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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 471 6107
Email
v.nelson@otago.ac.nz
Position
Assistant Research Fellow
Qualifications
BSc PGDipSci PGDipPH(Hons) MSc(Hons)
Research summary
Māori health

Research

My research interests include:
  • Māori youth health, and in particular mental health and neuro-disabilities
  • Māori injury and disability outcomes
  • Health service access for Māori
  • To continue to build kauapapa Maori research strategies within the science and public health sector.

Publications

McCarty, G., Wyeth, E. H., Sullivan, T., Crengle, S., Nelson, V., & Derrett, S. (2023). Health-related quality of life measures used with Indigenous children/youth in the Pacific Rim: A scoping review. BMJ Open, 13(3). doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070156 Journal - Research Article

Wyeth, E. H., Wilson, S., Nelson, V., Harcombe, H., Davie, G., Maclennan, B., & Derrett, S. (2022). Participation in paid and unpaid work one year after injury and the impact of subsequent injuries for Māori: Results from a longitudinal cohort study in New Zealand. Injury, 53, 1927-1934. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.03.006 Journal - Research Article

Nelson, V., Lambert, M., Richard, L., Derrett, S., & Wyeth, E. (2022). Examining the barriers and facilitators for Māori accessing injury and rehabilitation services: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(2), e048252. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048252 Journal - Research Other

McLean, R. M., Xie, Z., Nelson, V., Nosa, V., Po’e-Tofaeono, A., Walker, R., & Wyeth, E. H. (2021). Experiences of New Zealand haemodialysis patients in relation to food and nutrition management: A qualitative study. Nutrients, 13(7), 2299. doi: 10.3390/nu13072299 Journal - Research Article

Wyeth, E. H., Derrett, S., Nelson, V., Bourke, J., Crengle, S., Davie, G., & Harcombe, H. (2021). POIS-10 Māori: Outcomes and experiences in the decade following injury. Methods & Protocols, 4(2), 37. doi: 10.3390/mps4020037 Journal - Research Other

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