Angela Kelly-Hanku

Dados Biográficos

ID87446
NOMEAngela Kelly-Hanku
PRENOMESAngela
SOBRENOMEKelly-Hanku
ASSINATURAKELLY-HANKU A
AFILIAÇÕESUNSW Sydney
ORCID0000-0003-0152-2954
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS77
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES118
TOTAL COMO AUTOR77
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2002
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H6

  • Tuberculosis prevention in low- and middle-income settings in the Asia-Pacific region, a qualitative scoping review

    Open AccessPaula Jops, Prince Peprah et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2026

    Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death globally, with most new TB cases notified in the Asia-Pacific region. We aimed to synthesize qualitative research of TB prevention strategies from the region, summarizing reported barriers to and facilitators of practices, and identifying important gaps and opportunities for future research. A scoping review was conducted using the Arksey and O'Malley framework and includes qualitative studies publish…

  • Qualitative insights into the acceptability of self-collection for cervical screening amongst under- and never-screened groups in Australia

    Open AccessPaula Jops, Alegra Wolter et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2026

    While self-collection has the potential to expand screening accessibility and may offer individual benefits, increased awareness of its availability and attention to identified barriers are needed to ensure that everyone is given true choice in the way they screen

  • Agency in young people’s unsafe abortion trajectories in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessElke Mitchell, Lisa Vallely et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2026

    Unsafe abortion is a preventable contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly for young unmarried women in low resource settings. In Papua New Guinea, abortion is legally restricted and highly stigmatised, limiting access to safe abortion and post-abortion care, resulting in unsafe abortion. This paper explores young people's lived experiences and agency in relation to unsafe abortion. We undertook qualitative research between 20…

  • Visualising the impacts of Covid-19 on health service delivery during the height of the pandemic in Papua New Guinea; a photovoice study

    Open AccessJamee Newland, Agnes Mek et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2026Referências: 11

    In Papua New Guinea (PNG), like other countries, health service access, engagement and the provision of primary health and public health infectious disease care changed dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand this disruption a photovoice study was conducted with community members (n = 12), clients of health services (n = 10) and healthcare workers (n = 5) and in six provinces in PNG during the third and largest wave…

  • This Vaccine is Not for Us’

    Open AccessA Persson, Ruthy Boli-Neo et al.ARTICLECanberra Anthropology2026Referências: 43

    Vaccine hesitancy is considered a growing problem worldwide. In Papua New Guinea, the vaccine for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was met with extraordinary fear and antipathy, resulting in one of the world’s lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccination. Not only were there concerns about the vaccine’s safety, it was also perceived as a grave threat to sovereignty and religious faith. We draw on 131 qualitative interviews with health service clie…

  • Promises and Tensions

    Open AccessSujith Kumar Prankumar, Ruthy Boli-Neo et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology2026Referências: 40

    Using a sociomaterial perspective based on interviews with health workers, we examine how clinic-based HIV viral load testing and early infant diagnosis technologies reshape health care realities in Papua New Guinea. The use of such technologies redefine professional roles and health care experiences by empowering health workers to translate biomedical data into client-centered clinical management, while also contributing systemic tensions, such …

  • Beyond words

    Open AccessK Drysdale, Nicola S Creagh et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2025

    Health equity is a fundamental concern within the broader health promotion aim of creating equal opportunities for health and bringing health differentials down to the lowest level possible. Cervical screening is just one example of a preventative health program where a health promotion lens is required to address entrenched health inequities. We draw on theorizations of policy ecologies to provide a framework for better understanding the process…

  • Socio-structural influences on unintended pregnancy among girls aged 15–17 years in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessElke Mitchell, Herick Aeno et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Unintended pregnancy among adolescent girls is a public health priority globally, particularly in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where low contraceptive use among young people has resulted in some of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the Asia-Pacific region. This paper investigates the socio-structural influences on adolescent girls' ability to prevent unintended pregnancies in PNG. METHODS: Qualitative research conducted between 2…

  • HIV and sexual health needs of young key populations in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessAngela Kelly-Hanku, Xinyi Li et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2025

    Papua New Guinea lacks data characterising the sexual health needs of younger key populations (KP): female sex workers (FSW) and commercially and sexually exploited girls (CSE), men who have sex with men (MSM), and transgender women (TGW). Biobehavioural surveys among KP were conducted in three cities. We conducted unweighted and weighted analysis for sample and population proportions, respectively. Variables associated with younger versus older …

  • Tuberculosis treatment and undernutrition on Daru Island, Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessA Persson, Paula Jops et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025Referências: 26

    A substantial proportion of people with tuberculosis (TB)-one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases-live in resource-poor, food insecure settings. It is widely recognised that undernutrition significantly heightens vulnerability to TB, as well as contributes to poor treatment adherence and outcomes. However, more attention is needed to understand what shapes food insecurity and undernutrition in a particular setting. We use the concept of …

  • Gendered knowledge practices and human-animal-ecological health in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessB Hegarty, Paula Jops et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025Referências: 21

    There have been consistent calls to incorporate gender frameworks into One Health research and policy. Men's and women's roles in relation to animals in many rural and agricultural communities may influence potential pathogen exposure and transmission patterns of zoonotic infectious diseases. However, men's and women's roles related to animals in rural societies are not static but change over time. This article draws on the results of qualitative…

  • Young men’s everyday life experiences with contraception and unintended pregnancy in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessStephen Bell, Elke Mitchell et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Unintended adolescent pregnancy is a public health priority in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where national policies specify need for easier access to reliable modern contraceptives. To reduce young people’s experiences of unintended pregnancy in PNG, improved understandings of use of modern and other forms of contraception within young people’s relationships is required to support the development of new sexual and reproductive health (SRH) programs an…

