Janet Fanslow
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Janet Lynn Fanslow {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in researching the prevention, prevalence and consequences of family violence.
Academic career
Fanslow has a Bachelors with Honours from Iowa State University and a Masters degree from the University of Otago.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-07 |title=Janet Fanslow |url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/janet-fanslow-1413925 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}} She completed a PhD titled Emergency department protocols of care for women abused by partners: development, implementation and evaluation at the University of Auckland.{{Cite thesis|title= Emergency department protocols of care for women abused by partners: development, implementation and evaluation |last=Fanslow|first=Janet Lynn|type=PhD thesis|publisher=University of Auckland|url=https://auckland.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/64UAUCK_INST/13vfdcn/alma9977913914002091|date=1995}} Fanslow undertook postdoctoral research in the Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Team of the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fanslow then joined the faculty of the Social and Community Health section of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland in 1991. She was appointed to full professor in 2024.{{Cite web |last=University of Auckland |title=Academic profile: Professor Janet Fanslow |url=https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/j-fanslow |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=profiles.auckland.ac.nz}}
Fanslow's research focuses on family violence, exploring its prevalence, its consequences, and how it can be prevented, and covering economic, physical and emotional abuse.{{Cite web |title=Economic abuse affects one in seven NZ women - The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2024/03/05/Economic-abuse-common-in-NZ.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Family violence is making Kiwis sick, research shows - The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/03/08/family-violence-is-making-kiwis-sick--research-shows.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}}{{Cite web |title=Genesis Energy forgives debts of women abused by partners |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/131445943/genesis-energy-forgives-debts-of-women-abused-by-partners |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=1 in 7 women experience economic abuse, study finds |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/510994/1-in-7-women-experience-economic-abuse-study-finds |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-05 |title=Economic abuse affecting around 15 percent of women in relationships |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018928844/economic-abuse-affecting-around-15-percent-of-women-in-relationships |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}} Fanslow's early work encouraged the recognition of family violence as a health issue. Her work has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, and she led the 2003 and 2019 New Zealand Violence Against Women Survey.{{Cite web |title=Women report more economic abuse, controlling behaviour by partners - The University of Auckland |url=https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/03/25/economic-abuse-on-the-rise.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.auckland.ac.nz}} The survey involved surveying and interviewing almost 3000 women. Fanslow is the Chief Advisor to the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, which collates information on family violence for practitioners.{{Cite web |title=About the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse {{!}} New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse |url=https://nzfvc.org.nz/about-new-zealand-family-violence-clearinghouse |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=nzfvc.org.nz}}
Honours and awards
In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fanslow was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the research and prevention of family violence.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-04 |title=Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2018-mnzm |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}}
Selected works
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- {{Cite Q|Q84217445}}
- {{Cite Q|Q51935199}}
- {{Cite Q|Q39813790}}
- {{Cite Q|Q47381467}}
- {{Cite Q|Q44720174}}
- {{Cite Q|Q45766480}}
- {{Cite Q|Q39834589}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fuZBadZeTw New Zealand Family Violence Council NZFVC 10th Birthday - Assoc. Prof. Janet Fanslow], Co-Director, NZFVC, via YouTube
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Category:New Zealand academics
Category:New Zealand women academics
Category:Iowa State University alumni
Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:University of Otago alumni