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Research InterestsProfessor Anthony Zwi | | (Position Details) | | Phone 02 9385 2445 | | Email | | Qualifications MB BCh Witwatersrand, DOH Wits, DTM&H Wits, MSc London, PhD Wits, FFPHM, AFPHM |
| | | School/Unit |
| School of Public Health and Community Medicine | |
| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Global Health
Population Health
Health Services Research
Health Policy
Preventive Medicine
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| | | | Specific Research Keywords | |
| Fragile States
Evidence-informed Health Policy
Disaster Planning and Management
Development Cooperation
Refugees
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| | | | Research Interests | |
| Professor Zwi focuses on international health and policy and has interests in their interface with equity, social justice and human rights. He seeks to build Australia and Asia-Pacific partnerships and capabilities in public health, health policy, and disaster planning, management and response. He has worked most extensively in the past year in Timor-Leste (East Timor), but also has had recent research projects in Sri Lanka, the Solomon Islands and Cambodia. He is interested in understanding, and improving mechanisms, to facilitate evidence-informed health and development policy. Professor Zwi is keen to build links between humanitarian relief and development organisations and academic institutions. He has interests in injury and violence as public health problems. He heads a team exploring how health-related interventions in countries which have experienced disasters and wars could be more sensitive to culture, conflict, and to rebuilding trust and social cohesion. He and colleagues work on the ethics of research in conflict-affected settings, and the role of service providers and community members, including young people, in shaping and influencing research and responses to violent political conflict. He is keen to build links with health, development and humanitarian NGOs which have a commitment to research and lesson-learning.
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Civil Rights
Disaster Management
International Cooperation
International Health
Population
Public Health
Refugees
Social Justice
Social Medicine
Social Sciences
Violence
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| | | | Project Topics for current Honours Students |
| Assessment of trauma basic services in Timor-Leste
Human resources in fragile states
Australia's commitment to the Millennium Development Goals
Comparing Australia's commitment to international aid with that of other countries
Research as a contribution to nation-building in countries emerging from conflict. | |
| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| International health and development
Conflict and health, post-conflict, humanitarian health, social justice, human rights
Refugees, migrants, resettled communities: health, health services, community perspectives
Injury control; violence; public health responses
Writing for publication
Evidence-informed policy; research-policy interface
Disaster planning, management, response and evaluation
Ethics, equity and social justice in health
Policy analysis | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Member of Steering Committee: health and Fragile States Network
http://www.healthandfragilestates.org
Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
British Medical Journal; member of international editorial board 2002-2007.
Social Science and Medicine; Senior Editor for Health Policy 1995-2001.
Social Science and Medicine; Advisory Editor, 2001-2005.
The Lancet, editorial consultant, 2005 – to date
Global Public Health Journal, Associate Editor, Health and Development, 2005 - to date
Member of Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Medical Ethics
Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion
Member of Inception Editorial Board, Conflict and health, 2006 - to date.
Associate: The Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW.
Member of Round-table on the Demography of Forced Migration, Commission on Behavioural and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy of Sciences, USA (1999 - 2005)
Member of Steering Committee for Socio-Economic and Behavioural Research of Tropical Diseases Research (WHO/World Bank/UNDP) for 2001-2007. | |
| | | | Funding Sources | |
| Previous funding from Wellcome Trust, World Health Organization, World Bank, Department for International Development (UK), Nuffield Trust.
Current funding: Australian Research Council; AusAID; National Health and Medical Research Council. | |
| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| Blignault I, Bunde-Birouste A, Ritchie J, Silove D, Zwi AB. Community perceptions of mental health needs: a qualitative study in the Solomon Islands International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2009; 3: 6 http://www.ijmhs.com/content/3/1/6
Asante A, Zwi AB. Factors influencing resource allocation decisions and equity in the health system of Ghana. Public Health 2009; 123: 371-377 .
Bowen S, Zwi AB, Sainsbury P, Whitehead M. Killer Facts, politics and other influences: what evidence triggered early childhood intervention policies in Australia? Evidence & policy 2009; 5 (1): 5-32.
