Profile

Contact Details

Phone: +64 21 112 5596
Email: johnny.bourke@otago.ac.nz

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Position: Research Fellow
Qualifications: BA(Psych) MHealSc(Rehab) PhD
Research summary: Johnny works as a Research Fellow at the Ngāi Tahu Māori Health Research Unit

Research

Johnny combines his lived experience of disability (spinal cord injury) with his experience of working on a range of research, teaching, advocacy, and clinical projects to develop an understanding of evidence-based practice in the field of disability and rehabilitation.

Johnny has a genuine passion for transformative research and his key research interests include community reintegration and participation following serious injury, consumer perspectives, Māori health outcomes, disability policy, and social and critical theories of disability.

Johnny's research expertise ranges in methodological focus including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research projects. Understanding the human experience is only half of the journey; the rest of the journey is to think about how research can be used to transform people’s lives for the better.

Publications

Bourke, J., Young, T., Grace, C., Caldwell, J., & Martin, R. A. (2023). Dissolving ableism: Could disabled people flourish during the first Aotearoa New Zealand COVID-19 lockdown? Space & Culture, 26(3), 323-338. doi: 10.1177/12063312231181532 Journal - Research Article

Timothy, E., Bourke, J., Dunn, J., Martin, R., & Nunnerley, J. (2023). United and flexible: A collaborative approach to early vocational rehabilitation on a spinal unit. A realist study. Spinal Cord Series & Cases, 9, 33. doi: 10.1038/s41394-023-00587-1 Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J. A., Owen, H. E., Derrett, S., & Wyeth, E. H. (2023). Disrupted mana and systemic abdication: Māori qualitative experiences accessing healthcare in the 12 years post-injury. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1), 130. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09124-0 Journal - Research Article

Martin, R. A., Johns, J. K., Hackney, J. J., Bourke, J. A., Young, T. J., Nunnerley, J. L., Snell, D. L., Derrett, S., & Dunn, J. A. (2023). Early opportunities to explore occupational identity change: Qualitative study of return-to-work experiences after stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 55, jrm00363. doi: 10.2340/jrm.v55.4825 Journal - Research Article

Dunn, J. A., Martin, R. A., Hackney, J. J., Nunnerley, J. L., Snell, D. L., Bourke, J. A., … Derrett, S. (2023). Developing a conceptual framework for early intervention vocational rehabilitation for people following spinal cord injury. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 33, 179-188. doi: 10.1007/s10926-022-10060-9 Journal - Research Article

2023

Journal - Research Article

2022

Journal - Research Article

Martin, R. A., Nunnerley, J. L., Young, T., Hall, A., Snell, D. L., Hackney, J. J., Bourke, J. A., Derrett, S., & Dunn, J. A. (2022). Vocational wayfinding following spinal cord injury: In what contexts, how and why does early intervention vocational rehabilitation work? Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 56(3), 243-254. doi: 10.3233/JVR-221189

Bourke, J. A., Nichols-Dunsmuir, A., Begg, A., Dong, H., & Schluter, P. J. (2022). Understanding the longer-term health, wellbeing, and sense of community for disabled people following the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes: A repeated cross-sectional study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 67, 102649.

Bourke, J. A. (2022). The lived experience of interdependence: Support worker relationships and implications for wider rehabilitation. Brain Impairment, 23, 118-124. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2021.24

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Martin, R., Johns, J., Hackney, J., Bourke, J., Young, T., & Dunn, J. (2022). 'What am I, what am I doing?' A qualitative study about changing occupational identity and return-to-work experiences after stroke. International Journal of Stroke, 17(2, Suppl.), (pp. 28-29). doi: 10.1177/17474930221115601

Dunn, J., Martin, R., Snell, D., Nunnerley, J., Bourke, J., Hackney, J., … Derrett, S. (2022). Early intervention vocational rehabilitation in neurological injuries study (EVocS). International Journal of Stroke, 17(2, Suppl.), (pp. 10). doi: 10.1177/17474930221115601

2021

Journal - Research Article

Snell, D. L., Hackney, J. J., Maggo, J., Martin, R. A., Nunnerley, J. L., Bourke, J. A., … Derrett, S., & Dunn, J. A. (2021). Early vocational rehabilitation after spinal cord injury: A survey of service users. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 55(3), 323-333. doi: 10.3233/JVR-211166

Dunn, J. A., Hackney, J. J., Martin, R. A., Tietjens, D., Young, T., Bourke, J. A., Snell, D. L., Nunnerley, J. L., … Derrett, S. (2021). Development of a programme theory for early intervention vocational rehabilitation: A realist literature review. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 31, 730-743. doi: 10.1007/s10926-021-10000-z

