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Professor Ross Barnett

Geography

Fields of Research

  • Health care
  • The socialist transformation (especially in the Commonwealth of Independent States)
  • The United States
  • Urban problems

Researcher Summary

Research interests include:
1. Poverty, health and use of health services: poverty and its effects on access to primary care, geographies of diabetes, impacts of community ethnic inequality on smoking, urban deprivation on changing patterns of hospital admissions.
2. Public Sector Restructuring and Health care reform: policy overviews of health reform in both the primary and secondary sectors, community responses to hospital closure, growth and impact of new Primary Health Care Organisations.
3. Globalisation and corporate involvement in hospital care: effects of globalisation on the growth of for-profit involvement in the provision of hospital care, emergence of public-private partnerships and development of new co-located landscapes of hospital provision.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Publications


  • Hiscock, R., Moon, G., Pearce, J., Barnett, R. and Daley, V. (2012) Do general medical practice characteristics influence the effectiveness of smoking cessation programs? A multilevel analysis. Nicotine and Tobacco Research 14(6): 703-710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntr271. (Journal Article)
  • Moon, G., Pearce, J. and Barnett, J.R. (2012) Smoking, ethnic residential segregation, and ethnic diversity: A spatio-temporal analysis. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 102(5): 1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2012.657497. (Journal Article)
  • Pearce, J., Barnett, J.R. and Moon, G. (2012) Sociospatial inequalities in health-related behaviours: Pathways linking place and smoking. Progress in Human Geography 36(1): 3-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309132511402710. (Journal Article)
  • Miller, L.J., Willis, J.A., Pearce, J., Barnett, R., Darlow, B.A. and Scott, R.S. (2011) Urban-rural variation in childhood type 1 diabetes incidence in Canterbury, New Zealand 1980-2004. Health and Place 17(1): 248-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.10.010. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Pearce, J. (2010) Ethnic differences in smoking cessation and cancer survival in New Zealand. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Ngā Kete a Rēhua: Inaugural Māori Research Symposium - Te Waipounamu, 4-5 Sep 2008. In Ngā Kete a Rēhua Inaugural Māori Research Symposium Te Waipounamu Proceedings 142-146. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Moon, G., Barnett, R. and Pearce, J. (2010) Ethnic spatial segregation and tobacco consumption: a multilevel repeated cross-sectional analysis of smoking prevalence in urban New Zealand, 1981-1996. Environment and Planning A 42(2): 469-486. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a41292. (Journal Article)
  • Miller, L.J., Willis, J.A., Pearce, J., Barnett, R., Darlow, B.A. and Scott, R.S. (2010) Urban-rural variation in childhood type 1 diabetes incidence in Canterbury, New Zealand, 1984-2004. Health & Place 17(1): 248-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.10.010. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R., Pearce, J., Moon, G., Elliott, J. and Barnett, P. (2009) Assessing the effects of the New Zealand Smokefree Environment Act 2003 on Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospital Admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 33(6): 515-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00446.x. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R., Pearce, J. and Moon, G. (2009) Community inequality and smoking cessation in New Zealand, 1981-2006. Social Science and Medicine 68(5): 876-884. (Journal Article)
  • Hiscock, R., Pearce, J., Barnett, J.R., Moon, G. and Daley, V. (2009) Do smoking cessation programmes influence geographical inequalities in health? An evaluation of the impact of the PEGS programme in Christchurch, New Zealand. Tobacco Control 18: 371-376. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2008.028894. (Journal Article)
  • Miller, L., Pearce, J., Barnett, J.R., Willis, J.A., Darlow, B.A. and Scott, R.A. (2009) Is population mixing associated with childhood type 1 diabetes in Canterbury, New Zealand? Social Science and Medicine 68(4): 625-630. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, L., Barnett, R. and Pearce, J. (2009) Nomadic identities and socio-spatial competence: making sense of post-smoking selves. Social and Cultural Geography 10(5): 565-581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649360902974431. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Copeland, A. (2009) Providing Health Care. In T. Brown, S. McLafferty and G. Moon (Ed.), A Companion to Health and Medical Geography: 497-520. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. (Chapter in Book)
  • Thompson, L.E., Barnett, J.R. and Pearce, J.R. (2009) Scared straight? Fear-appeal anti-smoking campaigns, risk, self-efficacy and addiction. Health, Risk and Society 11(2): 181-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698570902784281. (Journal Article)
  • Malcolm, L. and Barnett, J.R. (2009) Utilisation of cardiology services by Māori: A study of hospital discharges for patients enrolled in Partnership Health practices for the 2 years ending June 2007. New Zealand Medical Journal 122(1304): 63-71. http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1304/3822/content.pdf. (Journal Article)