Spangaro J, Zwi AB, Poulos R. The Elusive Search for Definitive Evidence on Routine Screening for Intimate Partner Violence. Violence, trauma, and abuse 2009; 10 (1): 55-68.
Ritchie J, Zwi AB, Blignault I, Bunde-Birouste A, Silove D. Insider-outsider positions in health development research: reflections for practice. Development in Practice, 2009; 19(1): 106-112.
Tarantola D, Byrnes A, Johnson M, Kemp L, Zwi AB, Gruskin S. Human rights health and development. Australian Journal of Human Rights 2008; 13(2): 1-32.
Wayte K, Zwi AB, Belton S, Martins J, Martins N, Whelan A, Kelly P. Conflict and Development: Challenges in Responding to Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs in Timor-Leste. Reproductive Health Matters 2008 16(31): 83-92.
Grove NJ, Zwi AB. Beyond the logframe: a new tool for examining health and peacebuilding initiatives . Development in Practice 2008; 18(1): 66-81; DOI: 10.1080/09614520701778850.
Asante AD, Zwi AB. Public-private partnerships and global health equity: prospects and challenges. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2007; Vol IV (4): 176-180.
Zwi AB, Tarantola D, Grove NJ. Listening to the silence. Doing better at responding to disasters. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 2007; 19 (Special issue): 1-6.
Poulos RG, Hayen A, Finch CF, Zwi AB. Area socio-economic status and childhood injury morbidity in NSW, Australia. Injury Prevention 2007;13:322-327; doi:10.1136/ip.2007.015693 .
Poulos RG, Zwi AB, Lord SR. Towards enhancing national capacity for evidence informed policy and practice in falls management: a role for a “Translation Task Group”? Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2007; 4: 6.
Rutherford A, Zwi A, Grove N, Butchart A. Violence – A public health priority? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2007; 764-770
Rutherford A, Zwi A, Grove N, Butchart A. Violence- A Glossary. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2007; 61: 676-680
Rutherford A, Zwi AB. How can the health sector respond to violence? NSW Public Health Bulletin 2007; 18 (5&6): 73-74.
Rutherford A, Zwi AB. Preventing violence in NSW: how adequate are our data? NSW Public Health Bulletin 2007; 18 (5&6): 75-82.
Sethi D, Aljunid S, Saperi SB, Clemens F, Hardy P, Elbourne D, Zwi AB. Comparison of the effectiveness of trauma services provided by secondary and tertiary hospitals in Malaysia. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2007; 49 (1): 52-61.
R Aldrich, AB Zwi, S Short: Advance Australia Fair: Social democratic and conservative Australian politicians’ discourses concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their health 1972-2001. Social Science and Medicine 2007; 64(1):125-37.
Comino EJ, Hermiz O, Harris MF, Harris E, Zwi A. Evaluating access to and use of primary health care: what does the 2002/3 NSW Health Survey contribute? Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2006; 12(3): 26-33.
Asante AD, Zwi AB, Ho M-T. Getting By on Credit: How District Health Managers in Ghana Cope with the Untimely Release of Funds [MS ID : 1734268434101913]; BMC Health Services Research 2006; 6: 105: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/105
Martins N, Kelly PM, Grace J, Zwi A. Reconstructing tuberculosis services after major conflict: the ‘shining light’ of East Timor. PLOS Med; 2006; 3 (10): e383 http://medicine.plosjournals.org/archive/1549-1676/3/10/pdf/10.1371_journal.pmed.0030383-L.pdf
Zwi AB, McNeill PM, Grove NJ. Commentary: Responding more broadly and ethically: disaster preparedness and response. Response to Morin K, Higginson D and Goldrich for the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs of the American Medical Association, Physician obligation in disaster preparedness and response (pp 417-428). Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2006; 15 (4): 428-431.
