Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences


Publications by population

Māori youth health


Clark, T. C., Le Grice, J., Moselen, E., Fleming, T., Crengle, S., Tiatia‐Seath, J., & Lewycka, S. (2018). Health and wellbeing of Māori secondary school students in New Zealand: Trends between 2001, 2007 and 2012Australian and New Zealand journal of public health42(6), 553-561. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00319/full

Saewyc, E., Clark, T. C., Barney, L., Brunanski, D., & Homma, Y. (2014). Enacted stigma and HIV risk behaviours among sexual minority Indigenous youth in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 11(3), 411-420. http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/06SaewycClark.pdf

Clark, T. C., Robinson, E., Crengle, S., Sheridan, J. L., Jackson, N., & Ameratunga, S. (2013). Binge drinking among Māori secondary school students in New Zealand: associations with source, exposure and perceptions of alcohol use. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1370), 70-84. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23474513

Clark, T. C., Crengle, S., Sheridan, J. L., Rowe, D., & Robinson, E. (2013). Factors associated with consistent contraception and condom use among Māori secondary school students in New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, online. doi:10.1111/jpc.12450

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Youth'12 Māori Report
(8.5 MB, PDF)

Clark, T., Robinson, E., Crengle, S., Fleming, T., Ameratunga, S., Denny, S., Bearinger, L., Sieving, R., Saewyc, E. (2011) Risk and protective factors for suicide attempt among indigenous Māori youth in New Zealand: The role of family connection as a moderating variableJournal of Aboriginal Health. 7(1), 16‐31. http://www.naho.ca/jah/english/jah07_01/07_01_02_maori-suicide-risk.pdf

Clark, T. C., Robinson, E., Crengle, S., Fleming, T., Ameratunga, S., Denny, S. J., ... & Saewyc, E. (2011). Risk and protective factors for suicide attempt among indigenous Maori youth in New Zealand: The role of family connection. International Journal of Indigenous Health7(1), 16. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/12350

Utter, J., Denny, S., Crengle, S., Ameratunga, S., Robinson, E., Clark, T., Percival, T., Maddison, R. (2010) Overweight among New Zealand adolescents: Associations with ethnicity and deprivationInternational Journal of Pediatric Obesity.5(6), 461‐466. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/17477160903568439

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Pacific youth health


Teevale, T., Denny, S., Percival, T., Fleming, T. (2013) Pacific secondary school students' access to primary health care in New ZealandThe New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol 126, No 1375. http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/126-1375/5680/

Teevale, T., Denny, S., Nosa, V., Sheridan, J. (2013). Predictors of cigarette use amongst Pacific youth in New Zealand. Harm Reduction Journal, 2013. http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/10/1/25

Mila-Schaaf, K. (2010). Negotiating Identities in Diasporic Spaces. A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for Doctor of Philosophy, Massey Unviersity, Albany, New Zealand. https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/1713/02_whole.pdf 

Utter, J., Denny, S., Crengle, S., Ameratunga, S., Robinson, E., Clark, T., Percival, T., Maddison, R. (2010) Overweight among New Zealand adolescents: Associations with ethnicity and deprivationInternational Journal of Pediatric Obesity.5(6), 461‐466. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/17477160903568439

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Immigrants, refugees and other ethnic groups


Di Cosmo, C., Milfont, T. L., Robinson, E., Denny, S. J., Ward, C., Crengle, S., & Ameratunga, S. N. Immigrant status and acculturation influence substance use among New Zealand youth (2011) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35(5), 434‐441 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2011.00758.x/full

Secondary school youth


Fenaughty, J., Lucassen, M. F., Clark, T., & Denny, S. (2019). Factors Associated with Academic Achievement for Sexual and Gender Minority and Heterosexual Cisgender Students: Implications from a Nationally Representative Study. Journal of youth and adolescence48(10), 1883-1898. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31520237/

Denny, S., Lucassen, M.F.G., Stuart, J., Fleming, T., Bullen, P., Peiris-John, R.,Rossen, F. & Utter, J. (2016). The association between supportive high school environments and depressive symptoms and suicidality among sexual minority students. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25469988/

Clark, T., Fleming, T., Bullen, P., Crengle, S., Denny, S., Dyson, B., et al. (2013). Health and well-being of secondary school students in New Zealand: Trends between 2001, 2007 and 2012Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(11), 925-934. doi:10.1111/jpc.12427 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24251658

Denny, S., Farrant, B., Robinson, E., Cosgriff, J., Harte, M., Cameron, T., Johnson, R., McNair, V., Utter, J., Crengle, S., Fleming, T., Ameratunga, S., Sheridan, E. (2013) Forgone health care among secondary school students in New ZealandJournal of Primary Health care, (5)1; pages 11-18. https://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/assets/documents/Publications/JPHC/March-2013/JPHCOSPDennyMarch2013.pdf

