Jesse Whitehead

Biographic Data

ID3779861
NAMEJesse Whitehead
GIVEN NAMESJesse
FAMILY NAMEWhitehead
SIGNATUREWHITEHEAD J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Waikato
ORCID0000-0001-9682-7544
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Lived experience perspectives on resilience, mental health, and wellbeing

    Open AccessStefan Sebastian Heinz, Anthony O’brien et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    In this study, resilience did not emerge as an individual capacity, but as something grounded in relational networks situated within cultural, spiritual and ecological contexts. These findings suggest a need for transformational approaches to resilience assessment and intervention by policymakers and clinicians, which attend to structural determinants as well as individual coping capacity. Effective interventions are likely to be more acceptable …

  • Beyond Data Collection

    Open AccessStefan Sebastian Heinz, Anthony John O’brien et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 6

    This reflective piece examines unexpected therapeutic outcomes that emerged during focus groups exploring mental health and resilience in Aotearoa New Zealand. The focus groups took place as part of a national study investigating resilience, mental health, and wellbeing. The study employed a culturally grounded methodology, utilising Māori practices that provided a unique and culturally affirming platform for engagement and safe dialogue. Followi…

  • Comparison of urban and rural mortality rates across the lifespan in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    Garry Nixon, Gabrielle Davies et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2023References: 7

    BACKGROUND: Previous studies undertaken in New Zealand using generic rurality classifications have concluded that life expectancy and age-standardised mortality rates are similar for urban and rural populations. METHODS: Administrative mortality (2014-2018) and census data (2013 and 2018) were used to estimate age-stratified sex-adjusted mortality rate ratios (aMRRs) for a range of mortality outcomes across the rural-urban spectrum (using major u…

  • Selecting Health Need Indicators for Spatial Equity Analysis in the New Zealand Primary Care Context

    Open AccessJesse Whitehead, Amber L Pearson et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2022

  • Defining general practitioner and population catchments for spatial equity studies using patient enrolment data in Waikato, New Zealand

    Open AccessJesse Whitehead, Amber L Pearson et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2020

  • Cities and Indigenous Communities

    John Ryks, Naomi Simmonds et al.CHAPTERHandbook of Global Urban Health2019

    In Aotearoa New Zealand, the migration of Māori from rural to urban areas has been recognised as one of the most rapid internal migrations by a population globally, partly owing to the New Zealand government encouraging Māori to urban areas to boost employment following the Second World War. This migration, combined with the already resident Māori population that had ancestral links to areas experiencing rapid urbanisation, resulted in a unique a…

  • One Marriage Under God

    J C Whitehead, Jesse WhiteheadARTICLESociology of Religion2013

    At the same time the U.S. government officially touts marriage as a commonsense solution to social problems from poverty to juvenile delinquency and hopes to entice reluctant different sex couples in poverty to see this institution as providing the support necessary to live an independent life, it also bans same-sex couples willing and enthusiastic about fulfilling these responsibilities of governance. In One Marriage Under God: The Campaign to P…