Cheryl Davies (Ngāti Raukawa / Ngāti Mutunga ki Te Wharekauri) is a Māori Health Researcher with Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pōmare and also in the Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) research group. 

Cheryl has managed the services of the Tu Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust over the past 32 years and has worked in Māori health over the past 40 years. She has a keen interest in research that prioritises action aimed at improving outcomes and reducing inequities for Māori communities.

2024

Journal - Research Article

• Krebs, J. D., Parry-Strong, A., Braakhuis, A., Worthington, A., Merry, T. L., Gearry, R. B., … Weatherall, M., Davies, C., … Lithander, F. E. (2024). A Mediterranean dietary pattern intervention does not improve cardiometabolic risk but does improve quality of life and body composition in an Aotearoa New Zealand population at increased cardiometabolic risk: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/dom.16030
• Chisholm, E., Logan, A., Aspinall, C., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., Johnson, E., & Pierse, N. (2024). “Freedom to move through the house”: How a healthy housing initiative improves quality of life in Aotearoa New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(5), 100190.  doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100190
• Sharma, S., Davies, C., Rattray-Te Mana, H., Baker, M., Kvalsvig, A., & Walton, M. (2024). Supporting whānau during COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand: A systems thinking case study. BMC Health Services Research, 24, 717. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11164-z
• Penny, G., Logan, A., Olin, C. V., O'Sullivan, K. C., Robson, B., Pehi, T., Davies, C., Wall, T., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). A Whakawhānaungatanga Māori wellbeing model for housing and urban environments. Kōtuitui. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2023.2293988

Journal - Research Other

• Howden-Chapman, P., Crane, J., Keall, M., Pierse, N., Baker, M. G., Cunningham, C., … Aspinall, C., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., … Chisholm, E., Davies, C., Fougere, G., Fraser, B., Fyfe, C., Grant, L., … Halley, C., Logan-Riley, A., … Olin, C., Ombler, J., O'Sullivan, K., Pehi, T., Penny, G., … Randal, E., … Robson, B., Ruru, J., Shaw, C., … Teariki, M. A., Telfar Barnard, L., Tiatia, R., Toy-Cronin, B., … Viggers, H., … Zhang, W. (2024). He Kāinga Oranga: Reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 54(3), 290-315. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2170427

2023

Journal - Research Article

• Parry-Strong, A., Gearry, R., Merry, T. L., Weatherall, M., Davies, C., Worthington, A., Bishop, R., Wright, S. R., … Foster, M., & Krebs, J. (2023). A high quality Aotearoa New Zealand dietary pattern adapting a Mediterranean diet for metabolic health: A feasibility study. BMC Nutrition, 9, 146.  doi: 10.1186/s40795-023-00805-x
• Signal, V., Jones, R., Davies, C., Stairmand, J., Smith, M., Adler, J., & Gurney, J. K. (2023). It’s more than just physical: Experiences of pain and pain management among Māori with cancer and their whānau. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 18(1).  doi: 10.32799/ijih.v18i1.39255
• Jones, R. M., Signal, V., Smith, M., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., & Gurney, J. (2023). Palliative care and quality of life needs and outcomes for Māori with cancer: What do we know? AlterNative, 19(2), 219-228.  doi: 10.1177/11771801231163919

Journal - Research Other

• Iupati, S., Stanley, J., Egan, R., MacLeod, R., Davies, C., Spence, H., Iupati, D., Middlemiss, T., & Gwynne-Robson, I. (2023). Systematic review of models of effective community specialist palliative care services for evidence of improved patient-related outcomes, equity, integration, and health service utilization. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 26(11), 1562-1577.  doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0461
• Kvalsvig, A., Tuari-Toma, B., Timu-Parata, C., Bennett, J., Sinnema, C., Summers, J., Davies, C., Jackson, C., … Telfar Barnard, L., & Baker, M. G. (2023). Protecting school communities from COVID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks: The urgent need for healthy schools in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 136(1571), 7-19. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

• Brady, B., Kukutai Jones, D., Lewis, G., Davies, C., & Mathew, J. (2023, March). Equity in pain management. Panel discussion at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting Foundations Day, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Mathew, J., & Davies, C. (2023, March). Reflections of Whānau Pain Programme: Where to next? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting Foundations Day, Auckland, New Zealand.