Nunnerley, J. L., Martin, R. A., Aldridge, M., Bourke, J. A., & Simpson, I. (2021). Access to community support workers during hospital admission for people with spinal cord injury: A pilot study. Spinal Cord Series & Cases, 7, 3. doi: 10.1038/s41394-020-00370-6

Bourke, J. A., Nichols-Dunsmuir, A., Begg, A., Dong, H., & Schluter, P. J. (2021). Measuring disability: An agreement study between two disability measures. Disability & Health Journal, 14, 100995. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100995

Journal - Research Other

Wyeth, E. H., Derrett, S., Nelson, V., Bourke, J., Crengle, S., Davie, G., & Harcombe, H. (2021). POIS-10 Māori: Outcomes and experiences in the decade following injury. Methods & Protocols, 4(2), 37. doi: 10.3390/mps4020037

Dunn, J., Martin, R. A., Hackney, J. J., Nunnerley, J. L., Snell, D., Bourke, J. A., … Derrett, S. (2021). Early vocational rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury: A research protocol using realist synthesis and interviews to understand how and why it works. BMJ Open, 11, e048753. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048753

2020

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Martin, R., Nunnerley, J., Aldridge, M., & Bourke, J. (2020). New Zealand Spinal Cord Impairment Action Plan (2014-2019): Final evaluation report. (pp. 1-18). Christchurch, New Zealand: Burwood Academy of Independent Living. Retrieved from https://www.burwood.org.nz/sci-action-plan-evaluation/

2019

Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J. A., Catherwood, V. J., Nunnerley, J., Martin, R. A., Levack, W. M. M., Thompson, B. L., & Acland, R. H. (2019). Using cannabis for pain management after spinal cord injury: A qualitative study. Spinal Cord Series & Cases, 5, 82. doi: 10.1038/s41394-019-0227-3

Bourke, J., Nunnerley, J., Snell, D., & Sinnott Jerram, A. (2019). The Burwood Academy: Incorporating the principles of the independent living paradigm into rehabilitation research. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 12(3), 240-248. doi: 10.1108/IJHRH-08-2018-0054

Bourke, J. A., Nunnerley, J. L., Sullivan, M., & Derrett, S. (2019). Relationships and the transition from spinal units to community for people with a first spinal cord injury: A New Zealand qualitative study. Disability & Health Journal, 12(2), 257-262. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2018.09.001

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nunnerley, J., Martin, R., Bourke, J., Shahtahmasebi, Z., Snell, D., & Dunn, J. (2019). Developing a framework for spinal cord injury (SCI) peer support. Proceedings of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Annual Scientific Meeting. O8. Retrieved from https://www2.asia-spinalinjury.org/meetings/2019/guide/program/sessions/detail.iphtml?id=926

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Bourke, J., Catherwood, V., Nunnerley, J., Martin, R., Lennox Thompson, B., & Acland, R. (2019, August). Using cannabis as a pain management strategy for people with spinal cord injury. Poster session presented at the 26th Australia New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, Australia.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bourke, J., Nunnerley, J., & Ramsden, H. (2019, May). How to build capacity for meaningful consumer engagement in rehabilitation research. Workshop presentation at the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) and New Zealand Rehabilitation Association (NZRA) Inaugural Trans-Tasman Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Richardson, A., Nunnerley, J., Bourke, J., McAllister, S., Samaranayaka, A., Sullivan, M., & Derrett, S. (2018). Secondary health conditions following spinal cord injuries. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 25(Suppl. 1), (pp. S32). doi: 10.1007/s12529-018-9740-1

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Richardson, A., Nunnerley, J., Bourke, J., McAllister, S., Samaranayaka, A., Sullivan, M., & Derrett, S. (2018, September). Secondary health conditions following spinal cord injury. Poster session presented at the 57th International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and 25th Australia New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Combined Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

Martin, R., Nunnerley, J., Shahtahmasebi, Z., Bourke, J., Snell, D., & Dunn, J. (2018, September). The development of a peer support framework in New Zealand. Poster session presented at the 57th International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and 25th Australia New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Combined Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Nunnerley, J., Bourke, J., & Derrett, S. (2018, September). Renegotiating relationships after spinal cord injury. Verbal presentation at the 57th International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) and 25th Australia New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Combined Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J. A., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Snell, D. L., & Schluter, P. J. (2017). Community inclusion of wheelchair users during the long-term recovery phase following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 23, 169-177. doi: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.004

