Contact Details
- Position
- Research Fellow
- Qualifications
- MPH (Otago), MA (Otago,) Certificate Te Ara Reo Māori (Advanced), Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
- Research summary
- I am a health and social sciences researcher, with a background in public health.
- Teaching
My main research interests focus on health equity for priority populations, including Maori,Pacific peoples, and people with disabilities, as well as supporting older people and children.
Formerly I taught into the health sciences first year (HSFY) programme as a Senior Tutor and Teaching Fellow for Engl 124 (Language and Communication/Effective Communication). I also tutored the Summer school paper ENGL 127 Effective Writing.
- Memberships
- Secretary, Cantores Choir Executive, Otago University Students Association (OUSA)
- Centre for Co-Created Ageing Research (CCREATE), University of Auckland
- interRAI Research Network (iRN), interRAI New Zealand
- Transport Research Network (TRN), University of Otago
- Public Health Association (PHA) of New Zealand
- Collaboration of Ageing Research Excellence (CARE), University of Otago
Research
My main research interests are health-focused including reducing inequities for priority populations, including Māori, Pacific peoples, and people with disabilities, as well as supporting older people and children.
I have substantial qualitative experience and am also comfortable working with mixed methods and quantitative approaches. I am interested in understanding experiences and telling stories via a range of methodologies and data, providing an evidence base that can lead to improvements in health and social systems and inform policy.
I have a strong interest in the natural environment and its pathways to health and wellbeing and completed a Master’s dissertation in this area.
I have researched a vast range of public health / social science topics as both a researcher and public health analyst for about 15 years.
Additional details
Sarah grew up in a farming family in Southern Aotearoa New Zealand and has subsequently lived and worked in the South Island. She has travelled extensively to Australia, the United Kingdom and Europe.
As a researcher in health and social sciences with a background in public health, Sarah’s main research interests are focused on reducing inequities for priority populations, including Māori, Pacific Peoples, and people with disabilities, as well as supporting older people and children. Her Va'a o Tautai research role has her undergoing a qualitative research project called 'Understanding Big Data', which is made up of two case studies – one in child protection and one in ageing.
Sarah has a strong interest in the natural environment and its pathways to health and wellbeing and has around 15 years of experience as both a researcher and public health analyst.
Publications
Colhoun, S. R., Parker, K., McCook, S., Bartholomew, K., Baty, B., Maxwell, A., … Crengle, S. (2024). Perspectives of potentially eligible Indigenous Māori on a lung cancer screening programme: A qualitative study. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1593), 45-55. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article
Keddell, E., Colhoun, S., Norris, P., & Willing, E. (2024). The heuristic divergence between community reporters and child protection agencies: Negotiating risk amidst shifting sands. Children & Youth Services Review, 159, 107532. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107532 Journal - Research Article
Parker, K., Bartholomew, K., Davis, B., Enoka, D., Colhoun, S., Maxwell, A., … Crengle, S. (2023). Perspectives of potentially eligible Indigenous Māori on a lung cancer screening programme: A qualitative study. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 18(Suppl. 11), S465. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2023.09.766 Journal - Research Article
Kewene, F., Morgaine, K., Colhoun, S., & Crengle, S. (2023). Challenging structural racism through the development of equity-driven core Māori hauora ā iwi/public health competencies for university hauora ā iwi/public health teaching. Higher Education Research & Development. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2023.2246404 Journal - Research Article
Parker, K., Colhoun, S., Bartholomew, K., Sandiford, P., Lewis, C., Milne, D., … Crengle, S. (2023). Invitation methods for Indigenous New Zealand Māori in lung cancer screening: Protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE, 18(8), e0281420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281420 Journal - Research Other