2025
Journal - Research Article
Hale, L., Perry, M., Gray, A. R., Leung, W., Dean, S. G., Hempel, D., Davies, C., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., Ingham, T., Jones, B., Saipe, B., Dassanayake, S., & Devan, H. (2025). A group-based, online-delivered pain management programme (iSelf-help) is not inferior to a group-based, in-person programme in reducing pain-related disability for people with persistent pain: A non-inferiority randomised, two-arm, parallel, open-label trial. Journal of Pain, 32, 105447. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2025.105447
Osborne, E., Davies, C., Raerino, K., & Shaw, C. (2025). “It's good for the community to see real people like them on the bike”: Exploring e-bike support in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Transport & Health, 43, 102061. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2025.102061
Viggers, H. E., Ingham, T. R., Chapman, R. B., Crane, J., Currie, A. B., Davies, C., Keall, M., & Howden-Chapman, P. L. (2025). Impact of a heating voucher on health outcomes in COPD patients: A randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 20, 1097-1109. doi: 10.2147/copd.S483194
Davies, C., Devan, H., Reid, S., Haribhai-Thompson, J., Hempel, D., Te Aho-White, I. J., & Te Morenga, L. (2025). “When you're in pain you do go into your shell”: A community-based pain management programme co-designed with Māori whānau to address inequities to pain management: A qualitative case study. Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2024.104760
Journal - Research Other
Fernandes, L. G., Davies, C., Jaye, C., Hay-Smith, J., & Devan, H. (2025). “We do not stop being Indigenous when we are in pain”: An integrative review of the lived experiences of chronic pain among Indigenous peoples. Social Science & Medicine, 373, 117991. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117991
2024
Journal - Research Article
Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). A Mediterranean dietary pattern intervention does not improve cardiometabolic risk but does improve quality of life and body composition in an Aotearoa New Zealand population at increased cardiometabolic risk: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.16030
Chisholm, E., Logan, A., Aspinall, C., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., Johnson, E., & Pierse, N. (2024). “Freedom to move through the house”: How a healthy housing initiative improves quality of life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), 100190. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100190
Sharma, S., Davies, C., Rattray‑Te Mana, H., Baker, M., Kvalsvig, A., & Walton, M. (2024). Supporting whānau during COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systems thinking case study. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 717. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11164-z
Penny, G., Logan, A., Olin, C. V., O'Sullivan, K. C., Robson, B., Pehi, T., Davies, C., Wall, T., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). A Whakawhanaungatanga Māori wellbeing model for housing and urban environments. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2293988
Journal - Research Other
Howden-Chapman, P., Crane, J., Keall, M., Pierse, N., Baker, M. G., Cunningham, C., … Aspinall, C., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., … Chisholm, E., Davies, C., Fougere, G., Fraser, B., Fyfe, C., Grant, L., … Halley, C., Logan-Riley, A., … Olin, C., Ombler, J., O'Sullivan, K., Pehi, T., Penny, G., … Randal, E., … Robson, B., Ruru, J., Shaw, C., … Teariki, M. A., Telfar Barnard, L., Tiatia, R., Toy-Cronin, B., … Viggers, H., … Zhang, W. (2024). He Kāinga Oranga: Reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 54(3), 290-315. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2170427
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). He Rourou Whai Painga: A collaborative community based research partnership testing the impact of a New Zealand Mediterranean dietary pattern on cardiometabolic health and wellbeing [Invited]. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ) 58th Annual Conference: Kotahitanga. (pp. 23-24). Retrieved from https://www.nsnzconference.co.nz/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
King, P., Cunningham, R., & Davies, C. (2024, September). TIAKI: Community wellbeing for whānau with lived experience of prison. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Waitangi, New Zealand.