  • The prioritisation of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in Zambia and Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessLisa Vallely, Kelvin Kapungu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are neglected in public health policy, services and society at large. Effective interventions are available for some STI but seem not to be prioritised at global, regional or local levels. Zambia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have a high burden of STIs among pregnant women but little is known about the prioritisation of STI treatment and care among this group. We undertook a qualitative study to explore…

  • The role and value of counsellors in the treatment journeys of people with tuberculosis and their families

    Open AccessPaula Jops, John Cowan et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Combined education and counselling can contribute to person-centred care for tuberculosis (TB), improving uptake, adherence, and outcomes of treatment for TB disease and TB infection. Though strongly recommended by the World Health Organization for all people diagnosed with TB, education and counselling is not widely implemented in TB programs around the world. In 2016, a pilot TB education and counselling program, delivered by trained profession…

  • Acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted and genital infections among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessLisa Vallely, Priscilla Poga et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    The self-collection of vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is reported from several low-and middle-income countries. However, the reporting on women's experiences of self-collection and same-day testing and treatment of STIs is less well described. In this paper, we present the acceptability of self-collected vaginal swabs and point-of-care testing and treatment among pregnant women enro…

  • Stakeholder views on the relationship between human rights and the law in addressing the HIV epidemic in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessB Hegarty, Ruthy Boli-Neo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    Community activists, policymakers and researchers have long identified human rights as central to addressing the HIV epidemic. Over the past 10 years, efforts to incorporate human rights into the HIV response have focused on reforming laws which criminalise sex work and male-to-male sex. Laws criminalising sex work and male-to-male sex drive communities underground, making HIV prevention, testing, and treatment efforts more difficult. This articl…

  • The effects of Covid-19 on maternal, newborn and child health services in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessLisa Vallely, Jamee Newland et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    Papua New Guinea's health system faces ongoing challenges in the provision of maternal and child health and has some of the poorest health indicators in the world. In this paper, we describe the impact of COVID-19 on maternal and child health, as examples of primary health care services. We conducted 131 semi-structured interviews with different population groups in seven provinces (Jul-Nov 2021). A deductive analysis focused on identifying the i…

  • Memories of schooling amongst trans women and sexuality diverse men in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessHerick Aeno, Padmini Iyer et al.ARTICLEGender and Education2024Referências: 6

    Drawing from a life history study we examine memories and experience of schooling in Papua New Guinea among 45 trans women and sexuality diverse men. While participants reported regulating their expression of gender and sexuality to 'fit in' and avoid physical and verbal abuse at school, others felt able and supported to express their gender and sexuality diversity more freely beyond stereotypical norms. Schools provided a varietyof experience fo…

  • "Local Pathways of "Serodiscordant Couples

    Open AccessA Persson, Agnes Mek et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology2024Referências: 45

    HIV prevention programs focus on global "key populations" and more localized "priority populations" to ensure effective targeting of interventions. These HIV population categories have been subject to considerable scholarly scrutiny, particularly key populations, with less attention given to critically unpacking priority populations at local levels, for example "serodiscordant couples" (one partner has HIV, but not the other). We examine this pop…

  • Inclusive language in health policy - a timely case (study) of cervical screening in Australia

    Open AccessK Drysdale, Nicola S Creagh et al.ARTICLEHealth Sociology Review2024Citada por: 2Referências: 45

    Language is important in health policy development. Policy changes in Australia to increase cervical screening offers a timely case example to explore the function of inclusive language in health policy. Gender and sexuality diverse people with a cervix have been largely invisible within health promotion programs, which has led to reduced awareness of, and access to, cervical screening. Twenty-eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with …

  • Sex, drugs and superbugs

    Open AccessAlex Broom, Michelle Peterie et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2023

    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a swiftly advancing challenge to a wide range of healthcare and health promotion practices. While rising rates of AMR share some dimensions across contexts, the specificities of field, practice, place and population shape – and at times hinder attempts to stem – the rising tide of this health threat. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one area of healthcare where the threat of AMR has traditionally …

  • Sex and Gender in the Pacific

    Angela Kelly-Hanku, Anne Malcolm et al.BOOKSex and Gender in the Pacific2023

  • Making meaning out of objects

    Ruthy Boli-Neo, Jamee Newland et al.CHAPTERSex and Gender in the Pacific2023

    Objects in our everyday lives range from the mundane to the highly significant and can be understood and interpreted in various ways. In a Pacific society such as Papua New Guinea, making meaning out of objects and storytelling provides great insight into (our) culture. However, much of the attention given to material culture historically and culturally in Papua New Guinea is directed at documenting objects from the past, and often the objects po…

  • Beyond patient delay, navigating structural health system barriers to timely care and treatment in a high burden TB setting in Papua New Guinea

    Open AccessPaula Jops, John Cowan et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health issue in Papua New Guinea, with incidence rates particularly high in the South Fly District of Western Province. We present three case studies, along with additional vignettes, that were derived from interviews and focus groups carried out between July 2019 and July 2020 of people living in rural areas of the remote South Fly District depicting their challenges accessing timely TB diagnosis and care; mos…

  • Economies of resistance

    Open AccessMichelle Peterie, Alex Broom et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2023

    The social organisation of economic life plays a pivotal role in assembling many emerging and enduring health problems. Yet throughout the recent history of global health challenges, an emphasis on the influence of economic systems has frequently been sidelined in favour of research that interrogates the behavioural and/or cultural dimensions of these problems. The global crisis of antimicrobial resistance provides a striking example of this tren…