Philip J Schluter
Biographic Data
| ID | 1499878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip J Schluter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip J |
| FAMILY NAME | Schluter |
| SIGNATURE | SCHLUTER P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6799-6779 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 35 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Comparing the psychosocial impacts of Covid-19 in seven low- and middle-income countries
The COVID-19 pandemic inflicted widespread and prolonged stress, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Similar events are likely in the future, and understanding moderators of the effects in LMICs may be helpful. An observational study of adults aged ≥18 years in Türkiye, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somaliland, and Iran was conducted using an online survey between 2021 and 2023. Data were collected on sociodemographic…
“A sweet in a polythene is not sweet”
The significance of men's influence as partners in contraceptive decision-making and family size is often understated, particularly in patriarchal societies. Understanding men's experiences and perceptions of family planning is necessary to address women's unmet needs for contraception. This study examined men's involvement in contraceptive use and decision-making in the Busoga region of east Uganda. Twenty-four in-depth interviews were conducted…
I Haven’t Had Anyone Talk to Me About Phone Use, At All”
Our smartphone habits have implications for our mental health, including new mothers' experience of loneliness. For a baby, whose developmental trajectory will be directly impacted by their attachment relationship, a parent's unconscious smartphone use is likely to be of lifelong consequence given the impact of such use on attachment. Therefore, new parents would benefit from support in assessing their smartphone habits and the impact on their re…
Weight misperception among Chinese children and adolescents
Objective: Weight misperception has been reported as a common problem in high-income countries, but there is a paucity of high-quality empirical evidence in low- and middle-income countries, especially among children and adolescents. This study estimates the prevalence of weight misperception and investigates changes over time among children and adolescents in China, as well as identifies factors that may affect this weight misperception. Design:…
Urban-rural disparity in body mass index
Background: The co-existence of undernutrition and overweight/obesity has been recognised as a severe challenge in China, with substantial urban-rural disparity. We evaluated short- and long-term associations of urban-rural locality on body mass index (BMI) in Chinese adults overall and stratified by sex, focusing on whether dietary knowledge plays a mediating role. Methods: We used cross-sectional and longitudinal study designs with structural e…
In the Covid-19 pandemic, who did we trust? An eight-country cross-sectional study
Background: Trust is a key determinant of health, but has been undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated infodemic. Using data from eight countries, we aimed to epidemiologically describe levels of trust in health, governments, news media organisations, and experts, and measure the impact of political orientation and COVID-19 information sources on participant's levels of trust. Methods: We simultaneously conducted a stratified rando…
The Covid Psychosocial Impacts Scale
This paper reports on the development and validation of the COVID Psychosocial Impacts Scale (CPIS), a self-report measure that comprehensively examines both positive and negative psychosocial impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first part of the program of work in which the CPIS was administered and compared with a measure of psychological distress (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, K-10) and wellbeing (World Health Organization …
Self-report measures of parental psychosocial functioning did not predict further maltreatment of children involved with child protection services
Self-report psychosocial measures of parenting, well-being and substance use did not predict subsequent maltreatment. • CPS-involved parents may not respond accurately to measures when their parenting is being assessed. • Professionals should be cautious in using measures, and use other methods for risk estimation of harm to children. This prospective study explored whether self-report measures of parenting self-efficacy, mood, anxiety, stress, e…
Understanding the longer-term health, wellbeing, and sense of community for disabled people following the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes
Understanding the contextual and cultural influences on women’s modern contraceptive use in East Uganda
Unmet need for contraception, defined as the percentage of women who are sexually active and want to avoid, space or limit pregnancies, but are not using a method of contraception, stands at 28.4% of all married women in Uganda. An understanding of women’s contraceptive behaviours, and the motivations that drive these, are key to tackling unmet need, by way of designing, implementing and improving family planning programs to effectively meet the …
A city profile of Ōtautahi Christchurch
Commentary