2022

Journal - Research Article

• Iupati, S., MacLeod, R., Stanley, J., Davies, C., & Egan, R. (2022). Community specialist palliative care services in New Zealand: A survey of Aotearoa hospices. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1566), 36-48. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/
• Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Stairmand, J., Robson, B., Kvalsvig, A., Lum, D., & Signal, V. (2022). A kia ora, a wave and a smile: An urban marae-led response to COVID-19, a case study in manaakitanga. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21, 70.  doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01667-8
• Perry, M. A., Devan, H., Davies, C., Hempel, D., Ingham, T., Jones, B., … Hale, L. (2022). iSelf-help: A co-designed, culturally appropriate, online pain management programme in Aotearoa. Research Involvement & Engagement, 8, 6.  doi: 10.1186/s40900-022-00339-9
• Chisholm, E., Bierre, S., Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). 'That house was a home': Qualitative evidence from New Zealand on the connections between rental housing eviction and poor health outcomes. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, 861-868.  doi: 10.1002/hpja.526

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Devan, H., Davies, C., Reid, S., Hempel, D., Hale, L., & Te Morenga, L. (2022). Partnering with Māori whānau to address inequities to pain management: A qualitative case study.  Proceedings of the 12th Health Services and Policy Research Conference. 462. Retrieved from https://www.hsraanz.org

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

• Devan, H., Davies, C., & Dassanayake, S. (2022, September). Co-creation of a culturally responsive online pain management programme in Aotearoa New Zealand: iSelf-Help. Poster session presented at the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) 19th World Congress on Pain, Toronto, Canada. 

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

• Devan, H., & Davies, C. (2022, August). Māori community based solutions to addressing inequities in pain management. Verbal presentation at the Australia and New Zealand Summit on the Value of Allied Health Care, [Online].
• Devan, H., & Davies, C. (2022, March). Research on a Marae based clinical solution. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting, [Online].

Other Research Output

• Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., Timu-Parata, C., Tuari-Toma, B., Summers, J., Davies, C., Jackson, C., Bennett, J., Baker, M. G. (2022, January). Protecting New Zealand children from the developing Omicron outbreak. Public Health Expert blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/protecting-new-zealand-children-from-the-developing-omicron-outbreak/

2021

Journal - Research Article

• Devan, H., Jones, B., Davies, C., Perry, M., Hale, L., Grainger, R., & Ingham, T. (2021). Are we just dishing out pills constantly to mask their pain? Kaiāwhina Māori health workers' perspectives on pain management for Māori. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1543), 19-29. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
• Gurney, J., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Sarfati, D., Campbell, D., Davies, C., Dennett, E., … Ongley, D., Robson, B., Rumball-Smith, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thomas, C., & Koea, J. (2021). Disparities in post-operative mortality between Māori and non-indigenous ethnic groups in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1542), 15-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
• Choi, K., Giridharan, N., Cartmell, A., Lum, D., Signal, L., Puloka, V., Crossin, R., Gray, L., Davies, C., Baker, M., & Kvalsvig, A. (2021). Life during lockdown: A qualitative study of low-income New Zealanders' experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1538), 52-67. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
• Russell, M., Davies, C., Wild, K., & Shaw, C. (2021). Pedalling towards equity: Exploring women's cycling in a New Zealand city. Journal of Transport Geography, 91, 102987.  doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.102987

Journal - Research Other

• Kvalsvig, A., Wilson, N., Davies, C., Timu-Parata, C., Signal, V., & Baker, M. G. (2021). Expansion of a national Covid-19 alert level system to improve population health and uphold the values of Indigenous peoples. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 12, 100206.  doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100206
• Hancox, R. J., Jones, S., Baggott, C., Chen, D., Corna, N., Davies, C., Fingleton, J., … Reid, J., Travers, J., … Young, R. (2021). New Zealand COPD Guidelines: Quick reference guide. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1530), 76-110. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
• Hale, L., Devan, H., Davies, C., Dean, S. G., Dowell, T., Grainger, R., Gray, A. R., … Ingham, T., Jones, B., Leung, W., Mills, J., … Shipton, E., & Perry, M. (2021). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of an online-delivered group-based pain management programme in improving pain-related disability for people with persistent pain: Protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial (iSelf-help trial). BMJ Open, 11(2), e046376.  doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046376

