Contact Details
Tel: +64 4 385 5541
Fax: +64 4 389 5319
Email: jane.zhang@otago.ac.nz
Research Interests and Activities
Publications
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Crengle, S., & Edwards, R. (2023). Addressing intergenerational inequity in tobacco-harm: What helps children of smokers to remain non-smokers? Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntad148. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad148
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Kim, A. H. M., & Crossin, R. (2023). Less drinking, less harm: Declines in adolescent alcohol use are accompanied by declines in self-reported alcohol harm [Short communication]. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2227248
Journal - Research Other
Graham, F. F., Harte, D., Zhang, J., Fyfe, C., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Increased incidence of Legionellosis after improved diagnostic methods, New Zealand, 2000-2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(6), 1173-1182. doi: 10.3201/eid2906.221598
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Boden, J., Waa, A., Hammond, D., & Edwards, R. (2023). Early-onset smoking and vaping of cannabis: Prevalence, correlates and trends in New Zealand 14–15-year-olds. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13597
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Kim, A., Crengle, S., Farrant, B., & Jackson, N. (2022). Addressing alcohol harm in adolescents: Technical report 1: Methods and overview of findings. (pp. 1-43). Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago. [Technical/Scientific Report].
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Baker, M., Zhang, J., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2013). The health effects of social housing: The Social Housing Outcomes Worth study. In S. Bierre, P. Howden-Chapman & L. Early (Eds.), Homes people can afford: How to improve housing in New Zealand. (pp. 33-40). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
Chapter in Book - Research
Harris, R., Purdie, G., Robson, B., Wright, C., Zhang, J., & Baker, M. (2007). Appendix 3: Estimating Māori hospitalisations and cancer registrations. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 249-259). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Chapter in Book - Research
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Boden, J., Waa, A., Hammond, D., & Edwards, R. (2023). Early-onset smoking and vaping of cannabis: Prevalence, correlates and trends in New Zealand 14–15-year-olds. Drug & Alcohol Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dar.13597
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Crengle, S., & Edwards, R. (2023). Addressing intergenerational inequity in tobacco-harm: What helps children of smokers to remain non-smokers? Nicotine & Tobacco Research, ntad148. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntad148
Journal - Research Article
Graham, F. F., Harte, D., Zhang, J., Fyfe, C., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Increased incidence of Legionellosis after improved diagnostic methods, New Zealand, 2000-2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(6), 1173-1182. doi: 10.3201/eid2906.221598
Journal - Research Article
Baker, M. G., Gurney, J., Moreland, N. J., Bennett, J., Oliver, J., Williamson, D. A., Pierse, N., … Merriman, T. R., … Edwards, R., … Thomson, W. M., Zhang, J., & Lennon, D. (2022). Risk factors for acute rheumatic fever: A case-control study. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 26, 100508. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100508
Journal - Research Article
Ball, J., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., Waa, A., Gurram, N., & Edwards, R. (2022). Has increasing internet use due to smartphone uptake contributed to the decline in adolescent smoking? Drug & Alcohol Review, 41, 365-376. doi: 10.1111/dar.13378
Journal - Research Article
Bennett, J., Moreland, N. J., Zhang, J., Crane, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., Carapetis, J., Williamson, D. A., & Baker, M. G. (2022). Risk factors for group A streptococcal pharyngitis and skin infections: A case control study. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 26, 100507. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100507
Journal - Research Article
Bennett, J., Zhang, J., Leung, W., Jack, S., Oliver, J., Webb, R., … Sika-Paotonu, D., Harwood, M., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Rising ethnic inequalities in acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, New Zealand, 2000-2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(1), 36-46. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.191791
Journal - Research Article
Cannon, J., Zhang, J., Bennett, J., Moreland, N. J., Baker, M. G., Geelhoed, E., … Jack, S. (2021). The economic and health burden of disease caused by Group A Streptococcus in New Zealand. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 103, 176-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.193
Journal - Research Article