A recent publication by Modecki and colleagues asserts that ‘more [smart]phone use was associated with higher parenting quality’. Modecki and colleagues make their generalistic concluding statement in contradiction to an increasingly conflicting research corpus, and we suggest that a more cautious interpretation of their data would be beneficial. This study used a cross‐sectional convenience sample; however elsewhere, research questions the abili…
The Evolution in Anxiety and Depression with the Progression of the Pandemic in Adult Populations from Eight Countries and Four Continents
Nearly a year after the classification of the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, it is clear that different factors have contributed to an increase in psychological disorders, including public health measures that infringe on personal freedoms, growing financial losses, and conflicting messages. This study examined the evolution of psychosocial impacts with the progression of the pandemic in adult populations from different countries and con…
Factors Associated with Thoughts of Self-Harm or Suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Presenting to Urban Primary Care
Suicide amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a major cause of premature mortality and a significant contributor to the health and life expectancy gap. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of thoughts of self-harm or suicide in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending an urban primary health care service and identify factors associated with these thoughts. Multilevel mixed-effects modified Poisson regression…
The Efficacy of Preschool Developmental Indicators as a Screen for Early Primary School-Based Literacy Interventions
Literacy success lays the foundation for children's later educational, health, and well-being outcomes. Thus, early identification of literacy need is vital. Using data from New Zealand's national preschool health screening program for fiscal years 2010/2011–2014/2015, demographic and health variables from 255,090 children aged 4 years were related to whether they received a literacy intervention in early primary school. Overall, 20,652 (8.1%) ch…
One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about several features that increased the sense of fear and confusion, such as quarantine and financial losses among other stressors, which may have led to adverse psychosocial outcomes. The influence of such stressors took place within a broader sociocultural context that needs to be considered. The objective was to examine how the psychological response to the pandemic varied across…
Psychosocial Management Before, During, and After Emergencies and Disasters—Results from the Kobe Expert Meeting
Emergencies and disasters typically affect entire communities, cause substantial losses and disruption, and result in a significant and persistent mental health burden. There is currently a paucity of evidence on safe and effective individual- and community-level strategies for improving mental health before, during, and after such events. In October 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre) convene…
A mixed methods exploratory study tackling smoking during pregnancy in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service
Tobacco smoking is normalised and socially sanctioned in Indigenous communities and smoking is frequently a response to the multitude of stressors and challenges that Indigenous people experience on a daily basis. Smoking cessation interventions for pregnant Indigenous women must be cognisant of the realities of their private lives where the smoking occurs, in addition to the impact of the broader societal context. Narrow definitions of success f…
In the spirit of William Georgetti
Postgraduate scholarship programmes are increasingly important for supporting gifted students from diverse backgrounds. Systems and processes in the application, determination and delivery of scholarships must be robust, transparent, accountable and equitable. However, they are rarely evaluated. One of the most prestigious scholarships in New Zealand – the William Georgetti Scholarship – is investigated here for the impact of student’s grade poin…
And the winner is
With increasing competition for postgraduate research scholarships, awarding processes demand attention and scrutiny. We examine inter-rater reliability for two prestigious New Zealand scholarships, the Shirtcliffe Fellowship and the Gordon Watson Scholarship. For each scholarship, five assessors (three academic; two non-academic) independently evaluate all applicants over three domains: Academic Merit, Quality of Study Plans and Character/Leader…
Acculturation and its impact on the oral health status of Pacific children in New Zealand
Pacific children carry a disproportionate oral health burden, particularly amongst those with mothers more aligned to their Pacific culture. Strategies which enable Pacific people to re-shape their oral health understanding, together with reducing barriers to accessing dental health care, are needed to prevent a legacy of poor oral health in Pacific people within New Zealand
Keep on brushing
Invention through motivational text messaging improved the measured oral health self-care behavior in a hard-to-reach group carrying a disproportionately heavy oral health burden. This intervention warrants further investigation
