Associate Professor Susan Heydon

2025

Authored Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2025). Implementing a global health programme: Smallpox and Nepal. Manchester University Press, 320p.

Journal - Research Article

Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Bukhari, N. I. (2025). Informal caregiving in Pakistan: Role of women family caregivers in older people's health. Journal of Aging Research, 2025(1), 2378593. doi: 10.1155/jare/2378593

Mann, N. A., Khan, Z., Asghar, S., Rani, A., Hussain, N., Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Anwar, M. (2025). Patterns of health services and medicine utilisation by first-generation Pakistani immigrants in New Zealand. Health Expectations, 28, e70169. doi: 10.1111/hex.70169

2024

Chapter in Book - Other

Heydon, S. (2024). Missions, visitors and international aid: Foreign medical encounters with Nepal. In P. Onta, L. Parajuli & M. Liechty (Eds.), Nepal in the long 1950s. (pp. 277-314). Martin Chautari.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2024, November). Insights from the past: Collaboration for a successful health programme. Verbal presentation at the School of Pharmacy Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Heydon, S. (2024, June). Implementing a global health programme: Smallpox and Nepal. Verbal presentation at the 58th Otago Foreign Policy School: Global Health: Challenges and Responses, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Heydon, S. J., Duffull, S. B., & Marra, C. A. (2023). What do pharmacy users think of free pharmacy services? Investigating pharmacy users' perceptions, attitudes and willingness to pay for free healthcare from pharmacies. Exploratory Research in Clinical & Social Pharmacy, 11, 100288. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100288

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Heydon, S. J., Duffull, S. B., & Marra, C. A. (2023). Investigating the provision, nature and associated costs of unfunded pharmacy services: A nationwide study. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 19, 102-109. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.08.019

Journal - Research Other

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., & Heydon, S. J. (2023). Self-care in New Zealand: The role of the community pharmacy. Exploratory Research in Clinical & Social Pharmacy, 12, 100374. doi: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100374

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Bhuvan, K. C., & Heydon, S. (2022). Remote healthcare services. In Z.-U.-D. Babar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of evidence in pharmaceutical public health and health services research in pharmacy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50247-8_51-1

Journal - Research Article

Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2022). What do Pakistani women know about New Zealand’s healthcare system? Journal of Primary Health Care, 14(3), 214-220. doi: 10.1071/HC22036

Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2022). Access to the healthcare system: Experiences and perspectives of Pakistani immigrant mothers in New Zealand. Journal of Migration & Health, 5, 100077. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2021.100077

Gregan, A., Heydon, S., & Braund, R. (2022). Understanding the factors influencing prescriber uptake of pharmacist recommendations in secondary care. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 18(8), 3438-3443. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.10.003

Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2022). Bringing medicine from Pakistan and self-medication among Pakistani mothers in New Zealand. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 24, 682-688. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01228-1

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2022, November). Implementing a vaccination programme: Smallpox in Nepal. Verbal presentation at the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 14th Annual Conference: Reimagining Partnerships, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2021

Chapter in Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2021). House, social life, and smallpox in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1963. In M. Gharipour & C. DeClercq (Eds.), Epidemic urbanism: Contagious diseases in global cities. (pp. 143-150). Bristol, UK: Intellect.

Journal - Research Article

Widayanti, A. W., Heydon, S., Green, J. A., & Norris, P. (2021). Effectiveness of an intensive community-based intervention for people with type 2 diabetes in Indonesia: A pilot study. Diabetes Research & Clinical Practice, 181, 109087. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109087

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Heydon, S. J., Duffull, S. B., & Marra, C. A. (2021). Are professional pharmacy services being offered for free in pharmacies? A feasibility study exploring the use of a time motion study in New Zealand. Pharmacy Practice, 19(3), 2422. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2021.3.2422

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Heydon, S. J., Duffull, S. B., & Marra, C. A. (2021). What free services do pharmacists offer? Investigating the provision of unfunded pharmacy services provided in community pharmacies. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 17, 588-594. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.05.007

