Public health research on disasters, wars and associated memorials

Research publications and presentations

• Thomson G, Wilson N. Learning from disasters?: Aotearoa since 1900 [Verbal presentation]. NZ History Association Conference [Virtual Conference], November 2021.
• Harper G, Wilson N. For the rest of our lives: NZ veterans and the legacy of war. [Verbal presentation]. NZ History Association Conference [Virtual Conference], November 2021.
• Wilson N, Clement C, Summers JA, Thomson G, Harper G. Impact of War on Veteran Lifespan: Natural Experiment Involving Combat vs Non-Combat Exposed Military Personnel. BMJ Mil Health 2021;(Online 22 December). doi:10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-00199.
• Wilson N, Rice G, Thomson G, Baker MG. Remembering past pandemics to ensure we plan for the future: Updated New Zealand survey of influenza pandemic memorials. N Z Med J 2021;134(1528):111-114.
• Wilson N, Clement C, Thomson G, Harper G. Health impacts for New Zealand military personnel from the South African War of 1899-1902. N Z Med J. 2021;134(1532):22-43. Full free access.
• Wilson N, Jones AC, Teng A, Thomson G. The epidemiology of attacks on statues: New Zealand as a case study. PLoS ONE 2021;16(6):e0252567. Full free access:
• Wilson N, Jones AC, Rice G, Thomson G. Epidemiology of major disasters in New Zealand as revealed by disaster memorials. N Z Med J 2019;132(1507):104-107
• Clement C, Abeling S, Deely J, Teng A, Thomson G, Johnston D, Wilson N. Descriptive Epidemiology of New Zealand's Highest Mortality Earthquake: Hawke's Bay in 1931. Sci Rep 2019;9:4914 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41432-6
• Wilson N, Thomson G, Summers JA, Harper G, Horrocks J, Roberts E. The health impacts of the First World War for New Zealand: A summary and a remaining research agenda. Aust N Z J Public Health 2018;42(6)516-518. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.12837
• Wilson N, Ferguson C, Rice G, Baker MG, Schrader B, Clement C, Thomson G. Remembering the 1918 influenza pandemic: National survey of memorials and scope for enhancing educational value around pandemic preparedness. N Z Med J 2017;130(1465):52-69. https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/remembering-the-1918-influenza-pandemic-national-survey-of-memorials-and-scope-for-enhancing-educational-value-around-pandemic-preparedness
• Wilson N, Morales A, Guy N, Thomson G. Marked decline of sudden mass fatality events in New Zealand for the 1900 to 2015 period: The basic epidemiology. Aust N Z J Public Health 2017;41;3:275-279; doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12652 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1753-6405.12652
• Wilson N, Thomson G. The First World War: Ten Artworks Illustrating Some of the Key Health Impacts. Medicine, Conflict & Survival 2014: Oct-Dec;30(4):301-8 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13623699.2014.963969
• Collinson L, Wilson N, Thomson G. Violent deaths of media workers associated with conflict in Iraq, 2003 to 2012. PeerJ 2014;2:e390; DOI 10.7717/peerj.390 https://peerj.com/articles/390/
• Wilson N, Summers JA, Baker MG, Thomson G, Harper G. Fatal injury epidemiology among the New Zealand military forces in the First World War. N Z Med J 2013;126(1385): 1-13 https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/fatal-injury-epidemiology-among-the-new-zealand-military-forces-in-the-first-world-war
• Riddick L, Thomson G, Wilson N, Purdie G. Killing the canary: The international epidemiology of media worker homicide. J Epidemiol Community Health:2008; 62:682-8 https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40665882.pdf?seq=1
• Wilson N, Thomson G. The logic of comparing international terrorism with other causes of injury. Inj Prev 2006;12:272. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2586793/
• Thomson G, Wilson N. Policy lessons from comparing mortality from two global forces: international terrorism and tobacco. Globalization and Health 2005, 1:18 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1351168/pdf/1744-8603-1-18.pdf
• Wilson N, Thomson G. Deaths from international terrorism compared to road crash deaths in OECD countries. Inj Prev 2005;11:332-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1730293/
• Wilson N, Rice G, Thomson G, Baker M. Re-evaluating a local public health control measure used for pandemic influenza in 1918. N Z Med J 2005;118:U1714