It just makes you feel invincible’
The childhood years are highlighted as a crucial time when ongoing participation in physical activity can be nurtured and maintained. The nurturing of a child's proclivity to participate in organised sport normally falls into the domain of adults. While both parents and coaches have been identified as key influences on children's enjoyment of sport, some negative perceptions exist about their roles. Although children's perspectives are increasing…
Acculturation of Pacific mothers in New Zealand over time
Understanding the patterns and trajectories of acculturation over time, and its key determinants, is necessary for the development of appropriate targeted health policy and care in typically vulnerable and marginalised immigrant populations
Pacific Islands Families Study
The Pacific Islands Families study follows a cohort of 1,398 Pacific infants born in Auckland, New Zealand. This article examines associations between maternal acculturation, measured by an abbreviated version of the General Ethnicity Questionnaire, and selected infant and maternal health risk indicators. Findings reveal that those with strong alignment to Pacific culture had significantly better infant and maternal risk factor outcomes than thos…
Smoking during pregnancy
OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability of self reports of smoking during pregnancy. METHODS: Residual sera from early and late antenatal blood samples were tested for cotinine for all pregnancies over a six month period. Over an overlapping 12 month period, a postal questionnaire on smoking was also sent to all new mothers (n = 4857) when their baby was 4-8 weeks old. Smoking status from obstetric booking notes was also obtained. RESULTS: The co…
It just makes you feel invincible’
The childhood years are highlighted as a crucial time when ongoing participation in physical activity can be nurtured and maintained. The nurturing of a child's proclivity to participate in organised sport normally falls into the domain of adults. While both parents and coaches have been identified as key influences on children's enjoyment of sport, some negative perceptions exist about their roles. Although children's perspectives are increasing…
Prevalence and concordance of interpersonal violence reports from intimate partners
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly significant public health issue. Few studies investigate both partners’ reports of such violence. Aim: To determine the prevalence of IPV perpetration and victimisation and the concordance of both partners’ reports of that violence in a representative sample of Pacific couples using a standardised measure. Methods: A cohort of Pacific infants born during 2000 in Auckland, New Zealand,…
It’s all about winning, isn’t it? Competing discourses in children’s sport in New Zealand
Children participating in organized team sports are both the objects and subjects of competing discourses, which can create contradictory and sometimes confusing experiences for those involved. Influenced by Foucault’s concept of discourse and drawing upon the experiences related by a focus group of sports administrators, this article argues that the construction of children’s sport is heavily influenced by the collision between three dominant di…
Pacific Islands Families Study
The Pacific Islands Families study follows a cohort of 1,398 Pacific infants born in Auckland, New Zealand. This article examines associations between maternal acculturation, measured by an abbreviated version of the General Ethnicity Questionnaire, and selected infant and maternal health risk indicators. Findings reveal that those with strong alignment to Pacific culture had significantly better infant and maternal risk factor outcomes than thos…
Weather temperatures and sudden infant death syndrome
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine and identify relationships between the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and environmental temperature in Canterbury, New Zealand. DESIGN: A retrospective epidemiological study combining details of regional hourly temperature and reported SIDS cases. SETTING: Canterbury, New Zealand, between 1968 and 1989 inclusively. PARTICIPANTS: All infants reported as dying from SIDS within the Canterbury region. MAIN RESULTS: Th…
Smoking during pregnancy
OBJECTIVE: To determine the reliability of self reports of smoking during pregnancy. METHODS: Residual sera from early and late antenatal blood samples were tested for cotinine for all pregnancies over a six month period. Over an overlapping 12 month period, a postal questionnaire on smoking was also sent to all new mothers (n = 4857) when their baby was 4-8 weeks old. Smoking status from obstetric booking notes was also obtained. RESULTS: The co…
Weather temperatures and sudden infant death syndrome
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine and identify relationships between the sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and environmental temperature in Canterbury, New Zealand. DESIGN: A retrospective epidemiological study combining details of regional hourly temperature and reported SIDS cases. SETTING: Canterbury, New Zealand, between 1968 and 1989 inclusively. PARTICIPANTS: All infants reported as dying from SIDS within the Canterbury region. MAIN RESULTS: Th…
