Ruth De Souza

Qualifications

• PhD, MA, RN
• Stream Leader, Research, Policy and Evaluation, Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health
• Associate, Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research

Contact

Category: Research Associate (International)

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Background

Dr Ruth De Souza is the Stream Leader, Research, Policy and Evaluation at the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity & Health, based at North Richmond Community Health Centre. Her work is concerned with equity in health and cultural safety for people who are marginalised in health care. Her current research examines the potential of wearable health technologies in empowering people from CALD backgrounds to better understand their own health and to enhance community health literacy and consumer participation.

She is the founder and moderator of the Aotearoa Ethnic Network (AEN) and AEN Journal, and Editorial Board member of the Journal Diversity in Health and Social Care and the Journal of Transcultural Nursing.

Areas of interest

Immigration and settlement; Mental health; Maternity; Identity and ethnicity issues; Impact of technology on ethno-religious diasporic communities; Gender and discourse

Interests

Ruth has a passionate interest in migration, maternity and mental health. Her main theoretical interests are feminist theory, postcolonial theory and research methodology, with a specific focus on maternity and postcolonial approaches to health. Her work includes empirical studies and theoretical investigations into key sites where health inequities are found, including refugee, migrant and indigenous communities; maternity and women’s health; mental health.