Ridvan (Riz) Tupai-Firestone
Dr Firestone works across a variety of research projects at the CPHR, including investigating lung function capacity among Pacific children, examining hidden fat and the gut microbiome among Pacific women. Her primary research is to develop an obesity intervention programme specifically for Pacific youth and young adults, an age group whose established lifestyle-related behaviours are malleable to change. She was awarded the HRC’s Sir Thomas Davis Te Patu Kite Rangi Ariki Health Research Fellowship in 2014 to develop this intervention programme. Dr Firestone also coordinates and teaches Pacific health course as part of the Masters of Public Health.
- Publications
- Current Research Projects
PUBLICATIONS
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| Schleser M, Tupai-Firestone R. (2018) Pasifika youth and health perpectives: creative transformation through smartphone filmmaking and digital talanoa. Schleser M, Berry M (Eds): Mobile Story Making in an Age of Smartphones. Palgrave Macmillan: Switzerland. | Books and Chapters |
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| Te Morenga L, Pekepo C, Corrigan C, Matoe L, Mules R, Goodwin D, Dymus J, Tunks M, Grey J, Humphrey G, Jull A, Whittaker R, Verbeist M, Tupai-Firestone R, Ni Murchu C. Co-designing an mHealth tool in the New Zealand Māori community with a “Kaupapa Māori” approach. AlterNative, 2018; 14(1): 90-99. | Journal |
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| Douwes J, Slater T, Shanthakumar M, McLean D, Tupai-Firestone R, Judd L, Pearce N. Determinants of hand dermatitis, urticaria and loss of skin barrier function in professional cleaners in New Zealand. Int J Occup Environ Health, 2017; 23:2. | Journal |
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| Tupai-Firestone R, Matheson A, Prapavessis D, Hamara M, Kaholokula K, Tuisano H, Tevita G, Henderson J, Schleser M, Ellison-Loschmann L. Pasifika Youth Empowerment Programme: a potential public health approach in tackling obesity-health related issues. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.2018; 14(1): 63-72. | Journal |
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| O'Brien W, Shultz S, Tupai-Firestone R, George L, Breier B, Kruger R. Exploring the challenges in obtaining physical activity data from women using hip-worn accelerometers. European Journal of Sport Science, 2017; 17(7): 922-930. | Journal |
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| Schleser M, Tupai-Firestone R. (2016) (via Hangouts) Mobile Health 4 Pacific Youth. 6th MINA International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium & Screening, 30 Nov – 2 Dec. Melbourne, Australia. | Conference Proceedings |
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| Tupai-Firestone R. Circuit Breaker. Journal of Urgent Writing, 2016; 1: 98-108. | Journal |
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| Eyles R, Jull A, Dobson R, Tupai-Firestone R, Whittaker R, Te Morenga L, Goodwin D, Ni Mhurcha C. Co-design of mHealth Delivered Interventions: A Systematic Review to Assess Key Methods and Processes. Curr Nutr Rep, 2016; 5(3): 160-167. | Journal |
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| Eng A, 't Mannetje A, McKenzie F, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R, Pearce N, Ellison-Loschmann L. (2016). Occupational risk factors for breast cancer: Findings from the New Zealand Breast Cancer Study. Global Cancer Occurrence, Causes, and Avenues to Prevention Conference (IARC), 7-10 June 2016, Lyon, France (Poster). | Conference Proceedings |
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| Tupai-Firestone R, Tuisano H, Manukia M, Kaholokula K, Foliaki S, Kingi T, Kruger R, Breier B, O'Connell A, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann L. Understanding Pasifika youth and the obesogenic environment, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. NZ Med J, 2016; 129 (1434) 6879. | Journal |
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| Howe L, Tupai-Firestone R, Tilling K, Lawlor D. (2015) Trajectories and transitions in childhood obesity. In: Burton-Jeangros C , Cullati S, Sacker A, Blane D. (Eds). A Life Course Perspective on Health Trajectories and Transitions. Springer. | Books and Chapters |
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| Howe L, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Douwes J, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R. Ethnic differences in early life risk factors for later obesity: a prospective cohort study in New Zealand. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2015; 69(6): 516-522. | Journal |
