Contact details
Tel 64 4 385 5418
Email donna.cormack@otago.ac.nz
Research interests and activities
Donna (Kāti Mamoe, Kai Tahu) has been involved in work on the collection and classification of ethnicity data in Aotearoa/New Zealand, particularly as it relates to measuring and monitoring inequities. Recently, Donna has been focused on work examining the impacts of racism on Māori health and health inequities.
Publications
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., Edwards, R., & Stanley, J. (2024). The impact of racism on subsequent healthcare use and experiences for adult New Zealanders: A prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 24, 136. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17603-6 Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., & McLeod, M. (2023). ‘Never-ending beginnings’: A qualitative literature review of Māori temporal ontologies. Kōtuitui, 18(3), 252-267. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2022.2138467 Journal - Research Article
Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2023). ‘It absolutely needs to move out of that structure’: Māori with bipolar disorder identify structural barriers and propose solutions to reform the New Zealand mental health system. Ethnicity & Health, 28(2), 234-256. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2022.2027884 Journal - Research Article
Colhoun, S., Keddell, E., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2022). Whānau experiences of reports to child protection: Implications for practice and research. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium. (pp. 58). Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Edmonds, L., Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Dawson, P., Burgess, W., Roy, M., Paterson, H., Crengle, S., McDonald, G., Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Rayner, C., & Chalmers, S. (2022). Fifteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā rima o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2020 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2020. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 209p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/ Commissioned Report for External Body
2024
Journal - Research Article
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., Edwards, R., & Stanley, J. (2024). The impact of racism on subsequent healthcare use and experiences for adult New Zealanders: A prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 24, 136. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17603-6
2023
Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., & McLeod, M. (2023). ‘Never-ending beginnings’: A qualitative literature review of Māori temporal ontologies. Kōtuitui, 18(3), 252-267. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2022.2138467
Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2023). ‘It absolutely needs to move out of that structure’: Māori with bipolar disorder identify structural barriers and propose solutions to reform the New Zealand mental health system. Ethnicity & Health, 28(2), 234-256. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2022.2027884
2022
Chapter in Book - Research
Cormack, D., & Kukutai, T. (2022). Indigenous peoples, data, and the coloniality of surveillance. In A. Hepp, J. Jarke & L. Kramp (Eds.), New perspectives in critical data studies: The ambivalences of data power. (pp. 121-141). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96180-0
Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., & Cormack, D. (2022). ‘It feels special when you’re Māori’: Voices of mokopuna Māori aged 6 to 13 years. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 52(4), 376-395. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2022.2064520
Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2022). "If we can just dream…": Māori talk about healthcare for bipolar disorder in New Zealand: A qualitative study privileging Indigenous voices on organisational transformation for health equity. International Journal of Health Planning & Management, 37(5), 2613-2634. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3486
Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M. T. R., & Lacey, C. (2022). Culturally competent, safe and equitable clinical care for Māori with bipolar disorder in New Zealand: The expert critique of Māori patients and Whānau. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56(6), 648-656. doi: 10.1177/00048674211031490
Journal - Research Other
King, P. T., Cormack, D., Edwards, R., Harris, R., & Paine, S.-J. (2022). Co-design for indigenous and other children and young people from priority social groups: A systematic review. SSM Population Health, 18, 101077. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101077
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Colhoun, S., Keddell, E., Norris, P., Willing, E., & Cormack, D. (2022). Whānau experiences of reports to child protection: Implications for practice and research. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Social Work & Welfare Education & Research (ANZSWWER) Symposium. (pp. 58). Retrieved from https://www.anzswwer.org/
Commissioned Report for External Body
Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Edmonds, L., Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Dawson, P., Burgess, W., Roy, M., Paterson, H., Crengle, S., McDonald, G., Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Rayner, C., & Chalmers, S. (2022). Fifteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā rima o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2020 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2020. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 209p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/
2021
Chapter in Book - Research
Paine, S.-J., Cormack, D., Reid, P., Harris, R., & Robson, B. (2021). Kaupapa Māori-informed approaches to support data rights and self-determination. In M. Walter, T. Kukutai, S. R. Carroll & D. Rodriguez-Lonebear (Eds.), Indigenous data sovereignty and policy. (pp. 187-203). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429273957
Kukutai, T., & Cormack, D. (2021). "Pushing the space": Data sovereignty and self-determination in Aotearoa NZ. In M. Walter, T. Kukutai, S. R. Carroll & D. Rodriguez-Lonebear (Eds.), Indigenous data sovereignty and policy. (pp. 21-35). London, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429273957
Journal - Research Article
Talamaivao, N., Baker, G., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & Paine, S.-J. (2021). Informing anti-racism health policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. Policy Quarterly, 17(4), 50-57. doi: 10.26686/pq.v17i4.7319
Wild, C. E. K., Rawiri, N. T., Cormack, D. M., Willing, E. J., Hofman, P. L., & Anderson, Y. C. (2021). A collaborative indigenous-non-indigenous partnership approach to understanding participant experiences of a community-based healthy lifestyles program. Qualitative Health Research, 31(8), 1404-1411. doi: 10.1177/1049732321998640
Journal - Research Other
McLeod, M., Harris, R., Paine, S.-J., Crengle, S., Cormack, D., Scott, N., & Robson, B. (2021). Bowel cancer screening age range extension for Māori: What is all the fuss about? New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1535), 71-77. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Stanley, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2021). Effective prospective study sampling from an existing large-scale national survey using propensity score methods. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Suppl. 1), (pp. i224-i225). doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab168.634
Commissioned Report for External Body
Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Lawrence Lodge, R., Chalmers, S., McDonald, G., Oben, G., Crengle, S., & Paterson, H. (2021). Fourteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee | Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā whā o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki: Reporting mortality and morbidity 2018 | Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2018. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 141p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/
2020
Journal - Research Article
King, P. T., Cormack, D., & Keenan, R. (2020). COVID-19 and the mass incarceration of Indigenous peoples. Journal of Indigenous Social Development, 9(3), 141-157. Retrieved from https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jisd/article/view/70937
Talamaivao, N., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Paine, S.-J., & King, P. (2020). Racism and health in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systematic review of quantitative studies. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1521), 55-68. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Haitana, T., Pitama, S., Cormack, D., Clark, M., & Lacey, C. (2020). The transformative potential of Kaupapa Māori Research and indigenous methodologies: Positioning Māori patient experiences of mental health services. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/1609406920953752
Wild, C. E. K., O'Sullivan, N. A., Lee, A. C., Cave, T. L., Willing, E. J., Cormack, D. M., … Anderson, Y. C. (2020). Survey of barriers and facilitators to engagement in a multidisciplinary healthy lifestyles program for children. Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior, 52(5), 528-534. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2019.10.010
Cormack, D., Harris, R., & Stanley, J. (2020). Māori experiences of multiple forms of discrimination: Findings from Te Kupenga 2013. Kōtuitui, 15(1), 106-122. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2019.1657472
Paine, S.-J., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., & Harris, R. (2020). Caregiver experiences of racism are associated with adverse health outcomes for their children: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the New Zealand Health Survey. Critical Public Health, 30(5), 509-520. doi: 10.1080/09581596.2019.1626003
Journal - Research Other
McLeod, M., Gurney, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & King, P. (2020). COVID-19: We must not forget about Indigenous health and equity. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 44(4), 253-256. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13015
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Smith, L., Watene, K., & Cormack, D. (2020, November). Rationing Māori life and well-being: Who decides and how? Verbal presentation at the Biennial International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC): A Gathering of Indigenous Minds, [Online].