Other Research Output

Heydon, S. (2021, November). From smallpox to COVID-19: Making a vaccination campaign work. Otago Medical School Alumni Association (OMSAA) History of Medicine and Science Talks, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_zlHCKe5M

2020

Journal - Research Article

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Green, J. A., & Heydon, S. (2020). Is expanding service through an outreach programme enough to improve immunisation uptake? A qualitative study in Indonesia. Global Public Health, 15(8), 1168-1181. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1751229

Widayanti, A. W., Heydon, S., Norris, P., & Green, J. A. (2020). Lay perceptions and illness experiences of people with type 2 diabetes in Indonesia: A qualitative study. Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine, 8(1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2019.1699101

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Heydon, S., & Green, J. A. (2020). Medicine taking behaviours of people with type 2 diabetes in Indonesia: A qualitative study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 42, 31-39. doi: 10.1007/s11096-019-00933-0

Journal - Research Other

Widayanti, A. W., Green, J. A., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2020). Health-seeking behavior of people in Indonesia: A narrative review. Journal of Epidemiology & Global Health, 10(1), 6-15. doi: 10.2991/jegh.k.200102.001

2019

Journal - Research Article

Heydon, S. (2019). Missions, visitors and international aid: Foreign medical encounters with Nepal. Studies in Nepali History & Society, 24(1), 73-104.

KC, B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2019). Access to and use of medicines in the Annapurna region of Western Nepal and possible impacting factors. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy & Practice, 12, 11. doi: 10.1186/s40545-019-0172-3

Heydon, S. (2019). Death of the king: The introduction of vaccination into Nepal in 1816. Medical History, 63(1), 24-43. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2018.61

KC, B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2019). Implications of changing trekker demographics on travel health in the Annapurna region. Public Health, 168, 157-163. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.09.018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Abdul Aziz, Y., Heydon, S., Duffull, S., & Marra, C. (2019). What free services do pharmacists offer? An investigation of unfunded pharmacy services provided by community pharmacies in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Centre for Health Systems and Technology (CHeST) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsystems

Heydon, S. (2019). Implementing global health policy: Eradicating smallpox in Nepal. Proceedings of the Encounters & Exchanges Conference: Exploring the History of Science, Technology & Mātauranga. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/encounters-exchanges/

Heydon, S., & Spence, J. (2019). Changing attitudes to vaccination in New Zealand. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 15(12), (pp. E47). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.09.006

Abdul Aziz, Y., Heydon, S., Duffull, S., & Marra, C. (2019). What unfunded services are being provided in community pharmacy in New Zealand? An investigation of pharmacy provision and patient utilisation of non-remunerated services. Proceedings of the 11th Health Services and Policy Research Conference (HSRAANZ): Addressing Health Service Inequities to Improve Health System Performance. Retrieved from www.healthservicesconference.com.au

Heydon, S. (2019). Implementing global health policy: Laying the foundations for smallpox eradication in Nepal. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 12th Annual Conference: Global Health in the Era of Climate Change. (pp. 13-14). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health

Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2019). Experiences of Pakistani women immigrants with New Zealand's health system. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 12th Annual Conference: Global Health in the Era of Climate Change. (pp. 5). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Heydon, S. J., Duffull, S. B., & Marra, C. A. (2019). How do pharmacists contribute to the compassionate budget? An investigation of unfunded pharmacy services. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 15(5), (pp. e7-e8). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.03.083

2018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Heydon, S. J., Duffull, S. B., & Marra, C. A. (2018). How do pharmacists contribute to the compassionate budget? An investigation of unfunded pharmacy services. Proceedings of the Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) Conference: Science, Practice, Education: Partnering in Health. 104. Retrieved from http://www.apsa-online.org

Heydon, S. (2018). Experiencing smallpox: A disease of childhood in Nepal in the 1960s. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 11th Annual Conference. (pp. 16). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Akhtar, S. S., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2018). The role of Pakistani mothers in children's medicine-taking in New Zealand. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 11th Annual Conference. (pp. 11). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Green, J., & Heydon, S. (2018). Intervention for diabetes patients in Indonesia: A mixed methods study. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 14(8), (pp. e42). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.05.079

