Harkness Project Title: Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: A Case Study Review

Mentor: John Ayanian, M.D.

Placement: Harvard Medical School

Biography at time of Harkness Fellowship: Rhys Jones, M.B.Ch.B., a 2005-06 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy, is a Maori public health medicine specialist and senior lecturer at Te Kupenga Hauora Maori, University of Auckland. He is co-director of the Tomaiora Maori Health Research Centre, and his research interests include ethnic disparities in health and health care, Maori men's health, child health, and traditional Maori approaches to health care. Jones is also Maori Director of Training for the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. He has served on a number of national and regional committees and is past chairperson of Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (The Maori Medical Practitioners Association). Jones received his medical degree and master of public health from the University of Auckland.

E-mail: rg.jones@auckland.ac.nz

Harkness-Related Publications:

Jones R, Trivedi AN, Ayanian JZ. “Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Health Care Disparities.” Social Science & Medicine. Volume 70, Issue 3, February 2010, Pages 337-341

Jones R, Crengle S, McCreanor T. "How Tikanga Guides and Protects the Research Process: Insights from the Hauora Tane Project," Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 2006; 29:60–77.