Other Research Output
King, P., Cormack, D., McLeod, M., Harris, R., Gurney, J. (2020, April). COVID-19 and Māori health: When equity is more than a word. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/2020/04/10/covid-19-and-maori-health-when-equity-is-more-than-a-word/
2019
Chapter in Book - Research
Cormack, D., Harris, R., Stanley, J., Jones, R., Lacey, C., & Curtis, E. (2019). Beliefs about Māori health and inequalities: Findings from a cross-sectional study of final year medical students in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education LIME Good practice case studies (Vol. 5). (pp. 13-28). Melbourne, Australia: Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne.
Journal - Research Article
Manhire-Heath, R., Cormack, D., & Wyeth, E. (2019). '...but I just prefer to treat everyone the same...': General practice receptionists talking about health inequities. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25(5), 430-434. doi: 10.1071/PY19026
Harris, R. B., Cormack, D. M., & Stanley, J. (2019). Experience of racism and associations with unmet need and healthcare satisfaction: The 2011/12 adult New Zealand Health Survey. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43(1), 75-80. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12835
Paine, S.-J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & Stanley, J. (2019). Self-reported sleep complaints are associated with adverse health outcomes: Cross-sectional analysis of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. Ethnicity & Health, 24(1), 44-56. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2017.1315368
Journal - Research Other
Stanley, J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Waa, A., & Edwards, R. (2019). The impact of racism on the future health of adults: Protocol for a prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 346. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6664-x
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wild, C. E. K., Rawiri, N., Hofman, P. L., Willing, E. J., Cormack, D. M., & Anderson, Y. C. (2019). Understanding barriers and facilitators to engagement in a multi-disciplinary intervention programme for childhood obesity. Proceedings of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) 71st Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 65). Retrieved from http://www.psnz2019.co.nz
Cormack, D., Davis, B., & Paine, S.-J. (2019). Te whakahaumaru taiao. In C. Ryan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network LIME Connection: Pouhine Poutama: Embedding Indigenous Health Education. (pp. 81-82). Melbourne, Australia: The University of Melbourne. Retrieved from https://www.limeconnection.net.au/program/
Cormack, D., & Lacey, C. (2019). Developing a word-based ethnic preference Implicit Association Test (IAT) for use in teaching and research. In C. Ryan (Ed.), Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network LIME Connection: Pouhine Poutama: Embedding Indigenous Health Education. (pp. 62). Melbourne, Australia: The University of Melbourne. Retrieved from https://www.limeconnection.net.au/program/
Wild, C. E. K., Rawiri, N., Hofman, P. L., Willing, E. J., Cormack, D. M., & Anderson, Y. C. (2019). Understanding barriers and facilitators to engagement in a multi-disciplinary service for childhood obesity. 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
Commissioned Report for External Body
Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee, including Berry, M., Cormack, D., and also Te Rōpū Kohi Pitopito Mōhiotanga mō te Take Mate | New Zealand Mortality Review Data Group, including Hii, J., Szymanska, K., Wolfe, N., Chalmers, S., McDonald, G., Oben, G., Crengle, S., & Paterson, H. (2019). Te pūrongo ā-tau tekau mā toru o te Komiti Arotake Mate Pēpi, Mate Whaea hoki | Thirteenth annual report of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee: Te tuku pūrongo mō te mate me te whakamate 2017 | Reporting mortality and morbidity 2017. Commissioned by Health Quality & Safety Commission. Wellington, New Zealand: Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 116p. Retrieved from https://www.hqsc.govt.nz/our-programmes/mrc/pmmrc/
2018
Journal - Research Article
Reid, J., Anderson, A., Cormack, D., Reid, P., & Harwood, M. (2018). The experience of gestational diabetes for indigenous Māori women living in rural New Zealand: Qualitative research informing the development of decolonising interventions. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 18, 478. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-2103-8
Cormack, D., Harris, R., Stanley, J., Lacey, C., Jones, R., & Curtis, E. (2018). Ethnic bias amongst medical students in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Findings from the Bias and Decision Making in Medicine (BDMM) study. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0201168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201168