2023
Journal - Research Article
Parry-Strong, A., Gearry, R., Merry, T. L., Weatherall, M., Davies, C., Worthington, A., Bishop, R., Wright, S. R., … Foster, M., & Krebs, J. (2023). A high quality Aotearoa New Zealand dietary pattern adapting a Mediterranean diet for metabolic health: A feasibility study. BMC Nutrition, 9, 146. doi: 10.1186/s40795-023-00805-x
Signal, V., Jones, R., Davies, C., Stairmand, J., Smith, M., Adler, J., & Gurney, J. K. (2023). It’s more than just physical: Experiences of pain and pain management among Māori with cancer and their whanau. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 18(1). doi: 10.32799/ijih.v18i1.39255
Jones, R. M., Signal, V., Smith, M., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., & Gurney, J. (2023). Palliative care and quality of life needs and outcomes for Māori with cancer: What do we know? AlterNative, 19(2), 219-228. doi: 10.1177/11771801231163919
Journal - Research Other
Iupati, S., Stanley, J., Egan, R., MacLeod, R., Davies, C., Spence, H., Iupati, D., Middlemiss, T., & Gwynne-Robson, I. (2023). Systematic review of models of effective community specialist palliative care services for evidence of improved patient-related outcomes, equity, integration, and health service utilization. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 26(11), 1562-1577. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0461
Kvalsvig, A., Tuari-Toma, B., Timu-Parata, C., Bennett, J., Sinnema, C., Summers, J., Davies, C., Jackson, C., Dickson, A., Telfar Barnard, L., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Protecting school communities from COVID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks: The urgent need for healthy schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1571), 7-19. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Brady, B., Kukutai Jones, D., Lewis, G., Davies, C., & Mathew, J. (2023, March). Equity in pain management. Panel discussion at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting Foundations Day, Auckland, New Zealand.
Mathew, J., & Davies, C. (2023, March). Reflections of Whānau Pain Programme: Where to next? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting Foundations Day, Auckland, New Zealand.
2022
Journal - Research Article
Iupati, S., MacLeod, R., Stanley, J., Davies, C., & Egan, R. (2022). Community specialist palliative care services in New Zealand: A survey of Aotearoa hospices. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1566), 36-48. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Stairmand, J., Robson, B., Kvalsvig, A., Lum, D., & Signal, V. (2022). A kia ora, a wave and a smile: An urban marae-led response to COVID-19, a case study in manaakitanga. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, 70. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01667-8
Perry, M. A., Devan, H., Davies, C., Hempel, D., Ingham, T., Jones, B., … Hale, L. (2022). iSelf-help: A co-designed, culturally appropriate, online pain management programme in Aotearoa. Research Involvement & Engagement, 8, 6. doi: 10.1186/s40900-022-00339-9
Chisholm, E., Bierre, S., Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). 'That house was a home': Qualitative evidence from New Zealand on the connections between rental housing eviction and poor health outcomes. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, 861-868. doi: 10.1002/hpja.526
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Devan, H., Davies, C., Reid, S., Hempel, D., Hale, L., & Te Morenga, L. (2022). Partnering with Māori whānau to address inequities to pain management: A qualitative case study. Proceedings of the 12th Health Services and Policy Research Conference. 462. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Devan, H., Davies, C., & Dassanayake, S. (2022, September). Co-creation of a culturally responsive online pain management programme in Aotearoa New Zealand: iSelf-Help. Poster session presented at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 19th World Congress on Pain, Toronto, Canada.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Devan, H., & Davies, C. (2022, August). Māori community based solutions to addressing inequities in pain management. Verbal presentation at the Australia and New Zealand Summit on the Value of Allied Health Care, [Online].
Devan, H., & Davies, C. (2022, March). Research on a Marae based clinical solution. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting, [Online].
