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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 385 5418
Email
ricci.harris@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
MBChB MPH FAFPHM
Research summary
Maori health research

Research

Research Professor Ricci Harris (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu) is a public health physician at Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare. She has a particular interest in Māori health research, epidemiology and the investigation of ethnic inequalities in Aotearoa. This has included research into sleep disorders, the classification of ethnicity, ethnic disparities in caesarean sections and cardiovascular procedures, the impact of socioeconomic position on ethnic inequalities in mortality, and the impact of racism on health and ethnic inequalities. More recently Ricci co-edited Hauora: Māori Standards of Health IV.

Ricci is currently working on the Unequal Treatment - The Role of Health Services project examining cervical cancer treatment and survival differences between Māori and non-Māori. She is also a member of Te ORA (the Māori Medical Practitioners Association of New Zealand).

Publications

Curtis, E., Jaung, R., Paine, S.-J., McLeod, M., Tamatea, J., Atkinson, J., … Robson, B., Reid, P., & Harris, R. B. (2024). Examining the impact of COVID-19 on Māori:non-Māori health inequities in Aotearoa, New Zealand: An observational study protocol. BMJ Open, 14, e083564. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083564 Journal - Research Other

Pitama, S., Haitana, T., Patu, M., Robson, B., Harris, R., McKerchar, C., Clark, T., & Crengle, S. (2024). Toitū Te Tiriti. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1589), 7-11. Retrieved from https://nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Other

Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., Edwards, R., & Stanley, J. (2024). The impact of racism on subsequent healthcare use and experiences for adult New Zealanders: A prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 24, 136. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17603-6 Journal - Research Article

Stanley, J., & Harris, R. B. (2023). Synthetic cohort studies using national level surveys linked to administrative health data. Proceedings of the New Zealand Biostatistics Conference. Retrieved from https://events.otago.ac.nz/2023-biostatistics-conference Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Jaung, R., Li, C., Harris, R. B., & Paine, S.-J. (2023). Caregiver experiences of racism and child mental health outcomes: Cross sectional analysis from Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1581), 28-43. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

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