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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 832 3133
Email
lesley.gray@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Primary Health Care and General Practice (Wellington)
Qualifications
MPH MSc FFPHM
Research summary
Promotion of healthy behaviour

Research

Lesley joined the Department in 2008 as a senior lecturer. Lesley gained Fellowship with the UK Faculty of Public Health and has over 30 years’ experience establishing and managing services in Public Health and Primary Care. Lesley is particularly interested in health risk behaviours – why we do what we do – and how health professionals might positively influence health behaviour. She has a Masters in Public Health from Glasgow University and Masters in Interprofessional Collaboration with longstanding interest in the interface between primary health care, social welfare and public health.

Lesley’s research interests concern risk perception and health risk behaviours. Lesley is a member of the Applied Research on Communication in Health (ARCH) Group. She is also involved in the Health Workforce New Zealand funded project looking at interprofessional education (TIPE: Tairāwhiti interprofessional education programme) and the longitudinal interprofessional study (LIPS).

Publications

Morgan, S., Mihlar, S., Wood, E., McKinlay, E., Gibbs, H., Parker, G., & Gray, L. (2024). Sizing up general practice environments for big-bodied patients: An environmental assessment of three facilities in Aotearoa New Zealand. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/19375867241238442 Journal - Research Article

Khorram-Manesh, A., Gray, L., Goniewicz, K., Cocco, A., Ranse, J., Phattharapornjaroen, P., … Carlström, E. (2024). Care in emergencies and disasters: Can it be person-centered? Patient Education & Counseling, 118, 108046. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2023.108046 Journal - Research Article

Ballantyne, A., Steers, D., & Gray, L. (2023). Prompting lifestyle interventions to promote weight loss is safe, effective and patient-centred: No. Journal of Primary Health Care, 15(4), 385-387. doi: 10.1071/HC23163 Journal - Research Article

Khorram‑Manesh, A., Carlström, E., Burkle, F. M., Goniewicz, K., Gray, L., Ratnayake, A., … Magnusson, C. (2023). The implication of a translational triage tool in mass casualty incidents: Part three: A multinational study, using validated patient cards. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation & Emergency Medicine, 31, 88. doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01128-3 Journal - Research Article

Wells, J., Gray, L., & McBain, L. (2023). Managing medicines-related continuity of care: The general practice prescriber perspective in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Primary Health Care, General Practice & Rural Health Research Symposium. (pp. 19). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/primaryhealthcaregeneralpractice Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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