Other Research Output
Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., Timu-Parata, C., Tuari-Toma, B., Summers, J., Davies, C., Jackson, C., Bennett, J., Baker, M. G. (2022, January). Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/protecting-new-zealand-children-from-the-developing-omicron-outbreak/
2021
Journal - Research Article
Devan, H., Jones, B., Davies, C., Perry, M., Hale, L., Grainger, R., & Ingham, T. (2021). Are we just dishing out pills constantly to mask their pain? Kaiāwhina Māori health workers' perspectives on pain management for Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1543), 19-29. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Gurney, J., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Sarfati, D., Campbell, D., Davies, C., Dennett, E., … Ongley, D., Robson, B., Rumball-Smith, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thomas, C., & Koea, J. (2021). Disparities in post-operative mortality between Māori and non-indigenous ethnic groups in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1542), 15-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Choi, K., Giridharan, N., Cartmell, A., Lum, D., Signal, L., Puloka, V., Crossin, R., Gray, L., Davies, C., Baker, M., & Kvalsvig, A. (2021). Life during lockdown: A qualitative study of low-income New Zealanders' experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1538), 52-67. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Russell, M., Davies, C., Wild, K., & Shaw, C. (2021). Pedalling towards equity: Exploring women's cycling in a New Zealand city. Journal of Transport Geography, 91, 102987. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.102987
Journal - Research Other
Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Signal, V., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Expansion of a national Covid-19 alert level system to improve population health and uphold the values of Indigenous peoples. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 12, 100206. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100206
Hancox, R. J., Jones, S., Baggott, C., Chen, D., Corna, N., Davies, C., Fingleton, J., … Reid, J., Travers, J., … Young, R. (2021). New Zealand COPD Guidelines: Quick reference guide. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1530), 76-110. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Hale, L., Devan, H., Davies, C., Dean, S. G., Dowell, T., Grainger, R., Gray, A. R., … Ingham, T., Jones, B., Leung, W., Mills, J., … Shipton, E., & Perry, M. (2021). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of an online-delivered group-based pain management programme in improving pain-related disability for people with persistent pain: Protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (iSelf-help trial). BMJ Open, 11(2), e046376. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046376
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Russell, M., Davies, C., Wild, K., & Shaw, C. (2021). Pedaling towards equity: Cycling, gender and ethnicity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Journal of Transport & Health, 22(Suppl.), (pp. 3-4). doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2021.101153
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Davies, C., & Devan, H. (2021, December). Equity in pain management. Verbal presentation at the Pain@Otago Research Symposium, [Online].
Devan, H., & Davies, C. A. (2021, March). Are we just dishing out pills constantly to mask their pain? Kaiāwhina Māori health workers perspectives on pain management for Māori. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Making the Connection: Cortex, Culture & Community, Waitangi, New Zealand.
2020
Journal - Research Article
Signal, V., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Sukumaran, N., Thompson, D.-M., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). A mobile- and web-based health intervention program for diabetes and prediabetes self-management (BetaMe/Melon): Process evaluation following a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(12), e19150. doi: 10.2196/19150
McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thompson, D., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight after 12 months for people with diabetes and prediabetes: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, 63, 2559-2570. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05261-x
Chisholm, E., Pierse, N., Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Promoting health through housing improvements, education and advocacy: Lessons from staff involved in Wellington's Healthy Housing Initiative. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31, 7-15. doi: 10.1002/hpja.247
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Devan, H., Perry, M., Davies, C., Dean, S., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., Gray, A., … Ingham, T., Jones, B., Saipe, B., & Hale, L. (2020). Development of an online group pain management programme in Aotearoa: iSelf-Help. Proceedings of the Annual Centre for Health Systems and Technology (CHeST) Symposium: Improving Healthcare with Emerging Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsystems/symposium/index.html
2019
Journal - Research Article
Millar, E., Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., Semper, K., Dowell, A., Lawrenson, R., Mangin, D., & Sarfati, D. (2019). Pill for this and a pill for that: A cross-sectional survey of use and understanding of medication among adults with multimorbidity. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 38(2), 91-97. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12606
Ingham, T., Keall, M., Jones, B., Aldridge, D. R. T., Dowell, A. C., Davies, C., Crane, J., Draper, J. B., Bailey, L. O., Viggers, H., Stanley, T. V., Leadbitter, P., … Howden-Chapman, P. (2019). Damp mouldy housing and early childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: A case control study. Thorax, 74(9), 849-857. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212979
