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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 832 3142
Email
sue.garrett@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Primary Health Care (Wellington)
Research summary
Primary care

Research

Sue’s research interests are in youth health, particularly youth sexual and mental health. She is skilled in a number of different research methodologies including evaluation, RCTs, surveys, qualitative analysis and analysing large datasets.

Background and interests

Sue trained and worked as an occupational therapist before completing a Masters in Public Health. Since then, she has worked as a researcher on a variety of projects in the Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice. Her research interests include youth health and she has experience with mixed methods. She recently took up a position as senior lecturer and commenced teaching in undergraduate medicine.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate

  • Co-convenor 6th year Trainee Interns general practice module
  • Teaching 5th year consultation skills
  • Teaching on the INVOLVE inter-professional programme

Publications

Garrett, S., Ballantyne, A., Gladman, T., & Swift, M. (2026). Exploring the personal impact of cluttering: A scoping review of current evidence. Journal of Fluency Disorders, 87, 106197. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2026.106197 Journal - Research Article

Randerson, J., Imlach, F., Kennedy, J., & Garrett, S. (2025). Primary care clinicians' perspectives on migraine management in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1071/HC25078 Journal - Research Article

Imlach, F., & Garrett, S. (2025). Use of non-pharmacological approaches for migraine treatment: Results from the Migraine in Aotearoa New Zealand survey. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14, 4023. doi: 10.3390/jcm14124023 Journal - Research Article

Rose, S. B., McBain, L., Garrett, S. M., Bell, R., Innes, C., Te Whaiti, S., Tino, A., & Sykes, P. (2025). 'I felt so empowered, respected and shame free.': Let's test for HPV participants' experience of HPV primary screening. Journal of Primary Health Care, 17(2), 134-145. doi: 10.1071/HC24118 Journal - Research Article

McInnarney, B., Imlach, F., Kennedy, J., & Garrett, S. M. (2024). Patient perceptions of barriers to effective migraine management in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(4), 347-356. doi: 10.1071/HC24020 Journal - Research Article

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