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Contact Details

Email
rose.richards@otago.ac.nz
Position
Deputy Director of the Va’a o Tautai in the Division of Health Sciences, Co-Deputy Director of the Coastal Peoples Southern Skies Centre for Research Excellence
Qualifications
BSc PGDipSci MSc PhD
Research summary
Pacific health, sleep and wellbeing

Research

Professor Richards is Deputy Director of the Va’a o Tautai in the Division of Health Sciences and is Co-Deputy Director of the Coastal Peoples: Southern Skies Centre for Research Excellence. Coastal People: Southern Skies aims to connects communities with world-leading, cross-discipline research to rebuild coastal ecosystems.

Coastal People: Southern Skies

Professor Richards is also co-Principal Investigator on a Better Start National Science Challenge Project (Moemoea) exploring sleep intervention development and collaborates on work related to Pacific education, access to medicines and health service delivery.

"It is an exciting time to be involved in Pacific Health Research, with a steadily building population of talented and committed Pacific Researchers, a growing collection of models and methodologies that allow Pacific experiences to be accurately and respectfully captured and a multitude of community strengths on which to base interventions to improve health and wellbeing."

Rosalina's background is in behavioural psychology and public health. As former Director of the Centre for Pacific Health and Co-Director of the Cancer Society and Behavioural Research Unit she has published across a variety of areas, including physical activity, nutrition, tobacco control and supportive cancer care. She is currently convenor for the Division of Health Sciences Pacific Health Curriculum across the Physiotherapy, Pharmacy and Dental schools and contributes to teaching of the Pacific and Global Health major of the Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Publications

Norris, P., George, M., Symon, V., Keown, S., Bhawan, S., Richard, L., & Richards, R. (2025). Does access to medicines differ from access to healthcare? Experiences of barriers to medicines access by people facing social disadvantage. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 21(6), 480-486. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.02.010 Journal - Research Article

Norris, P., Keown, S., George, M., Symon, V., Richards, R., Bhawan, S., & Richard, L. (2025). Lived experience of affordability as a barrier to prescription medicines: A longitudinal qualitative study. Exploratory Research in Clinical & Social Pharmacy, 17, 100571. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100571 Journal - Research Article

Norris, P., George, M., Symon, V., Keown, S., Richard, L., Bhawan, S., & Richards, R. (2025). Why go back?: Advantages and challenges of longitudinal qualitative research in social pharmacy, and recommendations for social pharmacy researchers. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 33(1), 113-118. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riae072 Journal - Research Article

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/ Journal - Research Article

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/ Journal - Research Article

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