2017

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Symon, V., Heydon, S., & Medlicott, N. (2017). Finding your respondents: Snowball sampling in online survey-based research: Advantages, limitiations and practical considerations. In A. Finigan, M. Taumoepeau, R. Richards & M. Schaaf (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XIV. (pp. 29). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/pacific-at-otago/research/index.html

Heydon, S. (2017). The global and local "worlds" of smallpox control in Nepal. Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology. (pp. 410). Retrieved from http://www.ichst2017.sbhc.org.br/conteudo/view?ID_CONTEUDO=314

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Green, J., & Heydon, S. (2017). Community-based intervention for type 2 diabetes in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 10th Annual Conference. (pp. 12). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

2016

Journal - Research Article

K C, B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2016). Health programmes logistics and international aid in Nepal: An overview of processes improvements. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Sevices Research, 7, 141-144. doi: 10.1111/jphs.12130

Journal - Research Other

Heydon, S. (2016). [Review of the book The end of a global pox: America and the eradication of smallpox in the Cold War era]. Reviews in History, 2024. doi: 10.14296/RiH/2014/2024

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Green, J., & Heydon, S. (2016). Immunisation for children in Indonesia: it is the father's decision. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) and the British Psychology Society Division of Health Psychology (DHP) Annual Conference. (pp. 858). Retrieved from http://ehps2016.org

Symon, V., Heydon, S. J., Medlicott, N., & Fleming, J. S. (2016). Science in crime fiction: Accuracy and the reader experience. In A. Finigan, M. Taumoepeau, I. Iati, P. Vakaoti & R. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XIII. (pp. 19). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Heydon, S., & Green, J. (2016). Diabetic patients’ perceptions and experiences: A focus group study in Indonesia. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 24(Suppl. 2), (pp. 59-60). doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12278

Other Research Output

Heydon, S. (2016, August). Global vaccination programmes: Why the experience with smallpox is still important. School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2015

Chapter in Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2015). Nepal: Primary health care, universal health coverage and foreign aid. In A. Medcalf, S. Bhattacharya, H. Momen, M. Saavedra & M. Jones (Eds.), Health for all: The journey of universal health coverage. (pp. 35-44). Hyderabad, India: Orient Blackswan.

Journal - Research Article

Symon, V., Heydon, S., Medlicott, N. J., Kieser, J., & Fleming, J. S. (2015). Before CSI: Making the case for a novel portrayal of forensic science. International Journal of Science in Society, 6, 7-15.

Doughty, L., & Heydon, S. (2015). Medicine supply during the First World War: Overcoming shortages in New Zealand. Health & History, 17(2), 37-51. doi: 10.5401/healthhist.17.2.0037

Heydon, S. (2015). Which medicine? Medicine-taking and changing Sherpa lives. Himalaya, 35(1), 9. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol35/iss1/9

K C, B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2015). Access to and quality use of non-communicable diseases medicines in Nepal [Commentary]. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy & Practice, 8(1), 21. doi: 10.1186/s40545-015-0041-7

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

K.C., B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2015). Nongoverment organisations as healthcare providers in Western Nepal: Outcomes, challenges and sustainability. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 9). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth

Widayanti, A. W., Norris, P., Heydon, S., & Green, J. (2015). The problem of diabetes in Indonesia. Proceedings of the 8th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 3). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth

Symon, V., Heydon, S., Medlicott, N. J., Kieser, J., & Fleming, J. S. (2015). Before CSI: Making the case for a novel portrayal of forensic science. In C. Matthewson, M. Taumoepeau, I. Iati, M. Inder, C. Pau & R. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices XII. (pp. 47). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2015, March). Pharmacy at Otago: 50 years of university level pharmacy education in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the British Society for the History of Pharmacy Annual Spring Conference, Sunderland, UK.

Other Research Output

Heydon, S. (2015, July). Which medicine? Changing patterns in the use of medicines in Nepal since 1951. Department of History & Art History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

2014

Journal - Research Article

Heydon, S. (2014). Edmund Hillary: His Everest legacy. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 16(2), 5-29.

