Published articles

Health and wellbeing (including nutrition)

Journal - research article

2023

2022

  • Elhakeem, A., Taylor, A.E., Iskip, H. et al. 2022. Association of Assisted Reproductive Technology With Offspring Growth and Adiposity From Infancy to Early Adulthood. JAMA Network Open 5(7):e2222106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.22106
  • Grant, C., McElnay, C., & Chelimo, C. (2022). Maternal intentions for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination of girls and boys in New Zealand. Ministry of Social Development.
  • Jeffreys, M., Smiler, K., Ellison Loschmann, L., Pledger, M., Kennedy, J. and Cumming, J. 2022. Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children in Aotearoa New Zealand. Population Health. 17. ys). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101044
  • Ríos-Hernández, A., Gilchrist, C., Chelimo, C., Castro, T., Izquierdo-Pulido, M., Wall, C., Thabrew, H., Berry, S., Morton, S. and Grant, C. 2022. The relationship between diet and sleep in 2-y-old children: Results from Growing Up in New Zealand. Nutrition. 111560. DOI 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111560
  • Russell, J., Grant, C. C., Morton, S., Denny, S., & Paine, S. J. (2022). Prevalence and predictors of developmental health difficulties within New Zealand preschool-aged children: a latent profile analysis. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1-28.
  • Gontijo de Castro, T., Gerritsen, S., Santos, L. P., Marchioni, D. M., Morton, S. M., & Wall, C. (2022). Child feeding indexes measuring adherence to New Zealand nutrition guidelines: Development and assessment. Maternal & Child Nutrition, e13402. doi:10.1111/mcn.13402
  • Schilling, C. Predictive modelling of respiratory hospitalisations in early childhood.
  • Theunissen, G., D’Souza, S., Peterson, E.R., Walker, C., Morton, S.M.B. and Waldie, K.E. (2022). Prenatal determinants of depressive symptoms in childhood: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand, Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.076
  • Schoeps, A., Gontijo de Castro, T., Peterson, E.R., Wall,  C., D'Souza, S., Waldie, K. and Morton, S. (2022). Associations between antenatal maternal diet and other health aspects with infant temperament in a large multiethnic cohort study: a path analysis approach. BMJ 12(2). DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046790
  • Farewell. C., Thayer, Z., Paulson, J., Nicklas, J., Walker, C., Waldie, K., Morton, S. and Leiferman, J.A. (2022). Fostering Resilience Among Mothers Early (FRAME): using growth mixture modeling to identify resources that mitigate perinatal depression. Archive's of Women's mental health. 25:451-461. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01211-1
  • Fish‐Williamson, A., Hahn‐Holbrook, J., Hobbs, M., Wallander, J. and Morton, S.M.B. (2022). Prenatal antibiotic exposure in pregnancy and early childhood socioemotional development. JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12066
  • Ferreira, S.S, Marchioni, D.M., Wall, C.R., Gerritsen, S., Teixeira, J.A., Grant, C.C., Morton, S.S.B., Castro, T.G. (2022). Prevalence and maternal determinants of early and late introduction of complementary foods: results from the Growing up in New Zealand cohort study. Bristish Journal of Nutrition. pp. 1 - 35 https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711452200112X
  • Lawrence, R.L., Wall, c.R. and Bloomfield, F.H. (2022). Adherence to Dietary Guidelines among Women with and without Gestational Diabetes: Evidence from the Growing up in New Zealand Study. Nutrients. 14(10), 2145; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14102145
  • Ríos-Hernández, A., Gilchrist, C., Chelimo, C., Castro, T., Izquierdo-Pulido, M., Wall, C., Thabrew, H., Berry, S., Morton, S. and Grant, C. (2022). The relationship between diet and sleep in 2-y-old children: Results from Growing Up in New Zealand. Nutrition. 111560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2021.111560
  • Svardal, C., Waldie, K., Milne, B., Morton, S. and D'Souza S. (2022). Prevalence of antidepressant use and unmedicated depression in pregnant New Zealand women. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674211025699
  • Jeffreys, M., Smiler, K., Ellison Loschmann, L., Pledger, M., Kennedy, J. and Cumming, J. (2022). Consequences of barriers to primary health care for children in Aotearoa New Zealand. Population Health. 17. ys). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101044
  • Muller, D., Santos-Fernandez, E. McCarthy, J., Carr, H. and Signal, T.L. (2022). Who meets national early childhood sleep guidelines in Aotearoa New Zealand? A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. SLEEP Advances 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleepadvances/zpac002