  • Malcolm, L. and Barnett, R. (2009) Variation in Partnership Health general practice enrolment data related to need and hospital and national records on ethnicity. Journal of Primary Health Care 1(4): 297-301. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Barnett, P. (2008) Reinventing Primary Care: The New Zealand Case Compared. In V. Crooks and G. Andrews (Ed.), Primary Health Care: People, Practice, Place: 149-165. London: Ashgate Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Haynes, R., Lake, I., Kingham, S., Sabel, C., Pearce, J. and Barnett, R. (2008) The influence of road curvature on fatal crashes in New Zealand. Accident Analysis and Prevention 40(3): 843-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.013. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. and Brown, L.J. (2006) 'Getting into hospitals in a big way': The corporate transformation of hospital care in Australia. Environment and Planning D, Society and Space 24(2): 283-310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d363t. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett J.R., Pearce J. and Howes P. (2006) 'Help, Educate, Encourage?': Geographic variations in the provision and utilisation of diabetes education in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 63(5): 1328-1343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.044. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, P. and Barnett, J.R. (2006) New times, new relationships: mental health, primary care and public health in New Zealand. In C. Milligan and D. Conradson (Ed.), Landscapes of Voluntarism: New spaces of health, welfare and governance: 73-90. Bristol: Policy Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Barnett, R., Barnett P., Pearce., J., Howes. and P. (2006) Reconsidering the role of a local Diabetes Society: patterns of membership in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 30(3): 276-278. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00870.x. (Journal Article)
  • Buchanan, N., Barnett, J., Kingham, S. and Johnston, D. (2006) The effect of urban growth on commuting patterns in Christchurch, New Zealand. Journal of Transport Geography 14(5): 342-354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2005.10.008. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Pearce, J. (2005) Barriers to health equality?: Unequal utilisation of diabetes educational provision in New Zealand. Fort Worth, TX, USA: 11th International Medical Geography Symposium, 5-9 Jul 2005. http://www.geog.unt.edu/oppong/files/Program%20final.pdf. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, R., Pearce, J. and Moon, G. (2005) Does social inequality matter? Changing ethnic socio-economic disparities and Maori smoking in New Zealand, 1981-1996. Social Science and Medicine 60(7): 1515-1526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.002. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, P. and Barnett, J.R. (2005) Reform and change in health service provision. In K. Dew and P. Davis (Ed.), Health and Society in Aotearoa New Zealand (2nd ed.): 178-193. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Brown, L. and Barnett, J.R. (2004) Is the corporate transformation of hospitals creating a new hybrid health care space? A case study of the impact of co-location of public and private hospitals in Australia. Social Science and Medicine 58(2): 427-444. (Journal Article)
  • Brabyn, L. and Barnett, R. (2004) Population need and geographical access to general practitioners in rural New Zealand. Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association 117(1199): 13 p. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Barnett, P. (2004) Primary health care in New Zealand: problems and policy approaches. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 21(1): 49-66. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R., Moon, G. and Kearns, R. (2004) Social inequality and ethnic differences in smoking in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 59(1): 129-143. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.010. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Barnett, P. (2003) "If you want to sit on your butts you’ll get nothing!" Community activism in response to threats of rural hospital closure in southern New Zealand. Health and Place 9(2): 59-71. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2003) A new public-private partnership: The evolution of hospital co-location in Australia. Manchester, UK: 10th International Medical Geography Symposium, 14-18 Jul 2003. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, R. and Barnett, P. (2003) Back to the Future? Reflections on past reforms and future prospects for health services in New Zealand. GeoJournal 59(2): 137-147. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. and Barnett, P. (2003) 'If you don't get off your butts you will get nothing!'. Community resistance to hospital closures in southern New Zealand. Health and Place 9(2): 59-71. (Journal Article)
  • Kearns, R.A., Barnett, J.R. and Newman, D. (2003) Placing private health care: reading Ascot hospital in the landscape of contemporary Auckland. Social Science and Medicine 56(11): 2303-2315. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00229-0. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2003) Social inequality and Māori smoking in New Zealand. Manchester, UK: 10th International Medical Geography Symposium, 14-18 Jul 2003. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Moon, G. and Barnett, R. (2003) Spatial Scale and the Geography of Tobacco Smoking in New Zealand: A Multilevel Perspective. New Zealand Geographer 59(2): 6-15. http://www.nzgs.co.nz/NZG59-2.aspx. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. and Lauer, G. (2003) Urban deprivation and public hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1990–1997. Health and Social Care in the Community 11(4): 299-313. (Journal Article)
