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Contact Details

Email
esther.willing@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor and Director Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori
Iwi affiliations
Whakapapa to Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngā Ruahine.
Qualifications
BHSc PGDipPH MPH PhD
Research summary
Māori Health, Health Policy and Health Services Research
Teaching
  • Convenor for the Hauora Māori vertical module within the Early Learning in Medicine curriculum
  • Convenor for MAOH201 Hauora Māori in Practice: Working with Individuals
Memberships
  • Health Services Research and Policy Association of Australia and New Zealand
  • International Public Policy Association

Research

Dr Esther Willing (Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngā Ruahine) is an Associate Professor in Hauora Māori and the Director of Kōhatu Centre for Hauora Māori. Her research interests include health policy and health systems research and she is passionate about improving Māori health outcomes and addressing health inequities in Aotearoa.

She currently is involved in research on immunisation uptake and coverage for hapu māmā and tamariki, guidelines for prioritising intensive care resources to support equity and discourse and framing of Māori health.

Publications

Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., & Willing, E. (2025). ‘If you thought it was going to make a difference, you'd do it straight away’: School staff decisions to report to Child Protection. Child & Family Social Work. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cfs.13285 Journal - Research Article

Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2024). Where do big data come from? The social production of child protection ‘reports of concern’. Proceedings of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ) Conference: The Sociology to Come. Retrieved from https://www.saanz.net/saanz2024/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Willing, E., & Young, A. (2024, July). Maternal immunisation. Goodfellow Clinics Podcast, Goodfellow Unit, University of Auckland. Retrieved from https://www.goodfellowunit.org/podcast Other Research Output

Colhoun, S., Norris, P., Keddell, E., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2024, March). interRAI assessments as a data source: Contextual findings. Verbal presentation at the 4th interRAI Knowledge Exchange, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Turner, N., Willing, E., Castelino, L., Paynter, J., Kaufman, J., Best, E., … Danchin, M. (2024). Vaccine Barriers Assessment Tool (VBAT) Study 2B Aotearoa New Zealand results. Proceedings of the Communicable Diseases & Immunisation Conference: Protecting Communities: Empowering Health through Disease Control and Immunisation. 152. Retrieved from https://www.cdic2024.com/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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