Epidemiology of recreational exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria – an international prospective cohort study
A significant increase in reporting of minor self-limiting symptoms, particularly respiratory symptoms, was associated with exposure to higher levels of cyanobacteria of mixed genera. We suggest that exposure to cyanobacteria based on total cell surface area above 12 mm2/mL could result in increased incidence of symptoms. The potential for severe, life-threatening cyanobacteria-related illness is likely to be greater in recreational waters that h…
Exclusive and any breast-feeding rates of Pacific infants in Auckland
Objectives To present current breast-feeding rates for Pacific infants resident in New Zealand. Reasons for the introduction of complementary liquid foods were also explored. Design A longitudinal study using hospital discharge summary records and maternal home interviews undertaken at 6 weeks, 12 and 24 months postpartum. Turnbull's non-parametric survival analysis was used to model exclusive breast-feeding rates. Setting Auckland, New Zealand. …
Maternal Self‐Report of Oral Health in 4‐Year‐Old Pacific Children from South Auckland, New Zealand
Many mothers and their Pacific children have poor basic oral hygiene and dietary practices that increase the oral health risk in these children. Culturally appropriate and targeted strategies aimed at these modifiable practices need to be widely promoted so that the oral health burden carried by Pacific children can be reduced
Prevalence and concordance of interpersonal violence reports from intimate partners
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an increasingly significant public health issue. Few studies investigate both partners’ reports of such violence. Aim: To determine the prevalence of IPV perpetration and victimisation and the concordance of both partners’ reports of that violence in a representative sample of Pacific couples using a standardised measure. Methods: A cohort of Pacific infants born during 2000 in Auckland, New Zealand,…
The Healthy Steps Study
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN012606000023550
Understanding the Relationship between Activity and Neighbourhoods (Urban) Study
The URBAN Study is applying a novel scientifically robust research design to provide urgently needed epidemiological information regarding the associations between the built environment and health outcomes. The findings will contribute to a larger, international initiative in which similar neighborhood selection and PA measurement procedures are utilized across eight countries. Accordingly, this study directly addresses the international priority…
Point of sale tobacco displays and smoking among 14–15 year olds in New Zealand
Although these findings are cross-sectional in nature, they are consistent with the notion that greater exposure to tobacco displays at the point of sale increases youth smoking, and suggest display bans are needed
It’s all about winning, isn’t it? Competing discourses in children’s sport in New Zealand
Children participating in organized team sports are both the objects and subjects of competing discourses, which can create contradictory and sometimes confusing experiences for those involved. Influenced by Foucault’s concept of discourse and drawing upon the experiences related by a focus group of sports administrators, this article argues that the construction of children’s sport is heavily influenced by the collision between three dominant di…
Acculturation of Pacific mothers in New Zealand over time
Understanding the patterns and trajectories of acculturation over time, and its key determinants, is necessary for the development of appropriate targeted health policy and care in typically vulnerable and marginalised immigrant populations
Pacific Islands Families Study
The Pacific Islands Families study follows a cohort of 1,398 Pacific infants born in Auckland, New Zealand. This article examines associations between maternal acculturation, measured by an abbreviated version of the General Ethnicity Questionnaire, and selected infant and maternal health risk indicators. Findings reveal that those with strong alignment to Pacific culture had significantly better infant and maternal risk factor outcomes than thos…
It just makes you feel invincible’
The childhood years are highlighted as a crucial time when ongoing participation in physical activity can be nurtured and maintained. The nurturing of a child's proclivity to participate in organised sport normally falls into the domain of adults. While both parents and coaches have been identified as key influences on children's enjoyment of sport, some negative perceptions exist about their roles. Although children's perspectives are increasing…
Keep on brushing
Invention through motivational text messaging improved the measured oral health self-care behavior in a hard-to-reach group carrying a disproportionately heavy oral health burden. This intervention warrants further investigation
In the spirit of William Georgetti