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Russell, M., Davies, C., Wild, K., & Shaw, C. (2021). Pedaling towards equity: Cycling, gender and ethnicity in Aotearoa/New Zealand.  Journal of Transport & Health, 22(Suppl.), (pp. 3-4).  doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2021.101153

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

• Davies, C., & Devan, H. (2021, December). Equity in pain management. Verbal presentation at the Pain@Otago Research Symposium, [Online].
• Devan, H., & Davies, C. A. (2021, March). Are we just dishing out pills constantly to mask their pain? Kaiāwhina Māori health workers perspectives on pain management for Māori. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Making the Connection: Cortex, Culture & Community, Waitangi, New Zealand.

2020

Journal - Research Article

• Signal, V., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Sukumaran, N., Thompson, D.-M., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). A mobile- and web-based health intervention program for diabetes and prediabetes self-management (BetaMe/Melon): Process evaluation following a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(12), e19150.  doi: 10.2196/19150
• McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Thompson, D., Henderson, K., Davies, C., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., & Sarfati, D. (2020). Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight after 12 months for people with diabetes and prediabetes: A randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia, 63, 2559-2570.  doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05261-x
• Chisholm, E., Pierse, N., Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Promoting health through housing improvements, education and advocacy: Lessons from staff involved in Wellington's Healthy Housing Initiative. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 31, 7-15.  doi: 10.1002/hpja.247

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Devan, H., Perry, M., Davies, C., Dean, S., Dowell, A., Grainger, R., Gray, A., … Ingham, T., Jones, B., Saipe, B., & Hale, L. (2020). Development of an online group pain management programme in Aotearoa: iSelf-Help.  Proceedings of the Annual Centre for Health Systems and Technology (CHeST) Symposium: Improving Healthcare with Emerging Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsystems/symposium/index.html

2019

Journal - Research Article

• Millar, E., Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., Semper, K., Dowell, A., Lawrenson, R., Mangin, D., & Sarfati, D. (2019). Pill for this and a pill for that: A cross-sectional survey of use and understanding of medication among adults with multimorbidity. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 38(2), 91-97.  doi: 10.1111/ajag.12606
• Ingham, T., Keall, M., Jones, B., Aldridge, D. R. T., Dowell, A. C., Davies, C., Crane, J., Draper, J. B., Bailey, L. O., Viggers, H., Stanley, T. V., Leadbitter, P., … Howden-Chapman, P. (2019). Damp mouldy housing and early childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: A case control study. Thorax, 74(9), 849-857.  doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-212979
• Sligo, J., Jones, B., Davies, C., Egan, R., Ingham, T., Hancox, B., & Richards, R. (2019). The experiences of young people with chronic illness in New Zealand: A qualitative study. Child: Care, Health & Development, 45(5), 660-669.  doi: 10.1111/cch.12696

2018

Journal - Research Article

• Stairmand, J., Gurney, J., Stanley, J., Millar, E., Davies, C., Semper, K., Dowell, A., Mangin, D., Lawrenson, R., & Sarfati, D. (2018). The impact of multimorbidity on people's lives: A cross-sectional survey. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1477), 78-90. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
• Millar, E., Stanley, J., Gurney, J., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., Semper, K., Dowell, A., … Sarfati, D. (2018). Effect of multimorbidity on health service utilisation and health care experiences. Journal of Primary Health Care, 10(1), 44-53. doi: 10.1071/HC17074

Journal - Research Other

• Sarfati, D., McLeod, M., Stanley, J., Signal, V., Stairmand, J., Krebs, J., Dowell, A., Leung, W., Davies, C., & Grainger, R. (2018). BetaMe: Impact of a comprehensive digital health programme on HbA1c and weight at 12 months for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 19, 161.  doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2528-4