Noel, H., Denny, S., Farrant, B., Rossen, F., Teevale, T., Clark, T., Fleming, T., Bullen, P., Sheridan, J., Fortune, S. (2013). Clustering of adolescent health concerns: A latent class analysis of school students in New ZealandJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Vol 49, 935-941http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpc.12397/abstract

Denny, S., Robinson, E., Lawler, C., Bagshaw, S., Farrant, B., Bell, F., Dawson, D., Nicholson, D., Hart, M., Fleming, T., Ameratunga, S., Clark, T., Kekus, M., Utter, J. (2012) Association between Availability and Quality of Health Services in Schools and Reproductive Health Outcomes Amond Students: A Multilevel Observational StudyAmerican Journal of Public Health, Online. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300775

Denny, S., Robinson, E., Utter, J., Fleming, T., Grant, S., Milfont, T., Crengle, S., Ameratunga, S., Clark, T. (2011) Do schools influence student risk behaviours and emotional health symptomsJournal of Adolescent Health. 48(3), 259‐267.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21338897

Denny, S., Grant, S., Utter, J., Robinson, E., Fleming, T., Milfont, T., Crengle, S., Clark, T., Ameratunga, S., Dixon, R., Merry, S., & Watson, P. (2011) The health and wellbeing of New Zealand youth who attend secondary school: What has changed from 2001 to 2007? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 47(4), 191-197
http://www.srknowledge.org.nz/research-completed/health-and-well-being-of-young-people-who-attend-secondary-school-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-what-has-changed-from-2001-to-2007/

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2007 Truancy report
(1.5 MB, PDF)

Adolescent Health Research Group (2003) A health profile of New Zealand youth who attend secondary schoolNew Zealand Medical Journal 116(1171) http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/116-1171/380/

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Youth attending alternative education


Clark, T.C., Smith, J., Raphael, D., Jackson, C., Denny, S.J., Fleming, T., Ameratunga, S. & Crengle, S. (2010) Kicked out of school and suffering: The health needs of youth in Alternative EducationYouth Studies Australia 29(4), 10‐17
http://www.acys.info/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/44300/YSA_dec_kicked.pdf

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Young people in teen parent units


Young people with disabilities and chronic conditions


Peiris-John, R., Ameratunga, S., Lee, A., Al-Ani, H., Fleming, T., & Clark, T. (2015). Adolescents with disability report higher rates of injury but lower rates of receiving care: findings from a national school-based survey in New Zealand. Injury Prevention. doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041636

Sexual and gender minority youth


Lucassen, M., Guntupalli, A., Clark, T., Fenaughty, J., Denny, S., Fleming, T., Smith, M. & Utter, J. (2019). Body size and weight, and the nutrition and activity behaviors of sexual and gender minority youth: Findings and implications from New Zealand. Public Health Nutrition, 22(13), 2346–2356. http://oro.open.ac.uk/59473/4/59473.pdf 

Fenaughty, J., Lucassen, M. F., Clark, T., & Denny, S. (2019). Factors Associated with Academic Achievement for Sexual and Gender Minority and Heterosexual Cisgender Students: Implications from a Nationally Representative Study. Journal of youth and adolescence48(10), 1883-1898. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31520237/

Chiang SY, Fleming T, Lucassen M, Fenaughty J, Clark T, Denny S (2016). Mental Health Status of Double Minority Adolescents: Findings from National Cross-Sectional Health Surveys. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2016 Nov 19:1-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-016-0530-z

Denny, S., Lucassen, M.F.G., Stuart, J., Fleming, T., Bullen, P., Peiris-John, R.,Rossen, F. & Utter, J. (2016). The association between supportive high school environments and depressive symptoms and suicidality among sexual minority students. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 45(3), 248-261. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25469988/

Clark, T. C., Lucassen, M. F. G., Bullen, P., Denny, S. J., Fleming, T. M., Robinson, E. M., & Rossen, F. V. (2014). The Health and Well-Being of Transgender High School Students: Results From the New Zealand Adolescent Health Survey (Youth'12)Journal of Adolescent Health, (0) 1-7. 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.11.008 (Open Access - free to access this article)

Lucassen, M.F.G., Clark, T.C., Denny, S.J., Fleming, T.M., Rossen, F.V., Sheridan, J., Bullen, P. & Robinson, E.M. (2014).  What has changed from 2001 to 2012 for sexual minority youth in New Zealand?  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpc.12727/pdf

Saewyc, E., Clark, T. C., Barney, L., Brunanski, D., & Homma, Y. (2014). Enacted stigma and HIV risk behaviours among sexual minority Indigenous youth in Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, 11(3), 411-420. http://www.pimatisiwin.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/06SaewycClark.pdf

Lucassen, M., Merry, S., Robinson, E., Denny, S., Clark, T., Ameratunga, S., Crengle, S., Rossen, F. (2011) Sexual attraction, depression, self‐harm, suicidality and help‐seeking behaviour in New Zealand secondary school studentsAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 45(5), 376‐383 https://psychiatry-training.wiki.otago.ac.nz/images/e/e7/Lucassen11.pdf