By Professor Anthony Zwi

Journal articles

Spangaro J; Koziol-McLain J; Zwi A; Rutherford A; Frail M-A; Ruane J, 2016, 'Deciding to tell: Qualitative configurational analysis of decisions to disclose experience of intimate partner violence in antenatal care', Social science & medicine, 154, pp. 45 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.032

Checchi F; Waldman RJ; Roberts LF; Ager A; Asgary R; Benner MT; Blanchet K; Burnham G; d'Harcourt E; Leaning J; Massaquoi MBF; Mills EJ; Moresky RT; Patel P; Roberts B; Toole MJ; Woodruff B; Zwi AB, 2016, 'World Health Organization and emergency health: if not now, when?', BMJ, 352, pp. i469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i469

Botfield JR; Newman CE; Zwi AB; Zwi A; Botfield J, 2015, 'Young people from culturally diverse backgrounds and their use of services for sexual and reproductive health needs: a structured scoping review', Sexual Health, 13, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15090

Ramke J; Zwi A; Palagyi A; Blignault I; Gilbert CE, 2015, 'Equity and blindness: closing evidence gaps to support Universal Eye Health.', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 22, pp. 297 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2015.1077977

Spangaro J; Adogu C; Zwi AB; Ranmuthugala G; Davies GP, 2015, 'Mechanisms underpinning interventions to reduce sexual violence in armed conflict: A realist-informed systematic review', Conflict and Health, 9, pp. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13031-015-0047-4

Zwi AB; Botfield JR; Mugo N; Steiner C, 2015, 'Maternal and child health in South Sudan: Priorities for the post-2015 agenda', SAGE Open, 5, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244015581190

Ahmad K; Zwi AB; Tarantola DJ; Azam SI, 2015, 'Eye care utilisation and its determinants in marginalised fishing communities in Karachi, Pakistan The Karachi Marine Fishing Communities Eye and General Health Survey', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 22, pp. 370 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2015.1012592

Ghorbani Z; Ahmady A; Ghasemi E; Zwi AB, 2015, 'Socioeconomic inequalities in oral health among adults in Tehran, Iran', Community Dental Health, 32, pp. 26 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1922/cdh_3400ahmady06

Zwi A; Ahmad K; Tarantola DJM; Soomro AQ; Baig R; Azam SI, 2015, 'Gendered Disparities in Quality of Cataract Surgery in a Marginalised Population in Pakistan: The Karachi Marine Fishing Communities Eye and General Health Survey', PLoS One, 10, pp. e0131774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131774

Botfield JR; Zwi AB; Hill PS, 2015, 'Policy context and narrative leading to the commissioning of the Australian Indigenous Burden of Disease study', Health Research Policy and Systems, 13, pp. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0004-0

Botfield JR; Zwi AB; Hill PS, 2015, 'Policy context and narrative leading to the commissioning of the Australian indigenous burden of disease study.', Health Res Policy Syst, 13, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-015-0004-0

Ahmad K; Zwi AB; Tarantola DJ; Chaudhry TA, 2014, 'Self-perceived barriers to eye care in an hard-to-reach population: The Karachi Marine Fishing Communities Eye and General Health Survey', Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 56, pp. 1023 - 1032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.14-16019

Ramke ; Blignault ; Welch V; Gilbert C; Petkovic J; Blanchet K; Christensen R; Zwi A; Tugwell P, 2014, 'Interventions to improve access to cataract surgical services and their impact on equity in low- and middle-income countries', The Cochrane Library, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD011307

Silove D; Liddell B; Rees S; Chey T; Nickerson A; Tam N; Zwi AB; Brooks R; Sila LL; Steel Z, 2014, 'Effects of recurrent violence on post-traumatic stress disorder and severe distress in conflict-affected Timor-Leste: a 6-year longitudinal study', The Lancet Global Health, 2, pp. e293 - e300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70196-2

Pearson M; Zwi AB; Rouse AK; Fernando R; Buckley NA; McDuie-Ra D, 2014, 'Taking stock-what is known about suicide in Sri Lanka: A Systematic review of diverse literature', Crisis, 35, pp. 90 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000244

Zwi A; Gajjar D; Hill P, 2014, 'A case study in the use of evidence in a changing political context: an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service re-examines practice models, governance and financing.', Australian Health Review, 38, pp. 383 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH13221