2021

  • Gilchrist, C. A., Chelimo, C., Tatnell, R., Atatoa Carr, P., Camargo Jr, C. A., Morton, S., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vaccination information fathers receive during pregnancy and the determinants of infant vaccination timeliness. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 1-12. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1932212
  • Farewell, C.V., Donohoe, R., Thayer, Z., Paulson, J., Nicklas, J., Walker, C., Waldie, K. and Leiferman, J.A., 2021. Maternal Depression Trajectories and Child BMI in a multi-ethnic sample: A Latent Growth Modeling Analysis.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-712579/v1
  • Saraf, R., Jensen, B. P., Camargo Jr, C. A., Morton, S. M., Jing, M., Sies, C. W., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vitamin D status at birth and acute respiratory infection hospitalisation during infancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12755
  • Butler, E.M., Avinesh Pillai, A., Morton, S.M.B, Seers, B.M., Walker, C.G., Ly, K., Tautolo, E., Glover, M., Taylor, R.W., Cutfield, W.S., José   G. B. Derraik, J.G.B. & COPABS Collaborators. (2021). A prediction model for childhood obesity in New Zealand. Scientific Report 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85557-z
  • Malihi, Z., Portch, R., Hashemi, L., Schlichting, D., Wake, M., Morton, S., ... & Denny, S. (2021). Modifiable Early Childhood Risk Factors for Obesity at Age Four Years. Childhood Obesity, 17(3), 196-208.  https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2020.0174
  • Farewell, C. V., Puma, J., Thayer, Z. M., & Morton, S. (2021). Prenatal Stress and Early Childhood Body Mass Index: A Path Analysis Approach. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(3), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03060-9
  • Saraf, R., Jensen, B. P., Camargo Jr, C. A., Morton, S. M., Jing, M., Sies, C. W., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vitamin D status at birth and acute respiratory infection hospitalisation during infancy. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12755

2020

  • Muller, D., Signal, L., Santos-Fernandez, E., McCarthy, J., & Carr, H. (2020). Are New Zealand children meeting the Ministry of Health guidelines for sleep? Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002302-6
  • Lawrence, R.L., Wall, C.R. and Bloomfield, F.H. (2020). Dietary patterns and dietary adaptations in women with and without gestational diabetes: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand study. Nutrients, 12(1): Article 227. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12010227
  • Chelimo, C., Camargo, C. A., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2020). Association of repeated antibiotic exposure up to age 4 years with body mass at age 4.5 years. JAMA network open, 3(1), e1917577-e1917577. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.17577
  • Lai, H., Hakes, S., Woodward, A., Walker, C., Marks, E., Pillai, A., Chen, R. and Morton, S. (2020) Effects of heavy rainfall on waterborne disease hospitalizations among young children in wet and dry areas of New Zealand. Environment International. 145:106136. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106136
  • Doran, P., Bradshaw, P., Morton, S., Tautolo, E. S., Williams, J., & Cunningham, C. (2020). Growing up Healthy in Families Across the Globe: Cross-Cultural Harmonisation of Childhood Risk-Factors Using Longitudinal Studies from Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand. Child Indicators Research, 13(6), 1921-1935. doi: 10.1007/s12187-020-09732-w
  • Kim, Y., Bird, A., Peterson, E., Underwood, L., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2020). Maternal antenatal depression and early childhood sleep: potential pathways through infant temperament. Journal of pediatric psychology, 45(2), 203-217. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa001.
  • Buckley, J., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., D’Souza, S., Morton, S., & Waldie, K. E. (2020). Socio-demographic and maternal health indicators of inhibitory control in preschool age children: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 11(2), 181-201. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795919X15746664055477
  • Thornley, S., Bach, K., Bird, A., Farrar, R., Bronte, S., Turton, B., Atatoa Carr, P.E., Fa’alili-Fidow, J., Morton, S.M.B., Grant, C.C.  (2020). What factors are associated with early childhood dental caries? A longitudinal study of the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 31(3): 351-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12686
  • Russell, J., Grant, C. C., & Morton, S. M. (2020). Multimorbidity in early childhood and socioeconomic disadvantage: findings from a large New Zealand child cohort. Academic Pediatrics, 20(5), 619-627. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876285919303900​

