Dr Troy Ruhe

2024

Journal - Research Article

McLay, L. K., Schluter, P. J., Williams, J., Anns, F., Monk, R., Dacombe, J., … Ruhe, T., … Bowden, N. (2024). Health service utilization among autistic youth in Aotearoa New Zealand: A nationwide cross-sectional study. Autism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/13623613241298352

Ruhe, T., Marek, L., Bowden, N., Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Hobbs, M., Thabrew, H., Richards, R., Milne, B., Hetrick, S., Boden, J., & Kokaua, J. (2024). The natural and built environments where Pacific children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand live: A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 99-124. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/

Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Marek, L., Hobbs, M., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Boden, J., Thabrew, H., Hetrick, S., Milne, B., & Bowden, N. (2024). How health are the environments of tamariki and rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 71-98. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/

Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Marek, L., Hobbs, M., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Boden, J., … Bowden, N. (2024). How healthy are the environments of tamariki and rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand? A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study | He pēhea nei te hauora o ngā tamariki me ngā rangatahi Māori kei Aotearoa? He rangahau mokowā ā-nuku topenga ā-motu. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 71-98. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/

Ruhe, T., Marek, L., Bowden, N., Wiki, J., Theodore, R., Hobbs, M., … Richards, R., … Boden, J., & Kokaua, J. (2024). The natural and built environments where Pacific children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand live: A nationwide cross-sectional geospatial study | Ngā taiao tūturu me ngā taiao hanga e noho ana ngā tamariki me ngā taiohi moananui-a-kiwi i Aotearoa: He ranahau mokowā ā-nuku motuhanga ā-motu. New Zealand Population Review, 50, 99-124. Retrieved from https://population.org.nz/journal/

Kokaua, J., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Ruhe, T., Aldridge, F., Foliaki, S., Kokaua, L., Mapusua, T., Dacombe, J., Richards, R., Blakelock, R., & Bowden, N. (2024). Is parent education a factor in identifying autism/takiwātanga in an ethnic cohort of Pacific children in Aotearoa, New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study using linked administrative data. Autism, 28(7), 1667-1676. doi: 10.1177/13623613231217800

Hetrick, S. E., Hobbs, M., Fortune, S., Marek, L., Wiki, J., Boden, J. M., Theodore, R., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J. J., … Bowden, N. (2024). Proximity of alcohol outlets and presentation to hospital by young people after self-harm: A retrospective geospatial study using the integrated data infrastructure. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(2), 152-161. doi: 10.1177/00048674231203909

2023

Journal - Research Article

Hobbs, M., Bowden, N., Marek, L., Wiki, J., Kokaua, J., Theodore, R., Ruhe, T., Boden, J., … Milne, B. (2023). The environment a young person grows up in is associated with their mental health: A nationwide geospatial study using the integrated data infrastructure, New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 326, 115893. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115893

Ruhe, T., Broadbent, J. M., Schluter, P. J., Bowden, N., Theodore, R., Richards, R., & Kokaua, J. (2023). Parents' education and Pasifika children's oral health in Aotearoa/New Zealand: A national linked data study using Aotearoa/New Zealand's integrated data infrastructure. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 51, 936-944. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12791

Kokaua, J., Ruhe, T., Bowden, N., Theodore, R., Jensen, S., Jensen, W., … Richards, R. (2023). Parental education and hospitalisations among Pacific children: A cross-sectional study using linked administrative data in New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 53(5), 615-630. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2094967

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Kokaua, J., Ruhe, T., & Richards, R. (2023). Connecting pathways in a Pasifika project [Keynote address]. Evaluation Matters/He Take Tō Te Aromatawai, 8, (pp. 138-155). doi: 10.18296/em.0080

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

McCool, J., Williams, N., Tatui, L., Bullen, C., Nosa, V., Ruhe, T., … Heather, M. (2023). An integrated healthy lifestyle toolkit for the Pacific Islands region. Population Medicine, 5(Suppl.), (pp. 432). doi: 10.18332/popmed/163944

Conference Contribution - Edited volume of conference proceedings

Richards, R., Walter, I., Finigan, A., Ruhe, T., Avia, L., Schaaf, M., & Fehoko, E. (Eds.). (2023). Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XX. Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. 44p. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16433

