Denise Wilson

{{short description|New Zealand health academic}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2018}}

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Denise Lucy Wilson is a New Zealand health academic. She is currently a full professor of Māori health at the Auckland University of Technology.{{cite web|url=https://www.aut.ac.nz/profiles/denise-wilson|title=Denise Wilson - AUT|website=www.aut.ac.nz}} She is a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Academic career

After a background in nursing Wilson did an MSc titled 'Through the looking glass: nurses' responses to women experiencing partner abuse'{{cite thesis|url=https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/5636|title=Through the looking glass : nurses' responses to women experiencing partner abuse : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Nursing at Massey University|first=Wilson, Denise|last=Lucy|date=26 June 1997|publisher=Massey University |type=Thesis }} and PhD titled 'Ngā kairaranga oranga / The weavers of health and wellbeing: a grounded theory study'{{cite thesis|url=https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/992|title=Ngā kairaranga oranga = The weavers of health and wellbeing : a grounded theory study : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing at Massey University, New Zealand|first=Wilson|last=Denise|date=26 June 2018| publisher=Massey University | type=Thesis }} at the Massey University. She then moved to the Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor.{{cite web|url=https://www.whakauae.co.nz/blog-item/18/|title=Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development - Professor Denise Wilson's Inaugural Professorial Address|website=www.whakauae.co.nz}}

She has received media coverage for her work on domestic violence.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/manukau-courier/97075285/family-violence-is-a-pattern-of-harm-that-occurs-over-time|title=Family violence is a pattern of harm that occurs over time|website=Stuff|date=4 October 2017 }}{{cite web|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/10-08-2017/the-vilification-of-the-maori-mother-in-aotearoa-family-violence-and-victim-blaming/|title=The vilification of 'the Māori mother' in Aotearoa: family violence and victim-blaming|date=10 August 2017}}

She is a keynote speaker at the biennial All Together Better Health (ATBH) Conferences organised by World Committee.{{cite web|url=https://whova.com/web/atbhi_201808/|title=All Together Better Health Conference 2018 - Whova|date=3 September 2018|accessdate=22 October 2018}}

Awards

In 2019 Wilson was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. In March 2021, she was made a fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising her research is "greatly contributing to efforts to reduce health disparities of Māori and other Indigenous people globally".{{Cite web|title=Researchers and scholars elected to Academy|url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/researchers-and-scholars-elected-to-academy/|access-date=2021-03-11|website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}

Selected works

  • Wilson, Denise, and Stephen Neville. "Culturally safe research with vulnerable populations." Contemporary Nurse 33, no. 1 (2009): 69–79.
  • Huntington, Annette, Jean Gilmour, Anthony Tuckett, Stephen Neville, Denise Wilson, and Catherine Turner. "Is anybody listening? A qualitative study of nurses' reflections on practice." Journal of Clinical Nursing 20, no. 9‐10 (2011): 1413–1422.
  • Wilson, Denise. "The significance of a culturally appropriate health service for Indigenous Māori women." Contemporary Nurse 28, no. 1-2 (2008): 173–188.
  • Wilson, Denise, and Stephen Neville. "Nursing their way not our way: Working with vulnerable and marginalised populations." Contemporary Nurse 27, no. 2 (2008): 165–176.
  • Wilson, Denise, and Pipi Barton. "Indigenous hospital experiences: a New Zealand case study." Journal of Clinical Nursing 21, no. 15‐16 (2012): 2316–2326.

Personal life

Wilson is Māori, of Ngāti Tahinga descent.

References

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