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Research Professor; TRRHAEP

Contact details  

Tel +64 4 832 3223
Email ricci.harris@otago.ac.nz

Research interests and activities  

Professor Ricci Harris (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Raukawa) is a public health physician and Kaupapa Māori epidemiologist at Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare.

Her research is primarily concerned with upholding Māori rights to health and health equity as ensured by Te Tiriti o Waitangi and in-line with International Indigenous Rights.

She draws on Kaupapa Māori Research theory to undertake and develop decolonial approaches to epidemiology that centre Māori and are contextualised within systems of ongoing racism and colonialism. This has included research into the classification of ethnicity, ethnic disparities in health status and receipt of health services, and the impact of racism on Māori health and inequities.

Publications

McLeod, M., & Harris, R. (2024, September). Application of Kaupapa Māori epidemiology methods. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Waitangi, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Harris, R., Li, C., Stanley, J., King, P. T., Priest, N., Curtis, E., … Paine, S.-J. (2024). Racism and health among Aotearoa New Zealand young people aged 15–24 years: Analysis of multiple national surveys. Journal of Adolescent Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.04.021 Journal - Research Article

Cormack, D., Gooder, C., Jones, R., Lacey, C., Stanley, J., Paine, S.-J., Curtis, E., & Harris, R. (2024). Māori medical student and physician exposure to racism, discrimination, harassment, and bullying. JAMA Network Open, 7(7), e2419373. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.19373 Journal - Research Article

Curtis, E., Jaung, R., Paine, S.-J., McLeod, M., Tamatea, J., Atkinson, J., … Robson, B., Reid, P., & Harris, R. B. (2024). Examining the impact of COVID-19 on Māori:non-Māori health inequities in Aotearoa, New Zealand: An observational study protocol. BMJ Open, 14, e083564. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083564 Journal - Research Other

Pitama, S., Haitana, T., Patu, M., Robson, B., Harris, R., McKerchar, C., Clark, T., & Crengle, S. (2024). Toitū Te Tiriti. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 137(1589), 7-11. Retrieved from https://nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Other

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