Sligo, J., Jones, B., Davies, C., Egan, R., Ingham, T., Hancox, B., & Richards, R. (2019). The experiences of young people with chronic illness in New Zealand: A qualitative study. Child: Care, Health & Development, 45(5), 660-669. doi: 10.1111/cch.12696
2018
Journal - Research Article
Stairmand, J., Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Millar, E., Davies, C., Semper, K., Dowell, A., Mangin, D., Lawrenson, R., & Sarfati, D. (2018). The impact of multimorbidity on people's lives: A cross-sectional survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1477), 78-90. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Millar, E., Stanley, J., Gurney, J., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., Semper, K., Dowell, A., … Sarfati, D. (2018). Effect of multimorbidity on health service utilisation and health care experiences. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(1), 44-53. doi: 10.1071/HC17074
Journal - Research Other
Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Leung, W., Davies, C., & Grainger, R. (2018). BetaMe: Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight at 12 months for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19, 161. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2528-4
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2018). He Tipu Manahau: Kia Mau Te Rā (To grow resilience: To keep hold of the sun). Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment of Residential Buildings (ICEERB): Housing Sustainability in Urban Areas. (pp. 35-36). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/iceerb-2018
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
Dew, K., Cunningham, C., Davies, C., Tavite, H., Stairmand, J., Sarfati, D., & Signal, L. (2017). Māori-centered research and ethnomethodology: Cancer inequities and research by and for indigenous peoples. In SAGE research methods: Cases part 2. SAGE. doi: 10.4135/9781526409218
Howden-Chapman, P., Chisholm, E., Telfar Barnard, L., Viggers, H., O'Sullivan, K., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., Preval, N., Randal, E., Tiatia, R., Ombler, J., Amore, K., Rivera-Muñoz, G., … Davies, C., Aspinall, C., Oliver, J., Baker, M., Keall, M., … Crane, J., & Pierse, N. (2017). Housing, energy and health in resilient cities. In P. Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities. (pp. 95-106). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
Journal - Research Article
Signal, L., Semper, K., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., Millar, E., Dowell, T., … Mangin, D., & Sarfati, D. (2017). A walking stick in one hand and a chainsaw in the other: Patients’ perspectives of living with multimorbidity. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1455), 65-76. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Asher, I., McNamara, D., Davies, C., Demetriou, T., Fleming, T., Harwood, M., … Ingham, T., … Reid, J., … Ryan, D. (2017). Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ child and adolescent asthma guidelines: A quick reference guide. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1466), 10-33. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stairmand, J., Signal, L., Semper, K., Davies, C., Millar, E., Dowell, T., … Mangin, D., & Sarfati, D. (2017). A walking stick and a chainsaw: Patients' perspectives of living with multimorbidity. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/511/26/1459
2015
Journal - Research Article
Dew, K., Signal, L., Davies, C., Tavite, H., Hooper, C., Sarfati, D., Stairmand, J., & Cunningham, C. (2015). Dissonant roles: The experience of Māori in cancer care. Social Science & Medicine, 138, 144-151. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.06.008
Commissioned Report for External Body
Jones, B., Ingham, T. R., Reid, S., Davies, C., Levack, W., & Robson, B. (2015). He Māramatanga Huangō: Asthma health literacy for Māori children in New Zealand. Commissioned by Ministry of Health and the Asthma Foundation of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago. 92p.
2014
Journal - Research Article
Pilcher, J., Patel, M., Smith, A., Davies, C., Pritchard, A., Travers, J., … Weatherall, M., Beasley, R., Harwood, M., and SMART Study Group. (2014). Combination budesonide/formoterol inhaler as maintenance and reliever therapy in Māori with asthma. Respirology, 19(6), 842-851. doi: 10.1111/resp.12319
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Viggers, H., Howden-Chapman, P., Crane, J., Ingham, T., Baker, M., & Davies, C. (2014). Warm homes for elder New Zealanders? Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 48). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme
2013
Journal - Research Article
Viggers, H., Howden-Chapman, P., Ingham, T., Chapman, R., Pene, G., Davies, C., … Pierse, N., Wilson, H., Zhang, J., Baker, M., & Crane, J. (2013). Warm homes for older people: Aims and methods of a randomised community-based trial for people with COPD. BMC Public Health, 13, 176. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-176
Jones, B., Ingham, T. R., Cram, F., Dean, S., & Davies, C. (2013). An indigenous approach to explore health-related experiences among Māori parents: The Pukapuka Hauora asthma study. BMC Public Health, 13, 228. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-228
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Ingham, T., Levack, W., Jones, B., Davies, C., & Grainger, R. (2013). Improving respiratory health outcomes through culturally appropriate service delivery. Proceedings of the New Zealand Respiratory Conference. Retrieved from http://asthmafoundation.org.nz/news-and-events/new-zealand-respiratory-conference/
Senior Practice Fellow