Bagge, M., Norris, P., Heydon, S., & Tordoff, J. (2014). Older people’s experiences of medicine changes on leaving hospital. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 10, 791-800. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2013.10.005

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Heydon, S. (2014). Which medicine? Exploring medicines use among Sherpas of the Mt Everest region of Nepal. Proceedings of the Combined Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian Anthropological Society (ASAANZ/AAS) Conference: Cosmopolitan Anthropologies. (pp. 29). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/anthropology/conf/publications.html

KC, B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2014). Access to and use of medicines in a rural Nepalese village: Lessons for essential medicines program. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 5). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/index.html

Heydon, S., Chua, Y. M., Jin, B., Khambete, S. A., Mastapar, M. A., Md Jazam, R., Ngiam, H. C., Sharma, P., & Yip, L. F. (2014). Acculturation of international students studying pharmacy. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 10(5), (pp. e5-e6). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.07.021

2013

Authored Book - Research

Heydon, S., & Duffull, S. (2013). Pharmacy at Otago: The first 50 years: The school, the profession and the people. Dunedin, New Zealand: National School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, 80p.

Journal - Research Article

Bagge, M., Tordoff, J., Norris, P., & Heydon, S. (2013). Older people's attitudes towards their regular medicines. Journal of Primary Health Care, 5(3), 234-242.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

KC, B., Heydon, S., & Norris, P. (2013, September). A study of tourists, healthcare resources and access to medicines in the Annapurna region of Western Nepal. Poster session presented at the Division of Health Sciences Research Forum: Foundations for Health: Otago Health Research, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2013, November). Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008): A 'Southasian'. Verbal presentation at the 20th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Exhibition

Heydon, S. (co-curator), & Bagge, M. (co-curator) (2013). From Apprentice to Graduate: 50 Years of Education at the University of Otago, 1963-2013. de Beer Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Exhibition].

2012

Journal - Research Other

Heydon, S. (2012). [Review of the book House on fire: The fight to eradicate smallpox]. Social History of Medicine, 25(3), 734-735. doi: 10.1093/shm/hks024

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Fink, S. M., Heydon, S., Fink, C. C., & Kungl, A. (2012). Reducing barriers: Migrations, minor ailments and medicines. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 8(6), (pp. e32). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.08.074

Bagge, M., Tordoff, J., Norris, P., & Heydon, S. (2012). Older people's attitudes towards their current medicines. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 8(6), (pp. e51-e52). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.08.120

Heydon, S. (2012). Taking medicines: Sherpa perspectives. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy, 8(6), (pp. e20-e21). doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2012.08.048

Heydon, S. (2012). Talking to Nepalese Sherpas about taking medicines. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/programme.html

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Bagge, M., Tordoff, J., Norris, P., & Heydon, S. (2012, July). Older people's attitudes towards their current medicines. Poster session presented at the 17th International Social Pharmacy Workshop (ISPW): Social Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical and Health Consumer Protection, Phuket, Thailand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Fink, S. M., Heydon, S., Fink, C. C., & Kungl, A. (2012, July). Reducing barriers: Migrations, minor ailments and medicines. Verbal presentation at the 17th International Social Pharmacy Workshop (ISPW): Social Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical and Health Consumer Protection, Phuket, Thailand.

Heydon, S. (2012, July). Taking medicines: Sherpa perspectives. Verbal presentation at the 17th International Social Pharmacy Workshop (ISPW): Social Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical and Health Consumer Protection, Phuket, Thailand.

Heydon, S. (2012, July). 'Modern' medicine in the Mt Everest region of Nepal and its encounter with Sherpa beliefs and practices [Panel discussion: Not that straightforward: How should cultural differences be compared?]. Verbal presentation at the 15th International Philosophy and Psychiatry Conference: Culture and Mental Health, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Heydon, S. (2012, June). Sherpas and medicine taking: Does gender matter? Verbal presentation at the Asia-New Zealand Research Cluster Symposium: Reconsidering Gender in Asian Studies: A Pacific Perspective, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Heydon, S. (2011). Medicines, travellers and the introduction and spread of 'modern' medicine in the Mt Everest region of Nepal. Medical History, 55(4), 503-521.