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Bourke, J., Nunnerley, J., Sullivan, M., & Derrett, S. (2017). The impact of relationships when returning home following spinal injury rehabilitation [Plenary]. Proceedings of the New Zealand Rehabilitation Conference: Making an Impact: Putting Knowledge to Work in Rehabilitation. Retrieved from http://www.nzrehabconference2017.co.nz/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Richardson, A., Derrett, S., Nunnerley, J., Bourke, J., McAllister, S., & Samaranayaka, A. (2017, November). The experience of secondary health conditions following spinal cord injury (SCI). Poster session presented at the Disability Matters Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bourke, J., Schluter, P., Hay-Smith, J., & Snell, D. (2017, November). If you get it right for people living with a disability, you get it right for everybody: Community recovery following the Canterbury earthquakes. Verbal presentation at the Disability Matters Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Derrett, S., Nunnerley, J., & Bourke, J. (2017, November). Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) in New Zealand: Experiences, outcomes, relationships and co-design. Verbal presentation at the Disability Matters Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J. A., Schluter, P. J., Hay-Smith, J. C., & Snell, D. L. (2016). Respondent driven sampling of wheelchair users: A lack of traction? F1000Research, 5, 753. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8605.2

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Bourke, J., Hay-Smith, J., Snell, D., & Schluter, P. (2016). Wheelchair users' experience of community inclusion following the Canterbury earthquakes: A thematic analysis. In J. Deely & A. Dierckx (Eds.), Proceedings of the Inaugural People in Disasters Conference. (pp. 40). School of Psychology, Massey University. Retrieved from http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/

2015

Journal - Research Article

Bourke, J. A., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Snell, D. L., & DeJong, G. (2015). Attending to biographical disruption: The experience of rehabilitation following tetraplegia due to spinal cord injury. Disability & Rehabilitation, 37(4), 296-303. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2014.918188

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bourke, J., Hay Smith, J., Snell, D., & Schluter, P. (2015, October). Wheelchair users’ experience of community inclusion following the Canterbury earthquakes: A thematic analysis. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine and the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association (AFRM/NZRA) Combined Rehabilitation Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand.

2014

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Bourke, J., Schluter, P., Hay-Smith, J., & Snell, D. (2014, November). Rebuilding following the Canterbury earthquakes: Developing a schedule to interview people who use wheelchairs. Poster session presented at the Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Innovation Beyond the Wheel, Auckland, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Sinnott Jerram, A., Bourke, J., Tang, J., & Nicholson, L. (2014, November). The contribution of the lived experience to SCI research: A bonafide SCI researcher career development strategy. Invited presentation at the Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Innovation Beyond the Wheel, Auckland, New Zealand.

Bennett, C., Greenaway, J., Nicholls, J., Bourke, J., Nunnerley, J., Billing, N., and Community Speakers. (2014, November). Weathering disaster and contingency planning [Workshop]. Invited presentation at the Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Innovation Beyond the Wheel, Auckland, New Zealand.

2013

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Bourke, J., Snell, D., Sinnott, K. A., & Cassidy, B. (2013, March). A user-led consultation model: Making inclusion of services users in research a reality. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Rehabilitation Conference: Connecting, Living, Rebuilding, Nelson, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bourke, J., Hay-Smith, J., & Snell, D. (2013, August). The experience of rehabilitation from the perspectives of individuals in New Zealand with tetraplegia due to traumatic spinal cord injury. Verbal presentation at the Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

Bourke, J., Hay-Smith, J., & Snell, D. (2013, March). The experience of rehabilitation from the perspectives of individuals in New Zealand with tetraplegia due to spinal cord injury. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rehabilitation Conference: Connecting, Living, Rebuilding, Nelson, New Zealand.

Bourke, J., & Freeman, C. (2013, March). Experiences of intimacy and relationship maintenance in acute spinal cord injury rehabilitation: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Rehabilitation Conference: Connecting, Living, Rebuilding, Nelson, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Other

Bourke, J. A., Snell, D. L., Sinnott, K. A., & Cassidy, B. (2012). A user-led consultation model: Making inclusion of service users in research a reality. Ethnicity & Inequalities in Health & Social Care, 5(2), 61-69. doi: 10.1108/17570981211286804

2010

Journal - Research Other

Sinnott, K. A., Cassidy, B., Nunnerley, J. L., Bourke, J., & Kunowski, T. (2010). Commentary on community participation following spinal cord injury in New Zealand. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 15(4), 63-71. doi: 10.1310/sci1504-063