Harris, R. B., Stanley, J., & Cormack, D. (2018). Racism and health in New Zealand: Prevalence over time and associations between recent experience of racism and health and wellbeing measures using national survey data. PLoS ONE, 13(5), e0196476. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196476
Paine, S.-J., Harris, R., Stanley, J., & Cormack, D. (2018). Caregiver experiences of racism and child healthcare utilisation: Cross-sectional analysis from New Zealand. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103(9), 873-879. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313866
Cormack, D., Stanley, J., & Harris, R. (2018). Multiple forms of discrimination and relationships with health and wellbeing: Findings from national cross-sectional surveys in Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Journal for Equity in Health, 17, 26. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0735-y
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., Curtis, E., Jones, R., & Lacey, C. (2018). Ethnic bias and clinical decision-making among New Zealand medical students: An observational study. BMC Medical Education, 18, 18. doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1120-7
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Wild, C. E. K., O'Sullivan, N. A., Lee, A. C., Cave, T. L., Willing, E. J., Cormack, D. M., … Anderson, Y. C. (2018). Understanding facilitators and barriers to engagement in Whānau Pakari: A family-based, multi-disciplinary programme for children and adolescents. Proceedings of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand 70th Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 50). Retrieved from http://www.psnz2018.co.nz
Cormack, D., Harris, R., & Stanley, J. (2018). Multiple intertwined oppressions: Understanding the impacts of multiple discriminations on health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. European Journal of Public Health, 28(Suppl. 1), (pp. 46). doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cky047.080
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Cormack, D. (2018, December). Critical approaches to health research: How racism can affect our research. Invited presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
Other Research Output
Harris, R., Cormack, D., & Paine, S-J. (2018, October). Racism as a health determinant. Department of Public Health Seminar Series, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
2017
Journal - Research Article
Ben, J., Cormack, D., Harris, R., & Paradies, Y. (2017). Racism and health service utilisation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE, 12(12), e0189900. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189900
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Manhire-Heath, R., Cormack, D., & Wyeth, E. (2017). The general practice receptionist: Talking about health inequities. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/1259/26/1286
Cormack, D., Priest, N., Paradies, Y., Paine, S.-J., & Harris, R. (2017). Emerging areas in racism and health research: Examples from New Zealand and Australia. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/873/26/1014
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., Curtis, E., Jones, R., & Lacey, C. (2017). Racial/ethnic bias and clinical decision-making in medicine: A study of New Zealand medical students. Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/18/26/1504
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., & Lacey, C. (2017). Ethnic bias and clinical decision-making in medicine: A study of New Zealand medical students. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection VII: The Future of Indigenous Health Education: Leadership, Collaboration, Curriculum. (pp. 102). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au
Cormack, D., Harris, R., Stanley, J., Curtis, E., Jones, R., & Lacey, C. (2017). Assessing racial/ethnic bias amongst medical students: The Bias and Decision Making in Medicine (BDMM) Study. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection VII: The Future of Indigenous Health Education: Leadership, Collaboration, Curriculum. (pp. 101). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au
2016
Journal - Research Article
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Curtis, E., Jones, R., Stanley, J., & Lacey, C. (2016). Development and testing of study tools and methods to examine ethnic bias and clinical decision-making among medical students in New Zealand: The Bias and Decision-Making in Medicine (BDMM) study. BMC Medical Education, 16, 173. doi: 10.1186/s12909-016-0701-6
Paine, S.-J., Harris, R., Cormack, D., & Stanley, J. (2016). Racial discrimination and ethnic disparities in sleep disturbance: The 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. Sleep, 39(2), 477-485. doi: 10.5665/sleep.5468
Reid, J., Cormack, D., & Crowe, M. (2016). The significance of relational continuity of care for Māori patient engagement with predominantly non-Māori doctors: Findings from a qualitative study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(2), 120-125. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12447