  • Kingham, S., Comins, P. and Barnett, J.R. (2002) Impact of home heating on indoor air quality. Christchurch, New Zealand: Proceedings of the 16th International Clean Air and Environment Conference, 19-22 Aug 2002. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2002) Urban deprivation and changing patterns of public hospital admissions in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1990-1997. Los Angeles, CA, USA: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, 6-10 Mar 2002. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, P. and Barnett, J.R. (2001) Community Ventures in Rural Health: The Establishment of Community Health Trusts in Southern New Zealand. Australian Journal of Rural Health 9(5): 229-234. doi:10.1046/j.1440-1584.2001.00404.x. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, R. (2001) Coping with the costs of primary care? Household and locational variations in the survival strategies of the urban poor. Health and Place 7(2): 141-157. (Journal Article)
  • Kearns, R.A. and Barnett, J.R. (2000) "Happy Meals" in the Starship Enterprise: interpreting a moral geography of health care consumption. Health and Place 6(2): 81-93. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) Community activism in response to threats of rural hospital closure in southern New Zealand. Montreal, Canada: 9th International Symposium in Medical Geography (GEO 2000), 3-7 Jul 2000. www.attcanada.net/~geo2000. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) Community Resistance to Hospital Closures in Southern New Zealand. Montreal: 9th International Medical Symposium, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) Does place of residence matter?: Contextual effects on smoking in Christchurch. New Zealand Medical Journal 113(1120): 433-435. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) Geographic perspectives on hospital restructuring and its impacts in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal 113(1107): 125-128. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R., Coyle, P. and Kearns, R.A. (2000) Holes in the safety net? Assessing the effects of targeted benefits upon the health care utilization of poor New Zealanders. Health and Social Care in the Community 8(3): 159-171. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. and Kearns, R. (2000) Place marketing and hospital competition in the internal market in New Zealand. Montreal, Canada: 9th International Symposium in Medical Geography (GEO 2000), 3-7 Jul 2000. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) Rationalising Hospital Services: Reflections on Hospital Restructuring and its Impacts in New Zealand. New Zealand Geographer 56(1): 5-21. http://www.nzgs.co.nz/NZG56-1.aspx. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) The growth of corporate medicine: Ascot's place in Millennial Auckland. Montreal: 9th International Medical Symposium, 2000. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Barnett, J.R. (2000) 'Wait till it's serious': health care costs and urban survival strategies of low income groups in Christchurch. New Zealand Medical Journal 113: 223-227. (Journal Article)
  • Kearns, R.A. and Barnett, J.R. (1999) Auckland's Starship Hospital: placing metaphor in a children's hospital. In A. Williams (Ed.), Therapeutic Landscapes: The Dynamic Between Place and Wellness: 169-200. Baltimore: University Press of America. (Chapter in Book)
  • Cribb, J. and Barnett, J.R. (1999) Being bashed: Western Samoan women's attitudes towards domestic violence in Western Samoa and New Zealand.. Gender, Place and Culture 6: 201-226. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, P. and Barnett, J.R. (1999) Beyond the market: recent trends in health services restructuring in New Zealand. In Dews, K. & Davis P. (Ed.), Health and society in Aotearoa New Zealand: 219-34. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Barnett, J.R. (1999) Hollowing out the state? Some observations on the restructuring of hospital services in New Zealand. Area 31: 1-12. (Journal Article)
  • Kearns, R.A. and Barnett, J.R. (1999) To boldly go? Place, metaphor and the marketing of Auckland's Starship Hospital.. Environment and Planning D - Society and Space 17: 201-226. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, J.R., Barnett, P. and Kearns, R.A. (1998) Declining professional dominance?: Trends in the proletarianisation of primary care in New Zealand. Social Science and Medicine 46(2): 193-207. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, P.R. and Barnett, P. (1998) Doctors and the state: the proletarianisation of primary care in New Zealand? Christchurch: Proceedings of the 18th Conference of the New Zealand Geographical Society, 1998. 24--26. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Barnett, J.R. and Coyle, P. (1998) Social inequality and general practitioner utilisation: assessing the effects of financial barriers on the use of care by low income groups. New Zealand Medical Journal 111: 66-70. (Journal Article)
  • Barnett, P. and Barnett, J.R. (1997) A turning tide?: reflections on ideology and health services restructuring in New Zealand. Health and Place 3: 55-58. (Journal Article)
  • Kearns, R.A. and Barnett, J.R. (1997) Consumerist ideology and the symbolic landscapes of private medicine. Health and Place 3: 171-180. (Journal Article)