Rosewell A; Clark G; Mabong P; Ropa B; Posanai E; Man NWY; Dutta SR; Wickramasinghe W; Qi L; Ng JC; Mola G; Zwi AB; MacIntyre CR; Man N, 2013, 'Concurrent Outbreaks of Cholera and Peripheral Neuropathy Associated with High Mortality among Persons Internally Displaced by a Volcanic Eruption', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e72566 - e72566, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072566

Rosenstock A; Mukandi B; Zwi AB; Hill P, 2013, 'Closing the Gaps: Competing Estimates of Indigenous Australian Life Expectancy in the Scientific Literature', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37, pp. 356 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12084

Liddell B; Silove DM; Tay K; Tam N; Nickerson AM; Brooks R; Rees S; Zwi AB; Steel Z, 2013, 'Achieving convergence between a community-based measure of explosive anger and a clinical interview for intermittent explosive disorder in Timor-Leste.', Journal of Affective Disorders, 150, pp. 1242 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.006

Fujita N; Abe K; Rotem A; Tung R; Keat P; Robins A; Zwi AB, 2013, 'Addressing the human resource crisis: A case study of Cambodia's efforts to reduce maternal mortality (1980-2012', BMJ Open, 5, pp. e002685, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002685

Martins JS; Zwi AB; Hobday K; Bonaparte F; Kelly PA, 2013, 'Changing the malaria treatment protocol policy in Timor-Leste: an examination of context, process and actor's involvement', Health Research Policy and Systems, 11, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-11-16

Rosewell A; Bieb S; Clark G; Miller G; Zwi AB; MacIntyre CR, 2013, 'Human resources for health: lessons from the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea', Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal, 4, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2013.4.2.006

Rees S; Silove DM; Verdial T; Tam N; Savio E; Fonseca Z; Thorpe R; Liddell B; Zwi AB; Tay K; Brooks R; Steel Z, 2013, 'Intermittent Explosive Disorder amongst women in conflict affected Timor-Leste: associations with human rights trauma, ongoing violence, poverty and injustice.', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Art. No. e69207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069207

Rosewell A; Randall H; Datta S; Zwi AB; Ray P; MacIntyre CR; Ropa B; Dagina R; Hurim S; Bieb S; Ramamurthy S; Mola G, 2013, 'Mobile phone-based syndromic surveillance system, Papua New Guinea', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19, pp. 1811 - 1818, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.121843

Pearson M; Zwi AB; Buckley NA; Manuweera G; Fernando R; Dawson AH; McDuie-Ra D, 2013, 'Policymaking ‘under the radar’: a case study of pesticide regulation to prevent intentional poisoning in Sri Lanka', Health Policy and Planning, 30, pp. 56 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czt096

Spangaro JM; Adogu C; Ranmuthugala G; Powell davies G; Steinacker L; Zwi AB, 2013, 'What evidence exists for initiatives to reduce risk and incidence of sexual violence in armed conflict and other humanitarian crises? A systematic review', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062600

Martins JS; Zwi AB; Kelly PM, 2012, 'Did the first Global Fund grant (2003-2006) contribute to malaria control and health system strengthening in Timor-Leste?', Malaria Journal, 11, pp. 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-11-237

Negin J; Martiniuk A; Morgan C; Davies P; Zwi A, 2012, 'Building health systems capacity in global health graduate programs: Reflections from Australian educators', BMC International Health and Human Rights, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-12-14

Asante AD; Negin J; Hall JJ; Dewdney J; Zwi A, 2012, 'Analysis of policy implications and challenges of the Cuban health assistance program related to human resources for health in the Pacific', Human Resources for Health, 10, pp. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-10-10

Martiniuk A; Manouchehrian M; Negin J; Zwi A, 2012, 'Brain Gains: a literature review of short-term medical missions to low and middle-income countries.', BMC Health Services Research, 12, pp. 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-134

Negin J; Martiniuk A; Martiniuk A; Davies P; Zwi A, 2012, 'Building health systems capacity in global health graduate programs: reflections from Australian educators', BMC International Health and Human Rights, 12, pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698x-12-14

Rosewell A; Addy B; Komnapi L; Makanda F; Ropa B; Posanai E; Dutta S; Mola G; Man WYN; Zwi A; MacIntyre CR, 2012, 'Cholera risk factors, Papua New Guinea, 2010', BMC Infectious Diseases, 12, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-287