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| Tupai-Firestone R, Matheson A, Borman B, Howe L, Ellison-Loschmann L. (2015) New Zealand, (Chapter 2). In Kennedy P, Kodate N (Eds). Maternity Services and Policy in an International Context. Taylor & Francis. | Books and Chapters |
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| Bajardi P, Paolotti D, Vespignani A, Eames K, Funk S, Edmunds W, Turbelin C, Debin M, Colizza V, Smallenburg R, Koppeschaar C, Franzo A, Faustino V, Carnahan A, Rehn M, Merletti F, Douwes J, Tupai-Firestone R, Richiardi L. Association between Recruitment Methods and Attrition in Internet-Based Studies. Plos ONE, 2014; 9(12): e114925. | Journal |
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| Tupai-Firestone R, Kaholokula K, Kingi T, Kruger R, Breier B, Borman B, Ellison-Loschmann L. (2014) Reflections from the 'Chewing the facts on fat: What does that say about me!' study. International Pacific Health Research Conference. 3-5 November, Auckland, NZ. | Conference Proceedings |
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| McKenzie F, Ellison-Loschmann L, Jeffreys M, Tupai-Firestone R, Pearce N, Romieu I. Healthy lifestyle and risk of breast cancer: differential patterns for indigenous Māori and non-indigenous women in New Zealand. BMC Cancer, 2014; 14: 12. | Journal |
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McKenzie F,
Ellison-Loschmann L,
Jeffreys M,
Tupai-Firestone R,
Pearce N,
Romieu I.
Cigarette smoking and risk of breast cancer in a New Zealand multi-ethnic case-control study. PLOS One, 2013; 8(4): e63132.
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Jeffreys M,
McKenzie F,
Tupai-Firestone R,
Gray M,
Cheng S,
Moala A,
Pearce N,
Ellison-Loschmann L.
A multi-ethnic breast cancer case-control study in New Zealand: evidence of differential risk patterns. Cancer Causes Control, 2013; 24(1): 135-52.
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Tupai-Firestone R,
Ellison-Loschmann L,
Shelling A,
Ekeroma A,
Ikenasio-Thorpe B,
Pearce N,
Jeffreys M.
Ethnic differences in disease presentation of uterine cancer in New Zealand women. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care, 2012; 38(4): 239-45.
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| Douwes J, Slater T, McLean D, Pearce N, Judd L, Tupai-Firestone R, Dryson E, Walls C, Foliaki S, Harding E, Duckett H, Cheung K, Coenraads P, Shanthakumar M. (2012) Occupational dermatitis in New Zealand cleaners. Study report for the Department of Labour.Centre for Public Health Research (CPHR), Massey University, NZ. | Reports |
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| Tupai-Firestone R, Gander P. Exploring knowledge and attitudes of taxi drivers with regard to obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. NZ Med J, 2010; 123(1321): 24-33. | Journal |
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| Tupai-Firestone R, Wong K, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Jeffreys M. Characteristics of ovarian cancer in women residing in Aotearoa, New Zealand: 1993-2004. J Epidemiol Community Health, 2009; 63(10): 814-9. | Journal |
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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
The New Zealand Breast Cancer Study
Key words: Breast cancer, epidemiology, risk factors
Understanding the determinants of inequalities in breast cancer survival
Key words: Breast cancer, cancer control, cancer survival, health inequalities, ethnicity, socio-economic factors, rurality
Occupational asthma in New Zealand sawmill workers
Key words: Occupational health, epidemiology, respiratory disease, asthma, sawmill workers
Occupational dermatitis in New Zealand cleaners
Key words: Occupational health, epidemiology, skin disease, dermatitis, cleaners
The Early Life Factors Study of Childhood Diseases (www.elfs.org.nz)
Key words: Birth cohort, congenital malformations, infant deaths, obesity, respiratory disease, life style factors, socio-economic status, environmental exposures
Chewing the Facts on Fat: What does that say about me?
Key words: Obesity, Social-Cultural Perceptions, Pacific Health, Youth
Pacific Health and Obesity Research
Key words: Pacific health, obesity
Lifestyle, Health and Youth Empowerment Programme: encouraging Pasifika youth to tackle the root causes of obesity
Key words: Pacific health, youth, lifetsyle, obesity
Supporting Healthy Lifestyles: A Māori and Pasifika Approach (WellText)
Key words: mHealth (Mobile Health), Technology, Healthy Lifestyle, Weight Management