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2018). He Tipu Manahau: Kia Mau Te Rā (To grow resilience: To keep hold of the sun).  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Energy and Environment of Residential Buildings (ICEERB): Housing Sustainability in Urban Areas. (pp. 35-36). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/iceerb-2018

2017

Chapter in Book - Research

• Dew, K., Cunningham, C., Davies, C., Tavite, H., Stairmand, J., Sarfati, D., & Signal, L. (2017). Māori-centered research and ethnomethodology: Cancer inequities and research by and for indigenous peoples. In SAGE research methods: Cases part 2. SAGE.  doi: 10.4135/9781526409218
• Howden-Chapman, P., Chisholm, E., Telfar Barnard, L., Viggers, H., O'Sullivan, K., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., Preval, N., Randal, E., Tiatia, R., Ombler, J., Amore, K., Rivera-Muñoz, G., … Davies, C., Aspinall, C., Oliver, J., Baker, M., Keall, M., … Crane, J., & Pierse, N. (2017). Housing, energy and health in resilient cities. In P. Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities. (pp. 95-106). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa. 

Journal - Research Article

• Signal, L., Semper, K., Stairmand, J., Davies, C., Millar, E., Dowell, T., … Mangin, D., & Sarfati, D. (2017). A walking stick in one hand and a chainsaw in the other: Patients’ perspectives of living with multimorbidity. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1455), 65-76. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

• Asher, I., McNamara, D., Davies, C., Demetriou, T., Fleming, T., Harwood, M., … Ingham, T., … Reid, J., … Ryan, D. (2017). Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ child and adolescent asthma guidelines: A quick reference guide. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1466), 10-33. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Stairmand, J., Signal, L., Semper, K., Davies, C., Millar, E., Dowell, T., … Mangin, D., & Sarfati, D. (2017). A walking stick and a chainsaw: Patients' perspectives of living with multimorbidity.  Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Public Health. Retrieved from https://wcph2017.entegyapp.com/Page/28/511/26/1459

2015

Journal - Research Article

• Dew, K., Signal, L., Davies, C., Tavite, H., Hooper, C., Sarfati, D., Stairmand, J., & Cunningham, C. (2015). Dissonant roles: The experience of Māori in cancer care. Social Science & Medicine, 138, 144-151.  doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.06.008

Commissioned Report for External Body

• Jones, B., Ingham, T. R., Reid, S., Davies, C., Levack, W., & Robson, B. (2015). He Māramatanga Huangō: Asthma health literacy for Māori children in New Zealand. Commissioned by Ministry of Health and the Asthma Foundation of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: University of Otago. 92p.

2014

Journal - Research Article

• Pilcher, J., Patel, M., Smith, A., Davies, C., Pritchard, A., Travers, J., … Weatherall, M., Beasley, R., Harwood, M., and SMART Study Group. (2014). Combination budesonide/formoterol inhaler as maintenance and reliever therapy in Māori with asthma. Respirology, 19(6), 842-851.  doi: 10.1111/resp.12319

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Viggers, H., Howden-Chapman, P., Crane, J., Ingham, T., Baker, M., & Davies, C. (2014). Warm homes for elder New Zealanders?  Proceedings of the New Zealand Population Health Congress: Connecting Communities, Policy and Science. (pp. 48). Retrieved from http://www.pophealthcongress.org.nz/nzphc14/programme/programme

2013

Journal - Research Article

• Viggers, H., Howden-Chapman, P., Ingham, T., Chapman, R., Pene, G., Davies, C., … Pierse, N., Wilson, H., Zhang, J., Baker, M., & Crane, J. (2013). Warm homes for older people: Aims and methods of a randomised community-based trial for people with COPD. BMC Public Health, 13, 176.  doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-176
• Jones, B., Ingham, T. R., Cram, F., Dean, S., & Davies, C. (2013). An indigenous approach to explore health-related experiences among Māori parents: The Pukapuka Hauora asthma study. BMC Public Health, 13, 228.  doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-228

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

• Ingham, T., Levack, W., Jones, B., Davies, C., & Grainger, R. (2013). Improving respiratory health outcomes through culturally appropriate service delivery.  Proceedings of the New Zealand Respiratory Conference. Retrieved from http://asthmafoundation.org.nz/news-and-events/new-zealand-respiratory-conference/