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Contact Details

Email
brett.maclennan@otago.ac.nz
Position
Lecturer
Department
Department of Public Health (Dunedin)
Iwi affiliations
Taranaki
Qualifications
MPH PhD
Research summary
Alcohol consumption and harm; injury prevention; injury outcomes
Teaching
  • PUBH 725 Applied Biostatistics 1 - Fundamentals
  • PUBH 726 Applied Biostatistics 2 - Regression Methods

Research

Dr Brett Maclennan is a Lecturer in the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine where he teaches introductory / applied biostatistics.

He has led and collaborated on a range of health-related projects, primarily in a quantitative role, for close to 20 years. These have included evaluations of alcohol policy on drinking and related harm, investigation of injury and disability outcomes among Māori, and examining trends in work-related fatal injury.

His research interests include community involvement in the development of health policy, evaluation of health policies and interventions, and understanding ways of improving Māori health outcomes.

Publications

Maclennan, B., Wyeth, E., & Derrett, S. (2024). Health-related quality of life following trauma: Prevalence of problems and factors associated with six-month outcomes in a New Zealand cohort. Injury, 55, 111468. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111468 Journal - Research Article

Derrett, S., Owen, H. E., Barson, D., Maclennan, B., Samaranayaka, A., Harcombe, H., & Wyeth, E. H. (2024). New Zealand’s Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study—10 years on (POIS-10): Descriptive outcomes to 12 years post-injury [Short report]. Injury Prevention, 30(3), 251-255. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045058 Journal - Research Article

Penno, E., Atmore, C., Maclennan, B., Richard, L., Wyeth, E., Richards, R., Doolan-Noble, F., Gray, A. R., Sullivan, T., Gauld, R., & Stokes, T. (2023). How did New Zealand's regional district health board groupings work to improve service integration and health outcomes: A realist evaluation. BMJ Open, 13, e079268. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079268 Journal - Research Article

Owen, H. E., Wyeth, E. H., Maclennan, B., Barson, D., McBride, P., Gabbe, B. J., … Derrett, S. (2023). Cohort profile: The Trauma Outcomes Project, a prospective study of New Zealanders experiencing major trauma. BMJ Open, 13, e075480. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075480 Journal - Research Article

Maclennan, B., Derrett, S., & Wyeth, E. (2023). Health-related quality of life 12 years after injury: Prevalence and predictors of outcomes in a cohort of injured Māori. Quality of Life Research, 32, 2653-2665. doi: 10.1007/s11136-023-03419-9 Journal - Research Article

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