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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7223
Email
judith.sligo@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine
Qualifications
BA, DipTchg, PGDip, MA, PhD
Research summary
Wellbeing of children, young people and families; equity; qualitative research
Teaching
  • Convenor of CMHC 201: Human Health across the Lifespan and CMHC 301: Applied Aspects of Human Health
  • Co-convene work poverty and gender module for PUBH 303 Public and Global Health: Current Issues
Memberships
Chair, Preventive and Social Medicine Ethics Committee

Research

Judith’s research interests and experiences are diverse and interdisciplinary. She is especially interested in the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families; ethics of research (particularly with children and young people); young people’s participation; and qualitative and mixed methods research and evaluation. She has an extensive history of working with the Dunedin Study’s third generation studies, having managed the Parenting Study from 1996 until its culmination and the Next Generation Study for ten years.

Jude is interested in generational change and issues of equity and has worked with young activists and colleagues on a research project investigating the role of hope in activism. She also has an interest in health systems and was involved in evaluating a transformational change programme and a participatory research project, which explored the healthcare experiences of young people with chronic health conditions.

Publications

Sligo, J. L., Hohmann-Marriott, B. E., McAnally, H. M., & Hancox, R. J. (2024). Impact of New Zealand teenagers’ fertility intentions on childbearing. Longitudinal & Life Course Studies, 15(1), 89-108. doi: 10.1332/175795921x16783960472524 Journal - Research Article

McAnally, H. M., Iosua, E., Belsky, J., Sligo, J. L., Letcher, P., Greenwood, C. J., … Hancox, R. J. (2023). Does adolescent academic achievement predict future parenting? Infant & Child Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/icd.2483 Journal - Research Article

Showden, C. R., Barker-Clarke, E., Sligo, J., & Nairn, K. (2023). The connective is communal: Hybrid activism in online and offline spaces. Social Movement Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2023.2171387 Journal - Research Article

Letcher, P., Greenwood, C. J., McAnally, H., Belsky, J., Macdonald, J. A., Spry, E. A., … Sligo, J., … Iosua, E., … Hancox, R. J., & Olsson, C. A. (2023). Parental history of positive development and child behavior in next generation offspring: A two-cohort prospective intergenerational study. Child Development, 94, 60-73. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13839 Journal - Research Article

Sligo, J., Besley, T., Ker, A., & Nairn, K. (2023). Creating a culture of care to support rainbow activists’ well-being: An exemplar from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(3), 502-523. doi: 10.1080/19361653.2022.2077274 Journal - Research Article

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