Rosalina Richards is a Samoan New Zealand behavioural psychologist, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in Pacific public health.

Academic career

Richards was born and grew up in the South Island of New Zealand, and is of Samoan and English ancestry. ^[1] She completed a PhD titled Factors influencing physical activity participation during adolescence and young adulthood at the University of Otago, supervised by Anthony Reeder. ^[2] The thesis was listed as an exceptional PhD thesis in the Division of Health Sciences for 2007. ^[2] Richards then joined the faculty at Otago, rising to associate professor in 2019 and full professor in 2023. ^{[3] [4]}

Richards was the inaugural Director of the Va'a o Tautai – Centre for Pacific Health at Otago, which was launched in 2018. ^[5] She is also Co-Director, with Anne-Marie Jackson, of the Coastal People: Southern Skies Centre of Research Excellence, where she is responsible for capacity development and Pacific strategy. ^[1]

Richards is a behavioural psychologist working in public health, and her research has covered topics such as healthy sleep practices, restoration of marine environments, and their importance in Pacific culture, and cancer prevention. ^{[1] [6] [3] [7] [8]} Richards and colleagues surveyed screentime in teenagers, and found that the more hours teens reported watching television or playing games online, the less close their relationship to their parents. ^[9] She was part of a team who found Pacific communities in New Zealand call the National Poison Centre less often than expected, and part of another team that found rates of Chronic Kidney Disease were five times higher than expected in Samoan people in New Zealand. ^{[10] [11]}

Selected works

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• Rosalina Richards; Rob McGee; Sheila M Williams; David Welch; Robert J Hancox (1 March 2010). "Adolescent screen time and attachment to parents and peers". JAMA Pediatrics. 164 (3): 258–262. doi: 10.1001/ARCHPEDIATRICS.2009.280. ISSN  1072-4710. PMID  20194259. Wikidata  Q43653773.
• Lindsay Robertson; Janet Hoek; Mei-Ling Blank; Rosalina Richards; Pamela Ling; Lucy Popova (1 February 2018). "Dual use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and smoked tobacco: a qualitative analysis". Tobacco Control. 28 (1): 13–19. doi: 10.1136/TOBACCOCONTROL-2017-054070. ISSN  0964-4563. PMC  6317506. PMID  29419488. Wikidata  Q50118659.
• Ewa A Szymlek-Gay; Rosalina Richards; Richard Egan (24 June 2011). "Physical activity among cancer survivors: a literature review". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 124 (1337): 77–89. ISSN  0028-8446. PMID  21946880. Wikidata  Q37938654.
• Rosalina Richards; Sheila Williams; Richie Poulton; Anthony I Reeder (1 December 2007). "Tracking club sport participation from childhood to early adulthood". Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. 78 (5): 413–419. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2007.10599441. ISSN  0270-1367. PMID  18274213. Wikidata  Q48888410.
• Rosalina Richards; Darling H; Reeder AI (1 August 2005). "Sponsorship and fund-raising in New Zealand schools: implications for health". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 29 (4): 331–336. doi: 10.1111/J.1467-842X.2005.TB00203.X. ISSN  1326-0200. PMID  16222930. Wikidata  Q46750980.
• Rosalina Richards; Linda Murdoch; Anthony I Reeder; Marieah Rosenby (24 January 2010). "Advocacy for active transport: advocate and city council perspectives". International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 7: 5. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-7-5. ISSN  1479-5868. PMC  2830166. PMID  20181003. Wikidata  Q33694752.{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI ( link)

References

External links

• What does the public know about preventing cancer, presentation by Rose Richards, from 2015 Cancer Research Forum, via Vimeo