Asante A, Zwi AB, Ho MT. Equity in Resource Allocation for Health: A Comparative Study of the Ashanti and Northern Regions of Ghana. Health Policy, in press (accepted 22 March 2006; doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.03.013 )
Zwi AB, Grove NJ, Pittaway E, Mackenzie C, Zion D, Silove D, Tarantola D. Placing ethics in the centre: negotiating new spaces for ethical research in conflict situations. Global Public Health 2006; 1 (3) : 264-277. http://www.journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/media/5g0gtpxqqn7cex22ta5x/contributions/x/0/2/6/x026631714114046.pdf
Rutherford A, Zwi A. Violence - a complex but preventable public health issue. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2006; 17 (1-2): 1-3.
Zwi AB, Grove JG, Kelly P, Gayer M, Ramos-Jimenez P, Sommerfeld J. Child health in armed conflict: time to rethink. The Lancet 2006; 367: 1886 -1888. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606688235/fulltext
Silove D, Zwi AB, le Touze D. Do truth commissions heal?: The East Timor experience. The Lancet 2006; 367: 1222-1224. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS014067360668519X/fulltext
Zwi AB, Grove NJ. We ignore global inequalities at our peril: promoting achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. (refereed editorial) Medical Journal of Australia 2006; 184 (3): 103-104.
Grove N, Zwi AB, Silove D, Tarantola D. Psychosocial health and human rights: Fair weather friends? Examining post-Tsunami interventions in conflict-affected areas. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 2006; Vol 11 (2)
Zwi AB, Grove NJ. We ignore global inequalities at our peril: promoting achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. (refereed editorial) Medical Journal of Australia 2006; 184 (3): 103-104.
Grove N, Zwi AB. Our health and theirs: forced migration, othering and public health. Social Science and Medicine, 2006; 62: 1931-1942. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.061
Bowen S, Zwi A, Sainsbury P. What evidence informs government population health policy? Lessons from early childhood intervention policy in Australia. NSW Public Health Bulletin NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005; 16 (11-12): 180-184.
Poulos RG, Zwi A. Building capacity in injury research transfer. NSW Public Health Bulletin 2005; 16 (11-12): 185-186.
Akbar, H, Hill, PS, Rotem A, Riley ID, Zwi AB, Marks GC, Mark T. Identifying Competencies for Australian Health Professionals Working in International Health. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 2005; 17 (2): 99-103.
Le Touze D, Silove D, Zwi AB. Injustice and anger following reconciliation processes. Intervention 2005; 3: 192-202.
Nathan SA. Develin, E, Grove N, Zwi AB. An Australian childhood obesity summit: the role of data and evidence in ‘public’ policy making. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2005; 2: 17 http://www.aeforum.org/aeforum.nsf/0/9c57587e036413688025704a0040dcd6/$FILE/Aus05ob.pdf
Zwi AB, Grove NJ, Ho M-T. Keeping track to keep Australia’s aid on track. (Editorial – peer-reviewed). Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183 (3): 119-120 http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_03_010805/zwi10400_fm.html
Bowen S, Zwi AB. Pathways to evidence informed policy and practice: a framework for action. Public Library of Science, Medicine, 2005 2 (7); 0100-0106 (e166).
Silove D, Zwi AB. Translating compassion into psychosocial aid after the tsunami. Lancet, 2005, 365: 269-271.
Whelan AM, Arkles RS, Dewdney J, Zwi AB. International Movement of Skilled Health Professionals: Ethical Policy Challenges for Developed Nations. Harvard Health Policy Review. 2004, 5(2): 97-111.
Kurti L, A Whelan, A Zwi, ‘Faith in international development: evaluating the effectiveness of faith-based NGOs’, Development Bulletin 2004; 65, 72-75.
Zwi AB. How should the health community respond to violent political conflict? We must define better practice and promote organizational learning. Public Library of Science, Medicine, 2004; 1 (1): 033-036.
El-Ansari W, Phillips CJ, Zwi AB. Public health nurses' perspectives on collaborative partnerships in South Africa. Public Health Nurs. 2004 May-Jun;21(3):277-86.
Sethi D, Watts S, Zwi A, Watson J, McCarthy C. Experience of domestic violence by women attending an inner city accident and emergency department. Emerg Med J. 2004 Mar; 21(2):180-184.