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bowden, N., Vu, H., Anns, F., Dacombe, J., Williams, J., Tupou, J., Theodore, R., … Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Gibb, S., … Schluter, P. (2023, December). Using population-level data for Takiwātanga | autism research in Aotearoa | New Zealand [Keynote]. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Kokaua, J., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Ruhe, T., Aldridge, F., Foliaki, S., Kokaua, L., Mapusua, T., Dacombe, J., Bowden, N., Blakelock, R., & Richards, R. (2023, December). The association between parent education and identifying autism/takiwātanga in Pacific children in Aotearoa: A national ethnic cohort study using linked administrative data. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ruhe, T., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Foliaki, S., Bowden, N., Richards, R., & Kokaua, J. (2023, December). Examining case complexity among Pasifika with autism/Takiwātanga in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national cross-sectional study. Verbal presentation at the Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Bowden, N., Iosua, E., & Richards, R. (2023, July). Lighted and connected pathways: Identifying the specific Pacific ethnicities of a Pacific birth cohort in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). Verbal presentation at the 5th Pacific Islands Universities Research Network (PIURN) Conference, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Other Research Output

Bowden, N., Anns, F., Vu, H., Dacomble, J., Williams, J., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., ..., Theodore, R., ..., Gibbs, S. (2023, November). Quantifying the impact of health and education based supports for Autistic children and their whānau. Spotlight on Autism Research: Autism, Education and Gut Bugs. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cWTPzI_Vgc

2022

Journal - Research Article

Ruhe, T., Kolose-Pulefolau, B., Foliaki, S. '., Bowden, N., Richards, R., & Kokaua, J. (2022). Examining case complexity among Pasifika with autism/Takiwātanga in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national cross-sectional study. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(10), 673-682. doi: 10.26635/phd.2024.144

Ruhe, T., Bowden, N., Theodore, R., Stanley-Wishart, B., Hetrick, S., Thabrew, H., … Boden, J., & Kokaua, J. (2022). Identification of mental health and substance use-related conditions among Pasifika young people in Aotearoa New Zealand: A cross-sectional study using the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). Pacific Health Dialog, 21(10), 663-672. doi: 10.26635/phd.2022.147

Theodore, R., Bowden, N., Kokaua, J., Ruhe, T., Hobbs, M., Hetrick, S., … Boden, J. (2022). Mental health inequities for Māori youth: A population-level study of mental health service data. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1567), 79-90. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Schluter, P. J., Kokaua, J., Tautolo, E.-S., Iusitini, L., Richards, R., & Ruhe, T. (2022). Parental education related to their children's health in late childhood and early adolescence for Pacific families within New Zealand. Scientific Reports, 12, 5313. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09282-x

Journal - Research Other

Boden, J., Hetrick, S., Bowden, N., Fortune, S., Marek, L., Theodore, R., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., & Hobbs, M. (2022). Empowering community control over alcohol availability as a suicide and self-harm prevention measure: Policy opportunity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 29, 100631. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100631

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Symon, V., Nada-Raja, S., Sopoaga, F., Sopoaga, L., Norris, P., Ruhe, T., Kokaua, J., Richards, R., … Isno, L., George, M., Iosua, E., & Keown, S. (2022, November). The show must go on: Research in a time of COVID. Verbal presentation at the COVID-19’s Impact on Teaching and Learning at the University of Otago: Lessons Learned Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2021

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Ruhe, T. T. A. H. (2021). The 'Niu Movement': Effectiveness and acceptability of circuit based exercise in Pacific Islands communities (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/12325

2020

Journal - Research Article

Kokaua, J., Jensen, S., Ruhe, T., Camp, J., Jensen, W., Sorensen, D., Lucas, A., & Richards, R. (2020). An application of a Tivaivai Research framework to a quantitative Pacific health research project using New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(5), 206-215. doi: 10.26635/phd.2020.621

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ruhe, T. (2020). The 'Nui movement': Using Cook Islands dance and methods of food preparation as exercise in Pacific communities. In A. Finigan, P. Vakaoti, R. Richards, M. Schaaf, M. Colombo, M. Taumoepeau & L. Moata'ane (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XVII. (pp. 35). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific

2018

Journal - Research Article

Ruhe, T., Waters, D., & Richards, R. (2018). Engaging Dunedin New Zealand Pacific people in falls prevention. Pacific Health Dialog, 21(2), 80-88. doi: 10.26635/phd.2018.917

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ruhe, T., Sopo'aga, F., Waters, D., & Jones, L. M. (2018). The 'Nui movement': The acceptability and effectiveness of circuit based exercise in Cook Islands communities. In A. Finigan, R. Richards & P. Vakaoti (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XV. (pp. 29). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific

Ruhe, T. (2018). The 'Niu Movement': Assessing the acceptability of a circuit based physical activity intervention in Pacific Islands communities: A pilot study. Proceedings of the Pacific International Health Symposium. (pp. 38-39). Retrieved from https://pihs.squarespace.com

2017

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Raureti, T., Jackson, A.-M., Hakopa, H., & Ruhe, T. (2017). Whānau fit: promoting Te Reo Māori and physical activity. Scope: Health & Wellbeing, 1(Activity), (pp. 81-87). [Full Paper]