2019

  • Lawrence, R. L., Wall, C. R., & Bloomfield, F. H. (2019). Prevalence of gestational diabetes according to commonly used data sources: an observational study. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 19(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2521-2
  • Hohmann-Marriott, B. E. (2019). Unplanned pregnancies of women with chronic health conditions in New Zealand. The New Zealand medical journal, 132(1499), 11-17. Available here.
  • McDaid, F., Underwood, L., Fa’alili-Fidow, J., Waldie, K. E., Peterson, E. R., Bird, A., ... & Morton, S. (2019). Antenatal depression symptoms in Pacific women: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of primary health care, 11(2), 96-108. doi: 10.1071/HC18102
  • Masukume, G., McCarthy, F. P., Russell, J., Baker, P. N., Kenny, L. C., Morton, S. M., & Khashan, A. S. (2019). Caesarean section delivery and childhood obesity: evidence from the growing up in New Zealand cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health, 73(12), 1063-1070. doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212591
  • Schlichting, D., Hashemi, L., & Grant, C. (2019). Infant food security in New Zealand: A multidimensional index developed from cohort data. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(2), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020283
  • Hamm L, Mistry K, Black J, Grant C, Dakin S. (2019). Impact of children's postural variation on viewing distance and estimated visual acuity. Translational Vision Science & Technology, 8(1): 16-16. https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.8.1.16
  • Thayer, Z., Bécares, L., & Carr, P. A. (2019). Maternal experiences of ethnic discrimination and subsequent birth outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7598-z
  • Shackleton, N., Derraik, J. G. B., Audas, R., Taylor, R. W., Glover, M., Morton, S. M. B., . . . Milne, B. J. (2019). Decomposing ethnic differences in body mass index and obesity rates among New Zealand pre-schoolers. International Journal of Obesity, 43(10), 1951-1960. International Journal of Obesity. doi: 10.1038/s41366-019-0390-4
  • D’Souza, S., Underwood, L., Peterson, E. R., Buckley, J., Morton, S. M., & Waldie, K. E. (2019). Determinants of Persistence and Change in Early Childhood Behavioural Problems: The Roles of Parenting and Maternal Mental Health. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(7), 1826-1842. doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01404-w 
  • Kien Ly, K., Walker, C., Berry, S., Snell, R., Marks, E., Thayer, Z. Atatoa-Carr, P. and Morton, S. (2019). Telomere length in early childhood is associated with sex and ethnicity. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46338-x
  • Teixeira JA, Castro TG, Grant CC, Wall CR, Castro A, Francisco RPV, Vieira SE, Saldiva SRDM, Marchioni DM. Dietary patterns are influenced by socio-demographic conditions of women in childbearing age: a cohort study of pregnant women. BMC Public Health 2018, 18(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5184.
  • Hobbs, M.R., Carr, P.A., Fa'alili-Fidow, J., Pillai, A., Morton, S.M. and Grant, C.C. (2019). How differing methods of ascribing ethnicity and socio-economic status affect risk estimates for hospitalisation with infectious disease. Epidemiology & Infection, 147. doi:10.1017/S0950268818002935
  • Schlichting, D., Hashemi, L., & Grant, C. (2019). Infant food security in New Zealand: A multidimensional index developed from cohort data. International journal of environmental research and public health, 16(2), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020283
  • Teixeira, J., Castro, T., Wall, C., Marchioni, D., Berry, S., Morton, S., & Grant, C. (2019). Effects of folic acid food fortification scenarios on the folate intake of a multi-ethnic pregnant population. Public Health Nutrition, 22(4), 738-749. doi:10.1017/S1368980018003026
  • Smith, M., Ikeda, E., Duncan, S., Maddison, R., Hinckson, E., Meredith-Jones, K., ... & Mandic, S. (2019). Trends and measurement issues for active transportation in New Zealand's physical activity report cards for children and youth. Journal of Transport & Health, 15, 100789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2019.100789

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Book Chapter:

  • Thayer, Z. M., Walker, C., Ly, K., Marks, E., & Morton, S. (2019). Developmental origins of health disparities: Early life adversity and DNA methylation in childhood. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168, pp. 245-246. Cleveland, OH: WILEY.

MSD Reports:

  • Marks E J, Somerville-Ryan M, Walker C, Devlin M, Chen R, Atatoa Carr P E, Berry S, Smith A and Morton S M B. (2021). Impact of family housing and income journeys on preschool child health and wellbeing. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development.  
  • Noy, S., & Sin, I. (2021). The Drivers of Mothers' Parental Leave Decisions: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal survey. Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002354-5 (electronic)
  • Walsh M.C., Maloney T., Vaithianathan R., & Pereda-Perez P. (2020). School Readiness, Adversities in Childhood Experience and Access to Government Services: A Scoping Study on Potential Protective Factors. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002342-2
  • Walsh M.C., Maloney T., Vaithianathan R., & Pereda-Perez P. (2020). Adversities of Childhood Experience and School Readiness: focus on children born to teen and non-teen mothers in the Growing Up in New Zealand Data. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002341-5
  • Clark, T., Dasgupta, K., Lewycka, S., Pacheco, G. & Plum, A. (2020). Ethnic differences in the use and experience of child healthcare services in NZ: An empirical examination. Auckland.  Available here.
  • Kool, B., Underwood, L., Morton, S., Ameratunga, S., Kingi, TK., & Avinesh Pillai. (2020). Child injury in the preschool years. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN:978-1-99-002333-0  
  • Muller, D., Signal, L., Santos-Fernandez, E., McCarthy, J., & Carr, H. (2020). Are New Zealand children meeting the Ministry of Health guidelines for sleep? Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002302-6
  • Gerritsen S, D’Souza A, Goodsell-Matthews T, Pillai A, Swinburn B, Wall C. (2020). Food hardship and early childhood nutrition: Findings from Growing Up in New Zealand with a focus on food hardships among tamariki Māori and Pacific children. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. Available here.
  • Duncan, S., Gerritsen, S., D'Souza, S., Stewart, T., & Gibbons, A. (2019). Is participation in Early Childhood Education related to child health and development? Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. Available here.
  • Stewart, T., Duncan, S., Walker, C., Berry, S., & Schofield, G, (2019). Effects of screen time on preschool health and development. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-98-854155-6
  • Castro, T.G., Gerritsen, S., Wall, C., Grant, C., Teixeira, J.A., Marchioni, D.M., Pillai, A., Morton, S. (2018). Infant feeding in New Zealand: Adherence to the national food and nutrition guidelines. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. Available here.
  • Dominick, C (2018). Association of material hardship with maternal and child outcomes. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. Available here.