Research Publications

 Academic Papers

Te Aorerekura: towards eliminating family violence – reflections from the Atawhai project

Eppel, E., Gear, C., Hape, H., Koziol-McLain, J., Rolleston, A., Timutimu, N., Ahomiro, H., Healy, C., Hegarty, K., & Isham, C. (2025)Policy Quarterly 21(1)

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v21i1.9730  

Capturing the emergence of change in complex systems: The ‘Atawhai’ study in Aotearoa, New Zealand. 

Eppel, E., Gear, C., Hape, H., Koziol-McLain, J., Rolleston, A., Timutimu, N., Ahomiro, H., Healy, C., Hegarty, K., & Isham, C. (2025) Evaluation, 13563890251315451.

https://doi.org/10.1177/13563890251315451

Atawhai’: a primary care provider-led response to family violence in Aotearoa,

New Zealand.

Gear, C., Koziol-McLain, J., Eppel, E. et al.Arch Public Health 82, 74 (2024).
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-024-01309-1 |
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Integrated system responses for families impacted by violence: a scoping review protocol.

Gear C, Ting C, Eraki M, et al.

BMJ Open 2021;11:e051363.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051363 |
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If we can imagine it, we can build it: Developing Complexity Theory-Informed Methodologies.

Gear, C., Eppel, E., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2022).

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 16094069211070936.
DOI: 10.1177/16094069211070936

Integrated System Responses for Families Impacted by Violence: A Scoping Review.

Gear, C., Ting, C., Manuel, C., Eppel, E. and Koziol-McLain, J. (2024).

International Journal of Integrated Care, 24(2), p. 17.
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.7542 |
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Engaging with Uncertainty and Complexity: A Secondary Analysis of Primary Care Responses to Intimate Partner Violence.

Gear, C., Koziol-McLain, J., & Eppel, E. (2021)

Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 8, 2333393621995164.
DOI: 10.1177/2333393621995164

Exploring sustainable primary care responses to intimate partner violence in New Zealand: Qualitative use of complexity theory.

Gear, C., Koziol-McLain, J., & Eppel, E. (2019)

BMJ Open, 9(11), e031827.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031827

Exploring the complex pathway of the primary health care response to intimate partner violence in New Zealand.

Gear, C., Eppel, E., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2018)

Health Research Policy and Systems, 16(1), 99.
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-018-0373-2

Advancing complexity theory as a qualitative research methodology.

Gear, C., Eppel, E., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2018)

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17(1), 1-10.
DOI: 10.1177/1609406918782557

Utilizing complexity theory to explore sustainable responses to intimate partner violence in health care.

Gear, C., Eppel, E., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2017).

Public Management Review, 20(7), 1-16.
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2017.1364407

Developing a response to family violence in primary health care: The New Zealand experience.

Gear, C., Koziol-McLain, J., Wilson, D., & Clark, F. (2016)

BMC Family Practice, 17(1), 115.
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0508-x

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