Reid, J., Cormack, D., & Crowe, M. (2016). The significance of socially-assigned ethnicity for self-identified Māori accessing and engaging with primary healthcare in New Zealand. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness & Medicine, 20(2), 143-160. doi: 10.1177/1363459315568918
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cormack, D., Harris, R., Stanley, J., Curtis, E., Jones, R., & Lacey, C. (2016). Racial/ethnic bias among New Zealand medical students. Proceedings of the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC). (pp. 97). Retrieved from http://pridoc2016.org/
Anderson, A., Burgess, H., & Cormack, D. (2016). Embodied impacts of rheumatic fever discourses on Māori and Pacifica whānau. Proceedings of the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC). (pp. 83). Retrieved from http://pridoc2016.org/
Cormack, D., Harris, R., & Stanley, J. (2016). The impacts of co-occurring forms of discrimination on indigenous health and wellbeing. Proceedings of the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC). (pp. 48-49). Retrieved from http://pridoc2016.org/
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., Curtis, E., Jones, R., & Lacey, C. (2016). Racial/ethnic bias and clinical decision-making among New Zealand medical students. Proceedings of the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC). (pp. 38-39). Retrieved from http://pridoc2016.org/
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., Curtis, E., Jones, R., & Lacey, C. (2016). Ethnic bias and clinical decision-making in medicine: A study of New Zealand medical students. Proceedings of the International Association for Medical Education (AMEE) Conference. 10K2. Retrieved from https://www.amee.org
Cormack, D., Harris, R., Stanley, J., Lacey, C., Jones, R., & Curtis, E. (2016). Racial/ethnic bias among medical students in New Zealand. Proceedings of the International Association for Medical Education (AMEE) Conference. 7DD10. Retrieved from https://www.amee.org
2015
Journal - Research Article
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., & Rameka, R. (2015). Investigating the relationship between ethnic consciousness, racial discrimination and self-rated health in New Zealand. PLoS ONE, 10(2), e0117343. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117343
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Jones, R., Harris, R., Cormack, D., Curtis, E., Lacey, C., & Stanley, J. (2015). Identifying and addressing bias in medical students. Proceedings of the International Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference. (pp. 52). Retrieved from http://amee.org/home
Cormack, D., Harris, R., Jones, R., Curtis, E. T., Lacey, C., & Stanley, J. (2015). Understanding how racism may impact on medical students and their clinical decision-making [Workshop]. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection VI: Knowledge Systems, Social Justice and Racism in Health Professional Education. (pp. 45-46). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au/
2014
Journal - Research Article
Neuwelt, P., Crengle, S., Cormack, D., McLeod, M., & Bramley, D. (2014). General practice ethnicity data: Evaluation of a tool. Journal of Primary Health Care, 6(1), 49-55.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cormack, D., Harris, R., & Stanley, J. (2014). Relationships between socially-assigned ethnicity, racism and health in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 82-83). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme
2013
Journal - Research Article
Cormack, D. M., Harris, R. B., & Stanley, J. (2013). Investigating the relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, racial discrimination and health advantage in New Zealand. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e84039. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084039
Harris, R. B., Cormack, D. M., & Stanley, J. (2013). The relationship between socially-assigned ethnicity, health and experience of racial discrimination for Māori: Analysis of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. BMC Public Health, 13, 844. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-844
Bécares, L., Cormack, D., & Harris, R. (2013). Ethnic density and area deprivation: Neighbourhood effects on Māori health and racial discrimination in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Social Science & Medicine, 88, 76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.007
Commissioned Report for External Body
McLeod, M., & Cormack, D. (2013). Primary care ethnicity data audit toolkit: A toolkit for assessing ethnicity data quality. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health. 39p. Retrieved from http://www.health.govt.nz/publication/primary-care-ethnicity-data-audit-toolkit
2012
Journal - Research Article
