2020). COVID-19, intersectionality, and health equity for indigenous peoples with lived experience of disability. American Indian Culture & Research Journal, 44(2), 71-88. doi: 10.17953/aicrj.44.2.jones

Journal - Research Other

McLeod, M., Gurney, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & King, P. (2020). COVID-19: We must not forget about Indigenous health and equity. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(4), 253-256. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13015

Journal - Research Other

Carr, J., & King, P. (2019). The use of 'tie down' in New Zealand prisons: What is the role of the health sector? New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1493), 60-68. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

Bennett, H., & King, P. (2018). Pro-equity climate change and environmental sustainability action by district health boards in Aotearoa/New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1481), 56-63. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

King, P., Blaiklock, A., Stringer, C., Amaranathan, J., & McLean, M. (2017). Slavery in New Zealand: What is the role of the health sector? New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1463), 63-69. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Other

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