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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 389 4807
Email
johanna.reidy@otago.ac.nz
Position
Lecturer
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
LLB, BA (Hons), MA (Dist, Translation), PGDipArts, PGCert PH (endorsed in health systems)

Research

Johanna teaches postgraduate papers in PUBH 738 Global Health Law and Ethics and PUBH 742 Global and International Health Systems. She also teaches health systems to fourth year medical students, and convenes an Introduction to the New Zealand Health System as part of the Department of Public Health’s annual summer school.

Johanna works freelance in the health sector, and has experience working for the WHO, for a range of institutions in the New Zealand Health System. She trained as a lawyer and has worked in various roles in service contracting, planning, evaluation and programme management in DHBs.

Johanna enjoys working in public health because it allows her to combine her various interests in language, cultures, law and governance under one disciplinary umbrella.

Research interests include:

  • Governance at the systems interface between primary care and public health
  • Research methodologies, evidence and evaluation for innovations in primary health care
  • Prioritisation of health systems and resouces
  • The impact of school uniform design and policy and health and educational outcomes

Publications

Reidy, J., Pettie, M., & Telfar Barnard, L. (2026). The cost of belonging: School uniform affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 21(1), e70020. doi: 10.1002/kot2.70020 Journal - Research Article

Worters, T., McKerchar, C., Gage, R., Reidy, J., & Signal, L. (2026). Piecing together piecemeal regulation: Stakeholder insights into joint statutory regulation to reduce children's unhealthy commodity marketing exposure in Aotearoa New Zealand. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 37(2), e70153. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70153 Journal - Research Article

Reidy, J., Bevin, N., Matheson, D., Rae, N., Keenan, R., Crampton, P., & Harris, M. (2025). Equity, power and resources in primary health care reform: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal for Equity in Health, 24, 124. doi: 10.1186/s12939-025-02463-w Journal - Research Article

Reidy, J., Matheson, D., Keenan, R., & Crampton, P. (2023). The ownership elephant is becoming a mammoth: A policy focus on ownership is needed to transform Aotearoa New Zealand's health system. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1576), 74-81. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Other

Reidy, J. (2023). The cost of school uniforms is a barrier to education: But there are ways to level the playing field. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/the-cost-of-school-uniforms-is-a-barrier-to-education-but-there-are-ways-to-level-the-playing-field-198153 Journal - Research Other

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