Heydon, S. (2011). Mountains and medicines: History and medicines use in rural Nepal. Southern Med Review, 4(1), 4-8. doi: 10.5655/smr.v4i1.77

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2011, July). Mountains and medicines: History and medicines use in rural Nepal. Verbal presentation at the 19^th New Zealand Asian Studies Society (NZASIA) International Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Heydon, S. (2011, July). Medicines, travellers and the introduction and spread of ’modern’ medicine in the Mt Everest region of Nepal. Verbal presentation at the Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine 12th Biennial Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

2010

Chapter in Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2010). "The greatest news": Khunde Hospital and childbirth in a Sherpa community in Nepal. In S. Craig, M. Cuomu, F. Garrett & M. Schrempf (Eds.), Studies of medical pluralism in Tibetan history and society. (pp. 279-305). Andiast, Switzerland: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies.

Journal - Research Article

Heydon, S. (2010). Celebrating and reflecting on the centenary of tropical medicine in Australia, 1910-2010. Annals of the ACTM, 11(1), 5-7.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Heydon, S. J. (2010). Changing patterns in medicines use in a Himalayan community. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Otago International Health Research Network [OIHRN] Conference. (pp. 24). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/programme.html

Heydon, J., Heydon, S., & Heydon, E. (2010). Iodine deficiency: Four decades of control in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Annals of the ACTM, 11(2), (pp. 60). [Abstract]

Bagge, M. L., Tordoff, J. M., Heydon, S. J., & Norris, P. (2010). Medicines over a lifetime. Pharmacy Practice. 8(Suppl. 1), (pp. 78). [Abstract]

Heydon, S. J. (2010). Changing patterns in medicines use in the Mount Everest region of Nepal. Pharmacy Practice. 8(Suppl. 1), (pp. 107). [Abstract]

2009

Authored Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2009). Modern medicine and international aid: Khunde Hospital, Nepal, 1966-1998. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 380p.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Heydon, S. (2009). Sir Edmund Hillary, 'modern' medicine and international aid. Annals of the ACTM: An International Journal of Tropical & Travel Medicine. 10(2), (pp. 41-43). [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Heydon, S. (2009). Travellers to the Mt Everest area of Nepal: The global-local interface of sickness. Proceedings of the 18th New Zealand Asian Studies Society International Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzasia.org.nz/NZAsiaConference_abstracts.pdf

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Bagge, M., Tordoff, J., Norris, P., & Heydon, S. (2009, September). Medicines over a lifetime. Poster session presented at the Third Annual Division of Health Sciences Research Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2009, November). Medicines and primary health care services in the Mt Everest region of Nepal. Verbal presentation at the 2nd Otago International Health Research Network Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2008

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Heydon, S. (2008, November). Why may health programmes and projects not be as successful as planned? Verbal presentation at the Otago International Health Research Network Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Chapter in Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2007). Sherpa beliefs and Western medicine: Providing health care at Khunde Hospital, Nepal. In M. Schrempf (Ed.), Soundings in Tibetan Medicine: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives: PIATS 2003: Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003. (pp. 65-90). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.

Journal - Research Article

Heydon, S. (2007). 'High places': Sir Edmund Hillary, the Sherpa and health services in the Mt Everest area of Nepal. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 9(1), 133-155.

2006

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Heydon, S. (2006). Modern medicine and the Sherpa of Khumbu (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 350p.

2005

Chapter in Book - Research

Heydon, S. (2005). Kiwis in Khumbu: Negotiating landscape and community at Khunde hospital. In T. Ballantyne & J. A. Bennett (Eds.), Landscape/community: Perspectives from New Zealand. (pp. 133-145). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press.

2003

Journal - Research Other

Heydon, S. (2003). [Review of the book Leprosy in Colonial South India: Medicine and confinement[. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, 5(2), 176-179.