Janet Fanslow

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Janet Fanslow
AwardsMember of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Theses
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland

Janet Lynn Fanslow MNZM is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in researching the prevention, prevalence and consequences of family violence.

Academic career[edit]

Fanslow has a Bachelors with Honours from Iowa State University and a Masters degree from the University of Otago.[1] She completed a PhD titled Emergency department protocols of care for women abused by partners: development, implementation and evaluation at the University of Auckland.[2] Fanslow undertook postdoctoral research in the Family and Intimate Violence Prevention Team of the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.[1] Fanslow then joined the faculty of the Social and Community Health section of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland in 1991. She was appointed to full professor in 2024.[3]

Fanslow's research focuses on family violence, exploring its prevalence, its consequences, and how it can be prevented, and covering economic, physical and emotional abuse.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Fanslow's early work encouraged the recognition of family violence as a health issue. Her work has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, and she led the 2003 and 2019 New Zealand Violence Against Women Survey.[10] The survey involved surveying and interviewing almost 3000 women.[4] Fanslow is the Chief Advisor to the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse, which collates information on family violence for practitioners.[4][11]

Honours and awards[edit]

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Fanslow was appointed as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the research and prevention of family violence.[4]

Selected works[edit]

  • Janet L Fanslow; Elizabeth M Robinson (13 July 2009). "Help-seeking behaviors and reasons for help seeking reported by a representative sample of women victims of intimate partner violence in New Zealand". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 25 (5): 929–951. doi:10.1177/0886260509336963. ISSN 0886-2605. PMID 19597160. Wikidata Q84217445.
  • Janet Fanslow; Elizabeth Robinson (26 November 2004). "Violence against women in New Zealand: prevalence and health consequences". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 117 (1206): U1173. ISSN 0028-8446. PMID 15570342. Wikidata Q51935199.
  • Janet L Fanslow; Elizabeth M Robinson; Sue Crengle; Lana Perese (17 September 2007). "Prevalence of child sexual abuse reported by a cross-sectional sample of New Zealand women". Child Abuse & Neglect. 31 (9): 935–945. doi:10.1016/J.CHIABU.2007.02.009. ISSN 0145-2134. PMID 17875321. Wikidata Q39813790.
  • Janet Fanslow; Elizabeth Robinson; Sue Crengle; Lana Perese (1 July 2010). "Juxtaposing beliefs and reality: prevalence rates of intimate partner violence and attitudes to violence and gender roles reported by New Zealand women". Violence Against Women. 16 (7): 812–831. doi:10.1177/1077801210373710. ISSN 1077-8012. PMID 20558771. Wikidata Q47381467.
  • Fanslow JL; Norton RN; Spinola CG (1 September 1998). "Indicators of assault-related injuries among women presenting to the emergency department". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 32 (3 Pt 1): 341–348. doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70011-3. ISSN 0196-0644. PMID 9737497. Wikidata Q44720174.
  • Janet Fanslow; Martha Silva; Anna Whitehead; Elizabeth Robinson (1 August 2008). "Pregnancy outcomes and intimate partner violence in New Zealand". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 48 (4): 391–397. doi:10.1111/J.1479-828X.2008.00866.X. ISSN 0004-8666. PMID 18837845. Wikidata Q45766480.
  • Janet Fanslow; Anna Whitehead; Martha Silva; Elizabeth Robinson (1 February 2008). "Contraceptive use and associations with intimate partner violence among a population-based sample of New Zealand women". Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 48 (1): 83–89. doi:10.1111/J.1479-828X.2007.00805.X. ISSN 0004-8666. PMID 18275577. Wikidata Q39834589.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Janet Fanslow". The Conversation. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ Fanslow, Janet Lynn (1995). Emergency department protocols of care for women abused by partners: development, implementation and evaluation (PhD thesis). University of Auckland.
  3. ^ University of Auckland. "Academic profile: Professor Janet Fanslow". profiles.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Economic abuse affects one in seven NZ women - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Family violence is making Kiwis sick, research shows - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Stuff". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  8. ^ "1 in 7 women experience economic abuse, study finds". RNZ. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Economic abuse affecting around 15 percent of women in relationships". RNZ. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Women report more economic abuse, controlling behaviour by partners - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  11. ^ "About the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse | New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse". nzfvc.org.nz. Retrieved 11 May 2024.

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