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Contact Details

Email
john.langley@otago.ac.nz
Position
Emeritus Professor
Qualifications
MA(Cant) PhD DipComH(Otago)
Research summary
Injury prevention

Research

John has been involved in injury prevention research since 1978, and received his PhD from the University of Otago in 1985. He has written numerous articles in academic, professional and lay publications on a wide range of injury prevention issues. He tends to use quantitative research methods, especially epidemiological. He is an active advocate for improvements in injury prevention policy and practice.

John is involved to varying degrees in a large number of research projects being undertaken by the IPRU.

Publications

Kypri, K., Davie, G., McElduff, P., Langley, J., & Connor, J. (2017). Long-term effects of lowering the alcohol minimum purchasing age on traffic crash injury rates in New Zealand. Drug & Alcohol Review, 36(2), 178-185. doi: 10.1111/dar.12378 Journal - Research Article

Harcombe, H., Langley, J., Davie, G., & Derrett, S. (2015). Functional status following injury: What recovery pathways do people follow? Injury, 46(7), 1275-1280. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.04.004 Journal - Research Article

Kypri, K., Davie, G., McElduff, P., Langley, J., & Connor, J. (2015). Effects of lowering the alcohol minimum purchasing age on weekend hospitalised assaults of young Māori in New Zealand. Drug & Alcohol Review, 34(3), 299-303. doi: 10.1111/dar.12241 Journal - Research Article

Harcombe, H., Derrett, S., Langley, J., & Davie, G. (2014, September). Individual EQ-5D trajectories: An alternative approach to understanding recovery pathways. Poster session presented at the 31st EuroQol Group Scientific Plenary, Stockholm, Sweden. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Derrett, S., Wilson, S., Samaranayaka, A., Langley, J., Davie, G., Wyeth, E., Lilley, R., & Ameratunga, S. (2014). The Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study (POIS): Predictors of disability and poor health service experiences among a cohort of injured New Zealanders. Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 162). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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