Karen Witten

Karen Witten
Residence New Zealand
Alma mater University of Auckland
Scientific career
Fields public health
Institutions University of Auckland, Massey University
Thesis

Karen Witten is a New Zealand public health academic. She is currently a full professor at the Massey University.[1]

Academic career

Witten's 2005 PhD geography thesis from the University of Auckland concerned the six diverse suburban localities in Auckland and the implications of living there for parents raising children and the impacts on health and health inequality.

Witten has worked at the University of Auckland[2] and Massey University, where her work has continued to relate to geographic determiners of health and health inequality, studying things such as fast-food locations, open spaces[3] and bicycling.[1]

Selected works

  • Pearce, Jamie, Tony Blakely, Karen Witten, and Phil Bartie. "Neighborhood deprivation and access to fast-food retailing: a national study." American journal of preventive medicine 32, no. 5 (2007): 375–382.
  • Pearce, Jamie, Karen Witten, and Phil Bartie. "Neighbourhoods and health: a GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility." Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 60, no. 5 (2006): 389–395.
  • Ghebreyesus, Tedros A., Mitiku Haile, Karen H. Witten, Asefaw Getachew, Mekonnen Yohannes, Steven W. Lindsay, and Peter Byass. "Household risk factors for malaria among children in the Ethiopian highlands." Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 94, no. 1 (2000): 17–21.
  • Pearce, Jamie, Karen Witten, Rosemary Hiscock, and Tony Blakely. "Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources?." International journal of epidemiology 36, no. 2 (2006): 348–355.
  • Mavoa, Suzanne, Karen Witten, Tim McCreanor, and David O’sullivan. "GIS based destination accessibility via public transit and walking in Auckland, New Zealand." Journal of Transport Geography 20, no. 1 (2012): 15–22.
  • Witten, Karen, Rosemary Hiscock, Jamie Pearce, and Tony Blakely. "Neighbourhood access to open spaces and the physical activity of residents: a national study." Preventive medicine 47, no. 3 (2008): 299–303.
  • Witten, Karen, Daniel Exeter, and Adrian Field. "The quality of urban environments: mapping variation in access to community resources." Urban studies 40, no. 1 (2003): 161–177.

References

  1. 1 2 "Karen Witten — SHORE & Whariki Research Centre". Shoreandwhariki.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Professor Karen Witten | Health Research Council". Hrc.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "So tell us, where do the children play?". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 April 2018.


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