Scott ML, Whelan A, Dewdney J, Zwi AB."Brain drain" or ethical recruitment? Med J Aust. 2004 Feb 16;180(4):174-6.Zwi AB, Wyn Owen J, Ingram A. Health and foreign policy: moving forward with greater focus. Med J Aust. 2004 Feb 16;180(4):152-3.
Zwi A.B., Reid M.A. Health and foreign policy: scope for Australian engagement? Conference report. Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 179 (11/12): 573-574
Mercy JA, Butchart A, Dahlberg LL, Zwi AB, Krug EG. Violence and mental health: perspectives from the World Health Organization’s World Report on Violence and Health. International Journal of Mental Health, 2003; 32 (1): 20-36.
Mercy JA, Krug EG, Dahlberg LL, Zwi AB. Violence and public health: the United States in global perspective. American Journal of Public Health, 2003; 92 (12): 256-261.
Shuey DA, Qosaj FA, Schouten EJ, Zwi AB. Planning for health sector reform in post-conflict situations: Kosovo 1999-2000. Health Policy, 2003; 63: 299-310.
Campbell J, Percival V, Zwi AB. Ministerial challenges: Post-conflict, Post-election issues in Kosovo’s Health Sector. European Journal of Public Health, 2003; 13; 177-181.
Zwi A, Ramos-Jimenez P. Conflict, crisis and infectious diseases. Infectious Diseases Journal of Pakistan, July-September 2002: 102-103.
Zwi AB, Silove D. Hearing the voices. Mental health services in East Timor. Lancet Supplement 2002; 360: s45-s46.
Chabikuli N, Schneider H, Blaauw D, Zwi A, Brugha R. Quality and equity of private sector care for sexually transmitted diseases in South Africa. Health Policy and Planning, 2002; 17 (Suppl 1): 40-46.
Michael M, Zwi AB. Oceans of need in the desert: ethical issues identified while researching humanitarian agency response in Afghanistan. Developing World Bioethics, 2002; 2 (2): 109-130.
Zwi AB, Yach D (Eds). International health in the 21st Century: Trends and challenges. Special issue of Social Science and Medicine 2002; 54(11): 1615 - 1737.
Zwi AB, Yach D. International health in the 21st Century: trends and challenges. Social Science and Medicine 2002; 54(11): 1615-1620.
Sondorp E, Zwi AB. Complex political emergencies. We can learn from previous crises. British Medical Journal, 2002; 324: 310-311.
Zwi AB, Krug EG, Mercy JA, Dahlberg LL. World report on violence? Towards an Australian response. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2002; 26: 405-408.
Krug EG, Mercy JA, Dahlberg LL, Zwi AB. The first World Report on Violence and health. Lancet 2002, 360: 1083-1088.
Sethi D, Aljunid S, Saperi SB, Zwi AB, Hamid H, Mustafa ANB, Abdullah AHA. Comparison of the effectiveness of major trauma services provided by tertiary and secondary hospitals in Malaysia. Journal of Trauma, 2002; 53: 508-516.
El Ansari W, Philips CJ, Zwi AB. Narrowing the gap between academic professional wisdom and community lay knowledge: perceptions from partnerships. Public Health 2002; 115: 151-159.
Zwi A.B. Studying political violence: we should push for more from epidemiology (Commentary). International Journal of Epidemiology, 2002; 31: 585-586.
Sethi D, Watts S, Watson J, McCarthy C, Zwi A. Experience of 'screening' for domestic violence in Women's Services. Journal of Public Health Medicine 2001; 23 (4): 349-350.
Sondorp E, Kaiser T, Zwi AB. Beyond emergency care: challenges to health planning in complex emergencies. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2001; 6(12): 965-70.
Zwi AB, Leon D, Koupilova I, Sethi D, McKee M. Injuries, inequalities and health in Europe. Injury Control and Safety Promotion; 2001; 8(3): 143-148.
Zwi AB, Smith E, Brugha R. Private health care in developing countries. British Medical Journal (editorial); 2001; 323: 463-464. | |
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