Gray, L., Rose, S. B., Stanley, J., Zhang, J., Tassell-Matamua, N., Puloka, V., Kvalsvig, A., … Murton, S. A., … Baker, M. G. (2021). Factors influencing individual ability to follow physical distancing recommendations in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population survey. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 51(Suppl. 1), S107-S126. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2021.1879179
Journal - Research Article
Oliver, J., Bennett, J., Thomas, S., Zhang, J., Pierse, N., Moreland, N. J., Williamson, D. A., Jack, S., & Baker, M. (2021). Preceding group A streptococcus skin and throat infections are individually associated with acute rheumatic fever: Evidence from New Zealand. BMJ Global Health, 6, e007038. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007038
Journal - Research Article
Oliver, J., Robertson, O., Zhang, J., Marsters, B. L., Sika-Paotonu, D., Jack, S., Bennett, J., Williamson, D. A., … Pierse, N., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Early release-ethnically disparate disease progression and outcomes among acute rheumatic fever patients in New Zealand, 1989–2015. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(7), 1893-1901. doi: 10.3201/eid2707.203045
Journal - Research Article
Gray, L., MacDonald, C., Tassell-Matamua, N., Stanley, J., Kvalsvig, A., Zhang, J., Murton, S., … Puloka, V., … Baker, M. G. (2020). Wearing one for the team: Views and attitudes to face covering in New Zealand/Aotearoa during COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown. Journal of Primary Health Care, 12(3), 199-206. doi: 10.1071/HC20089
Journal - Research Article
Cannon, J. W., Jack, S., Wu, Y., Zhang, J., Baker, M. G., Geelhoed, E., … Carapetis, J. R. (2018). An economic case for a vaccine to prevent group A streptococcus skin infections. Vaccine, 36(46), 6968-6978. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.10.001
Journal - Research Article
Jack, S. J., Williamson, D. A., Galloway, Y., Pierse, N., Zhang, J., Oliver, J., … Baker, M. G. (2018). Primary prevention of rheumatic fever in the 21st century: Evaluation of a national programme. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(5), 1585-1593. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy150
Journal - Research Article
Khieu, T. Q. T., Pierse, N., Telfar-Barnard, L. F., Zhang, J., Huang, Q. S., & Baker, M. G. (2017). Modelled seasonal influenza mortality shows marked differences in risk by age, sex, ethnicity and socioeconomic position in New Zealand. Journal of Infection, 75(3), 225-233. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.05.017
Journal - Research Article
Baker, M. G., Zhang, J., Blakely, T., Crane, J., Saville-Smith, K., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2016). Collaborating with a social housing provider supports a large cohort study of the health effects of housing conditions. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 159. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2730-9
Journal - Research Article
Williamson, D. A., Zhang, J., Ritchie, S. R., Roberts, S. A., Fraser, J. D., & Baker, M. G. (2014). Staphylococcus aureus infections in New Zealand, 2000-2011. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(7), 1156-1161. doi: 10.3201/eid2007.131923
Journal - Research Article
Simonsen, L., Spreeuwenberg, P., Lustig, R., Taylor, R. J., Fleming, D. M., Kroneman, M., … the GLaMOR Collaborating Teams, including Baker, M., & Zhang, J. (2013). Global mortality estimates for the 2009 influenza pandemic from the GLaMOR Project: A modeling study. PLoS Medicine, 10(11), e1001558. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001558
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
Journal - Research Article
Baker, M. G., Kvalsvig, A., Zhang, J., Lake, R., Sears, A., & Wilson, N. (2012). Declining Guillain-Barré syndrome after campylobacteriosis control, New Zealand, 1988-2010. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(2), 226-233. doi: 10.3201/eid1802.111126
Journal - Research Article
Baker, M. G., Telfar Barnard, L., Kvalsvig, A., Verrall, A., Zhang, J., Keall, M., Wilson, N., … Howden-Chapman, P. (2012). Increasing incidence of serious infectious diseases and inequalities in New Zealand: A national epidemiological study. Lancet, 379(9821), 1112-1119. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61780-7
Journal - Research Article
O'Sullivan, C., Baker, M. G., Zhang, J., Davies, A., & Cramp, G. (2012). The epidemiology of serious skin infections in New Zealand children: Comparing the Tairawhiti region with national trends. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1351). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Rose, S. B., Bromhead, C., Lawton, B. A., Zhang, J., Stanley, J., & Baker, M. G. (2012). Access to chlamydia testing needed for high-risk groups: Patterns of testing and detection in an urban area of New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 36(4), 343-350. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00880.x
Journal - Research Article