Dr Polly E Atatoa Carr

Associate Professor
Qualifications: MBChB, MSc, MPH, FNZCPHM
Papers Taught
Research Interests
Public health physician specialising in improving population health and equity with expertise in:
- Translational research to ensure that research findings inform the development of policy and programmes to improve population health and equity;
- Longitudinal epidemiological analysis of the developmental pathways that lead to health and wellbeing and equity across the life course;
- Vulnerable populations;
- Ethnicity data collection, analysis and interpretation;
- Māori and Pacific health and wellbeing;
- The broader determinants of health;
- Research ethics and the relationship between community and research practise.
Recent Publications
Whitehead, J., Pearson, A. L., Lawrenson, R., & Atatoa-Carr, P. (2018). Framework for examining the spatial equity and sustainability of general practitioner services. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 26(5), 336-341. doi:10.1111/ajr.12471
Schilling, C., Hedges, M. R., Atatoa Carr, P. E., & Morton, S. (2018). Transitions in smoking across a pregnancy: New information from the Growing Up in New Zealand Longitudinal Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22(5), 660-669. doi:10.1007/s10995-018-2434-0
Reese, E., Keegan, P., McNaughton, S., Kingi, T., Atatoa Carr, P., Schmidt, J., . . . Morton, S. (2018). Te Reo Māori: indigenous language acquisition in the context of New Zealand English. Journal of Child Language, 45(2), 340-367. doi:10.1017/S0305000917000241
Rusten, N. F., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., Verbiest, M. E. A., Waldie, K. E., Berry, S., . . . Morton, S. M. B. (2018). Psychological distress among resident and nonresident fathers: Findings from New Zealand’s Who Are Today’s Dads? project. Journal of Family Issues, -online, 1-22. doi:10.1177/0192513X18808827
Keywords
Children; Health; Population Studies
Contact Details
Name |    | Extn. |    | Username |    | Room |    | Department |
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Atatoa Carr, AProf Polly | 5040 | patatoac | K.3.02 | National Institute Demographic Economic |
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