Lawton, B. A., Rose, S. B., Pullon, S., Stanley, J., Garrett, S., Sykes, P., Cormack, D., Robson, B., Langdana, F., Cooper, A., & Filoche, S. K. (2012). The impact of outpatient booking systems on waiting times for investigation of suspected cancer: The case of post-menopausal bleeding. Clinical Ovarian & Other Gynecologic Cancer, 5(2), 87-93. doi: 10.1016/j.cogc.2013.06.001
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Tobias, M., Yeh, L.-C., Talamaivao, N., Minster, J., & Timutimu, R. (2012). Self-reported experience of racial discrimination and health care use in New Zealand: Results from the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. American Journal of Public Health, 102(5), 1012-1019. doi: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300626
Harris, R., Cormack, D., Tobias, M., Yeh, L.-C., Talamaivao, N., Minster, J., & Timutimu, R. (2012). The pervasive effects of racism: Experiences of racial discrimination in New Zealand over time and associations with multiple health domains. Social Science & Medicine, 74(3), 408-415. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.004
2011
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, M., Cormack, D., Harris, R., Robson, B., Sykes, P., & Crengle, S. (2011). Achieving equitable outcomes for Māori women with cervical cancer in New Zealand: Health provider views. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1334). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1334/4661/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cormack, D., McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2011). The impacts of racism on health, training and careers of Indigenous medical students and physicians. Proceedings of the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Conference: LIME Connection IV: Medical Education for Indigenous Health: Building the Evidence Base. (pp. 59-60). Retrieved from http://www.limenetwork.net.au/content/post-conference-report-2011
2010
Journal - Research Article
Hill, S., Sarfati, D., Blakely, T., Robson, B., Purdie, G., Dennett, E., Cormack, D., Dew, K., … Kawachi, I. (2010). Ethnicity and management of colon cancer in New Zealand: Do indigenous patients get a worse deal? Cancer, 116(13), 3205-3214. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25127
McLeod, M., Harris, R., Purdie, G., Cormack, D., Robson, B., Sykes, P., Crengle, S., Iupati, D., & Walker, N. (2010). Improving survival disparities in cervical cancer between Māori and non-Māori women in New Zealand: A National Retrospective Cohort Study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(2), 193-199. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00506.x
Cormack, D., Sarfati, D., Harris, R., Robson, B., Shaw, C., & Blakely, T. (2010). Re: 'An overview of cancer and beliefs about the disease in indigenous people of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US' [Letter]. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(1), 90-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00481.x
Hill, S., Sarfati, D., Blakely, T., Robson, B., Purdie, G., Chen, J., Dennett, E., Cormack, D., Cunningham, R., Dew, K., … Kawachi, I. (2010). Survival disparities in indigenous and non-indigenous New Zealanders with colon cancer: The role of patient comorbidity, treatment and health service factors. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 64(2), 117-123. doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.083816
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cormack, D., & Harris, R. (2010). Researching racisms to achieve health equity. Proceedings of the Public Health Association of New Zealand Annual Conference: Tomorrow for Tomorrow's People: He ao mõ ngã whakatupuranga o ãpõpõ. (pp. 15). Retrieved from http://www.pha.org.nz/phaconference.html
Commissioned Report for External Body
Cormack, D., & McLeod, M. (2010). Improving and maintaining quality in ethnicity data collections in the health and disability sector. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago. 75p.
Robson, B., Purdie, G., & Cormack, D. (2010). Unequal Impact II: Māori and Non-Māori cancer statistics by deprivation and rural-urban status 2002-2006. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health. 167p.
2009
Journal - Research Article
Sarfati, D., Hill, S., Blakely, T., Robson, B., Purdie, G., Dennett, E., Cormack, D., & Dew, K. (2009). The effect of comorbidity on the use of adjuvant chemotherapy and survival from colon cancer: A retrospective cohort study. BMC Cancer, 9, 116. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-9-116
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Sarfati, D., Hill, S., Blakely, T., Robson, B., Purdie, G., Dennett, E., & Cormack, D. (2009). Survival differences between Māori and non-Māori New Zealanders with colon cancer: Contribution of disease, patient and health care factors. Australasian Epidemiologist. 16(2), (pp. 35). [Abstract]
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Cormack, D., & Harris, R. (2009). Issues in monitoring Māori health and ethnic disparities: An update. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare. 47p.