Postgraduate scholarship programmes are increasingly important for supporting gifted students from diverse backgrounds. Systems and processes in the application, determination and delivery of scholarships must be robust, transparent, accountable and equitable. However, they are rarely evaluated. One of the most prestigious scholarships in New Zealand – the William Georgetti Scholarship – is investigated here for the impact of student’s grade poin…
And the winner is
With increasing competition for postgraduate research scholarships, awarding processes demand attention and scrutiny. We examine inter-rater reliability for two prestigious New Zealand scholarships, the Shirtcliffe Fellowship and the Gordon Watson Scholarship. For each scholarship, five assessors (three academic; two non-academic) independently evaluate all applicants over three domains: Academic Merit, Quality of Study Plans and Character/Leader…
Acculturation and its impact on the oral health status of Pacific children in New Zealand
Pacific children carry a disproportionate oral health burden, particularly amongst those with mothers more aligned to their Pacific culture. Strategies which enable Pacific people to re-shape their oral health understanding, together with reducing barriers to accessing dental health care, are needed to prevent a legacy of poor oral health in Pacific people within New Zealand
Psychosocial Management Before, During, and After Emergencies and Disasters—Results from the Kobe Expert Meeting
Emergencies and disasters typically affect entire communities, cause substantial losses and disruption, and result in a significant and persistent mental health burden. There is currently a paucity of evidence on safe and effective individual- and community-level strategies for improving mental health before, during, and after such events. In October 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre) convene…
A mixed methods exploratory study tackling smoking during pregnancy in an urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care service
Tobacco smoking is normalised and socially sanctioned in Indigenous communities and smoking is frequently a response to the multitude of stressors and challenges that Indigenous people experience on a daily basis. Smoking cessation interventions for pregnant Indigenous women must be cognisant of the realities of their private lives where the smoking occurs, in addition to the impact of the broader societal context. Narrow definitions of success f…
The Efficacy of Preschool Developmental Indicators as a Screen for Early Primary School-Based Literacy Interventions
Literacy success lays the foundation for children's later educational, health, and well-being outcomes. Thus, early identification of literacy need is vital. Using data from New Zealand's national preschool health screening program for fiscal years 2010/2011–2014/2015, demographic and health variables from 255,090 children aged 4 years were related to whether they received a literacy intervention in early primary school. Overall, 20,652 (8.1%) ch…
One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about several features that increased the sense of fear and confusion, such as quarantine and financial losses among other stressors, which may have led to adverse psychosocial outcomes. The influence of such stressors took place within a broader sociocultural context that needs to be considered. The objective was to examine how the psychological response to the pandemic varied across…
Commentary
A recent publication by Modecki and colleagues asserts that ‘more [smart]phone use was associated with higher parenting quality’. Modecki and colleagues make their generalistic concluding statement in contradiction to an increasingly conflicting research corpus, and we suggest that a more cautious interpretation of their data would be beneficial. This study used a cross‐sectional convenience sample; however elsewhere, research questions the abili…
The Evolution in Anxiety and Depression with the Progression of the Pandemic in Adult Populations from Eight Countries and Four Continents
Nearly a year after the classification of the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, it is clear that different factors have contributed to an increase in psychological disorders, including public health measures that infringe on personal freedoms, growing financial losses, and conflicting messages. This study examined the evolution of psychosocial impacts with the progression of the pandemic in adult populations from different countries and con…
Factors Associated with Thoughts of Self-Harm or Suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Presenting to Urban Primary Care
Suicide amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is a major cause of premature mortality and a significant contributor to the health and life expectancy gap. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of thoughts of self-harm or suicide in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people attending an urban primary health care service and identify factors associated with these thoughts. Multilevel mixed-effects modified Poisson regression…
Understanding the longer-term health, wellbeing, and sense of community for disabled people following the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes
Medicine (27 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Demography (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Demography (9 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Ethnic group (6 works)