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Contact Details

Email
judith.adams@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BSc(Hons) BA MBChB MPH
Research summary
Child and adolescent health

Research

Judith works with the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES). She has expertise in the analysis of large administrative data sets to provide information on the epidemiology of child and adolescent health conditions and in collating and summarising the research evidence relating to the management of child and adolescent health issues and public policies affecting the wellbeing of children and young people. She has contributed to reports on the health of children and young people for the Ministry of Health and the district health boards and to the Child Poverty Monitor.

Publications

Tustin, K., Adams, J., Bowden, N., McAnally, H., Wicken, A., Taylor, B., & Turnbull, F. (2025). Kanorau ā-roro: Neurodevelopmental conditions in children and young people in Aotearoa. Commissioned by Ministry of Health, Paediatric Society of New Zealand, and districts of Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ). Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service, University of Otago. 228p. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10523/49735 Commissioned Report for External Body

Taylor, B., Wicken, A., Cadzow, M., Tustin, K., Adams, J., McAnally, H., & Turnbull, F. (2025, November). An interactive dashboard for monitoring child and youth health outcomes in New Zealand. Poster session presented at the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa (PSNZ) 76th Annual Meeting, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Wicken, A., McAnally, H., Turnbull, F., Tustin, K., Taylor, B., Adams, J., & Woodford, B. (2025, November). NZCYES child and youth health reporting in the age of “AI”. Poster session presented at the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa (PSNZ) 76th Annual Meeting, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

McAnally, H., Dawson, P., Turnbull, F., Wicken, A., Tustin, K., Adams, J., & Taylor, B. (2025, November). Predictors of postnatal mental health. Poster session presented at the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa (PSNZ) 76th Annual Meeting, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Adams, J., Tustin, K., Bowden, N., McAnally, H., Wicken, A., Turnbull, F., & Taylor, B. (2025, November). Demographic distribution of children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders in Aotearoa. Poster session presented at the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Te Kāhui Mātai Arotamariki o Aotearoa (PSNZ) 76th Annual Meeting, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

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