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Contact Details

Email
helena.mcanally@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
PhD
Research summary
Child and youth and wellbeing

Research

Helena works with the New Zealand Child and Youth Epidemiology Service (NZCYES). She has expertise in the epidemiology of child and adolescent wellbeing and health and has contributed to reports on the health of children and young people for the Ministry of Health and the district health boards. She has further expertise on socioeconomic status as a social determinate of health and wellbeing outcomes.

Publications

Spry, E. A., Aarsman, S. R., Dashti, S. G., McAnally, H., Greenwood, C. J., Guiney, H., … Kerr, J. A., … Theodore, R., Hancox, R. J., & Olsson, C. A. (2026). Childhood sexual abuse and maternal social and financial resources, mental health, and parenting outcomes in pregnancy and early parenthood: A multicohort observational study. Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women's Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/S3050-5038(25)00177-3 Journal - Research Article

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)

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