2008
Journal - Research Article
Raymont, A., Morgan, S., McLeod, D., Dowell, A., van Rij, A., Cumming, J., … Dew, K., & Cormack, D. (2008). New Zealand general practitioners' non-urgent referrals to surgeons: Who and why? New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1275). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1275/3091/content.pdf
Lawton, B. A., Rose, S. B., Cormack, D. M., Stanley, J., & Dowell, A. C. (2008). The menopause symptom profile of Maori and non-Maori women in New Zealand. Climacteric, 11, 467-474. doi: 10.1080/13697130802351094
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Harris, R., Robson, B., Purdie, G., & Cormack, D. (2008). Inequalities in survival and treatment of cervical cancer between Maori and non-Maori women in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Public Health Association (PHA) Conference. (pp. 57). Retrieved from http://www.pha.org.nz/phaconference.html#pastconf
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Lawton, B. A., Rose, S. B., Cormack, D., Stanley, J., & Dowell, A. C. (2008, June). The menopause symptom profile of Maori women in New Zealand. Poster session presented at the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC), Waimea, Kauai.
2007
Chapter in Book - Research
Cormack, D., Purdie, G., & Robson, B. (2007). Cancer. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 103-119). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Robson, B., Cormack, D., & Cram, F. (2007). Social and economic indicators. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 21-32). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Cormack, D. (2007). The Māori population. In B. Robson & R. Harris (Eds.), Hauora: Māori standards of health IV: A study of the years 2000-2005. (pp. 11-20). Wellington, New Zealand: Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare, University of Otago.
Journal - Research Article
Harris, R., Robson, B., Curtis, E., Purdie, G., Cormack, D., & Reid, P. (2007). Māori and non-Māori differences in caesarean section rates: A national review. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120(1250). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/120-1250/2444/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Doolan-Noble, F., McKinlay, E., & Cormack, D. (2007, July). The journey of people with cancer on the West Coast. Verbal presentation at the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Annual Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand.
Commissioned Report for External Body
Dowell, A., Morgan, S., Pledger, M., Raymont, A., van Rij, A., Cumming, J., Dew, K., & Cormack, D. (2007). Access to elective surgery for patients referred under ACC. Commissioned by ACC. Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice, University of Otago. 37p.
2006
Journal - Research Article
Sarfati, D., Blakely, T., Shaw, C., Cormack, D., & Atkinson, J. (2006). Patterns of disparity: Ethnic and socio-economic trends in breast cancer mortality in New Zealand. Cancer Causes & Control, 17, 671-678.
Health Utilisation Research Alliance (HURA), including McLeod, D., Cormack, D., Love, T., Salmond, C., Robson, B., Dowell, T., Crampton, P., Ramage, S., & Howard, M. (2006). Ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation and consultation rates in New Zealand general practice. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 11(3), 141-149.
Health Utilisation Research Alliance (HURA), including McLeod, D., Cormack, D., Robson, B., Love, T., Salmond, C., Dowell, T., … Crampton, P. (2006). Ethnicity data and primary care in New Zealand: Lessons from the Health Utilisation Research Alliance (HURA) study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1231). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1231/1917/content.pdf
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Doolan-Noble, F., McKinlay, E., & Cormack, D. (2006). The journey of treatment and care for people on the West Coast. Proceedings of the Sharing the Learning Symposium. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health. Retrieved from http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/cancercontrol-projectsummaries
Commissioned Report for External Body
Doolan Noble, F., McKinlay, E., & Cormack, D. (2006). The journey of treatment and care for people with cancer on the West Coast. Commissioned by West Coast District Health Board. 118p.
