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Books:

Robson B, Harris R. (eds) (in press) Hauora: Māori standards of Health IV. A study of the years 2000-2005. Wellington: Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare.

Book chapters:

Robson B. (in press) What is driving the disparities? In: K. Dew, A. Matheson (eds) Health inequalities and need in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press.

Robson B. (2007) Economic determinants of Māori health and disparities. In M. Bargh (ed). Resistance: An Indigenous Response to Neoliberalism. Wellington: Huia. pp.45-61.

Reid P, Robson B. (2006). The State of Māori Health. In State of the Māori Nation: twenty-first-century issues in Aotearoa. Malcolm Mulholland and contributors. Auckland: Reed. pp. 17-31.

Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare, Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated and Dew, K. (2003). Experimental Research. In Social Science Research in New Zealand: Many paths to understanding 2nd edition. C. Davidson and M. Tolich (eds). Auckland:Pearson Education. pp 205-216. (co-author of chapter)

Journal articles:

Robson B, Purdie G, Cram F, Simmonds S. (2007). Age Standardisation - An Indigenous Standard? Emerging Themes in Epidemiology. Vol 4 no. 3 May 2007

Harris R, Robson B, Curtis E, Purdie G, Cormack D, Reid P. (2007). Māori and non-Māori differences in caesarean section rates: a national review. NZ Med J 120 (1250).

Carr J, Robson B, Reid P, Purdie G, and Workman P. (2002). Heart failure: ethnic disparities in morbidity and mortality in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal. 115: (1146): 15-7.

Keefe V, Reid P, Ormsby C, Robson B, Purdie G, Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated. (2002). Suicide and serious self-harm following involuntary job loss in New Zealand meat processing workers. International Journal of Epidemiology. 31: 1155-1161.

Reid P, Robson B, Jones C. (2000). Disparities in Health: common myths and uncommon truths. Pacific Health Dialog 7: 38-47.

Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare. (2000). Counting for nothing: Understanding the issues in monitoring disparities in health. Social Policy Journal of NZ. 14: 1-16.

Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare. (2000). Mauri Tu: The Tomoana Resource Centre - An intervention following job loss. Social Policy Journal of NZ. 15: 55-68.

Keefe V, Ormsby C, Robson B, Reid P, Cram F, Purdie G, and Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Authority Incorporated. (1999). Kaupapa Māori meets retrospective cohort. He Pukenga Korero 5: 12-17.

Simmonds S, Robson B, Cram F and Purdie G (2008) Kaupapa Maori Epidemiology. Australasian Epidemiologist, 15(1)2-6

Reports:

Robson B, Cormack D, Purdie G. (2006) Unequal Impact: Māori and non-Māori Cancer Statistics 1996-2001. Ministry of Health, Wellington. Available on www.moh.govt.nz

Cormack D, Robson B, Purdie G, Ratima M, Brown R. (2005) Access to Cancer Services for Māori. Ministry of Health, Wellington. (78 pages). Available on www.moh.govt.nz

Robson B. (2004). Economic Determinants of Māori Health and Disparities. (A report for the Public Health Advisory Committee) Te Ropu Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare. Available on www.nhc.govt.nz/phac

Curtis E, Harris R, Robson B, Reid P, Purdie G, Cormack D. (2004).Disparities and Deprivation: understanding the relationship. A review of Māori and non-Māori disparities in ischaemic heart disease. Report to the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

Harris R, Curtis E, Robson B, Reid P, Purdie G, Cormack D. (2004). Disparities and Deprivation: understanding the relationship. A review of Māori and non-Māori disparities in caesarean sections. Report to the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.

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