Martins JS; Zwi A; Hobday K; Kelly PM; Bonaparte F; Hobday , 2012, 'The implementation of a new Malaria Treatment Protocol in Timor-Leste: challenges and constraints', Health Policy and Planning, 2012, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czs019

Silove D; Rees S; Tam N; Liddell B; Zwi A, 2011, 'Staff management and capacity building under conditions of insecurity: Lessons from developing mental health service and research programs in post-conflict Timor-Leste', Australasian Psychiatry, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10398562.2011.583076

Wickramage K; Ranasinghe T; Zwi A, 2011, '(A257) Enhancing Human Resources for Health in Crisis: Experience from the War-Affected Districts of Sri Lanka', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26, pp. s71 - s71

Wickramage K; Zwi A, 2011, '(P1-109) Violence, Health and Human Rights: Analysis of the Right to Health for Conflict Displaced Persons Living In IDP Camps in Northern Sri Lanka', Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26, pp. s134 - s134

Fujita N; Zwi A; Nagai M; Nagai M, 2011, 'A Comprehensive Framework for Human Resources for Health System Development in Fragile and Post-Conflict States', PLOS Medicine, 8, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001146

Rosewell A; Dagina R; Murhekar M; Ropa B; Posanai E; Dutta S; Barr I; Mola G; Zwi A; MacIntyre CR, 2011, 'Concurrent Influenza and Shigellosis Outbreaks, Papua New Guinea, 2009', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17, pp. 756 - 758, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1706.101021

Zwi A; Blignault I; Bunde-Birouste AW; Ritchie JE; Silove DM, 2011, 'Decision-makers, donors and data: factors influencing the development of mental health and psychosocial policy in the Solomon Islands.', Health Policy and Planning, 26, pp. 338 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czq069

Steel Z; Liddell BJ; Bateman steel CR; Zwi A; Bateman-Steel C, 2011, 'Global protection and the health impact of migration interception', PLOS Medicine, 8, pp. e1001038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001038

Spangaro JM; Zwi A; Poulos RG, 2011, 'Pandora doesn't live here anymore: Normalization of screening for intimate partner violence in Australian antenatal, mental health, and substance abuse services', Violence and Victims, 26, pp. 130 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.26.1.130

Spangaro JM; Zwi A; Poulos RG, 2011, 'Persist. Persist: A qualitative study of women’s decisions to disclose and their perceptions of the impact of routine screening for intimate partner violence', Psychology of Violence, 1, pp. 150 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0023136

Pearson M; Zwi A; Buckley NA, 2010, 'Prospective Policy Analysis: How an epistemic community informed policymaking on intentional self poisoning in Sri Lanka', Health Research Policy and Systems, 2010, pp. 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-4505-8-19

Spangaro JM; Zwi A; Poulos RG; Man WYN, 2010, 'Six months after routine screening for intimate partner violence: attitude change, useful and adverse effects', Women and Health, 50, pp. 125 - 143, http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/558730_751309012_921837175.pdf

Martins J; Zwi A; Kelly P, 2010, 'What has been the contribution of the first Global Fund grant (2003-2006) to malaria control and health system strengthening in Timor-Leste?', Malaria Journal, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-s2-o23

Spangaro JM; Zwi A; Poulos RG; Man WYN, 2010, 'Who tells and what happens: Disclosure and health service responses to screening for intimate partner violence', Health and Social Care in the Community, 18, pp. 671 - 680, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00943.x

Campbell DM; Redman S; Jorm L; Cooke M; Zwi AB; Rychetnik L, 2009, 'Increasing the use of evidence in health policy: Practice and views of policy makers and researchers', Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 6, pp. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8462-6-21

Blignault I; Bunde-Birouste AW; Ritchie JE; Silove DM; Zwi A, 2009, 'Community perceptions of mental health needs: a qualitive study in the Soloman Islands', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 3, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-4458-3-6

Asante AD; Zwi A, 2009, 'Factors influencing resource allocation decisions and equity in the health system of Ghana', Public Health, 123, pp. 371 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2009.02.006

Tarantola D; Amon J; Zwi A; Gruskin S; Gostin L, 2009, 'H1N1, public health security, bioethics, and human rights', Lancet, 373, pp. 2107 - 2108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61143-0

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