Robson, B., Cormack, D., & Purdie, G. (2006). Unequal Impact: Māori and non-Māori Cancer Statistics 1996-2001. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand. 242p.
Early Detection Advisory Group, including Cormack, D., Reeder, T., & Richardson, A. (2006). Report on the early detection of skin cancer in New Zealand. Commissioned by Cancer Society of New Zealand.
2005
Journal - Research Article
Janes, R., Cormack, D., & Dowell, A. (2005). New Zealand Rural General Practitioners 1999 Survey Part 4: Analysis of specific sub-groups. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1208). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1208/1256/content.pdf
Commissioned Report for External Body
Cormack, D., Robson, B., Purdie, G., Ratima, M., & Brown, R. (2005). Access to cancer services for Māori. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Wellington, New Zealand: WSMHS, University of Otago. 93p.
2004
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, D., Dew, K., Morgan, S., Dowell, A., Cumming, J., Cormack, D., McKinlay, E., & Love, T. (2004). Equity of access to elective surgery: Reflections from NZ clinicians. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 9(Suppl. 2), 41-47.
2002
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Cormack, D., & Robson, B. H. (2002). Making ethnicity count in general practice. The future of primary health care conference. Wellington, NZ. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Cormack, D., & Robson, B. H. (2002). Collecting patient ethnicity in general practice. Primary Focus: The future of primary health care. Wellington. [Abstract]
2001
Journal - Research Article
Lawton, B., Reid, P., Cormack, D., Dowell, A. C., & Stone, P. (2001). Maori women and menopause. Pacific Health Dialog, 8(1), 163-165.
Janes, R., Dowell, A. C., & Cormack, D. (2001). New Zealand Rural General Practitioners 1999 Survey - Part 1: An overview of the rural doctor workforce and their concerns. New Zealand Medical Journal, 114, 492-495.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Lawton, B., Reid, P., Cormack, D., & Dowell, A. C. (2001). Nga Ruahine: Maori and menopause. In H. Rozenbaum (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1st Congress of the Federation of National European Menopause Societies. (pp. 213-215). Prague: Editions ESKA. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Lawton, B. A., Dowell, A. C., Cormack, D. M., Rose, S. B., Reid, P., Stone, P. R., & Fenton, A. J. (2001, May). New Zealand women and menopause: General practice based recruitment to a randomised control trial involving HRT. Poster session presented at the 4th International Symposium on Women's Health and Menopause: New Strategies, Improved Quality of Life, Washington D.C, USA.
Commissioned Report for External Body
McLeod, D., Cormack, D., & Kake, T. (2001). Health Outcomes for the Children of Operation Grapple Veterans. Commissioned by Veterans' Affairs New Zealand. Wellington: Veterans' Affairs New Zealand. 37p.
McLeod, D., Cormack, D., & Kake, T. (2001). Health Outcomes for the Children of Vietnam Veterans. Commissioned by Veterans' Affairs New Zealand. Wellington: Veterans' Affairs New Zealand. 52p.
McLeod, D., Cormack, D., & Kake, T. (2001). The Health Needs of the Children of Operation Grapple and Vietnam Veterans. Commissioned by Office of Veterans Affairs. 149p.
Cormack, D., McLeod, D., & McKinlay, E. M. (2001). Guidelines for Primary Care Providers: Detection and Management of Young People at Risk of Suicide: Evaluation Report. Commissioned by Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners. Wellington, New Zealand. 77p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
McLeod, D., Cormack, D., & Kake, T. (2001). The health needs of the children of Operation Grapple and Vietnam veterans. Office of Veterans' Affairs, Ministry of Defence. University of Otago,Dunedin: General Practice Department.
2000
Journal - Research Article
RNZCGP Wellington Faculty, Cormack, D., Kljakovic, M., & McLeod, D. (2000). Utilisation of the peak flow meter in general practice. New Zealand Family Physician, 27(3), 58-64.