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Anna Ziersch is a researcher affiliated with Flinders University in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on social sciences, psychology, and health professions, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, infectious diseases, and emergency medical services.

Their research explores several main topics, including:

  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Anna Ziersch has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • BMC Public Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  • BMC Psychiatry

Significant recent papers authored by Anna Ziersch include:

  • "Discrimination: a health hazard for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds resettled in Australia," 2020, BMC Public Health
  • "'It is not an acceptable disease': A qualitative study of HIV-related stigma and discrimination and impacts on health and wellbeing for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds in Australia," 2021, BMC Public Health
  • "Integration and social determinants of health and wellbeing for people from refugee backgrounds resettled in a rural town in South Australia: a qualitative study," 2020, BMC Public Health

Throughout their career, Anna Ziersch has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Clemence Due
  • Lillian Mwanri
  • Moira Walsh
  • Sara Javanparast
  • Toby Freeman

Best Publications

  • Neighbourhood life and social capital: the implications for health

    Anna M Ziersch;Fran E Baum;Colin MacDougall;Christine Putland

  • Inequalities in social capital and health between people with and without disabilities.

    Johanna Mithen;Zoe Aitken;Anna Marie Ziersch;Anne Kavanagh

  • Do perceived neighbourhood cohesion and safety contribute to neighbourhood differences in health

    Fran E. Baum;Anna M. Ziersch;Guangyu Zhang;Katy Osborne

  • Social capital and health in rural and urban communities in South Australia

    Anna M Ziersch;Fran Baum;I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan;Anne M Kavanagh

  • Health implications of access to social capital: findings from an Australian study.

    Anna Marie Ziersch

  • Involvement in civil society groups: is it good for your health?

    Anna Marie Ziersch;Fran Baum

  • Challenging the Stigma of Public Housing: Preliminary Findings from a Qualitative Study in South Australia

    Catherine Palmer;Anna Ziersch;Kathy Arthurson;Fran Baum

  • Responding to racism: insights on how racism can damage health from an urban study of Australian Aboriginal people.

    Anna M. Ziersch;Gilbert Gallaher;Fran Baum;Michael Bentley

  • Discrimination: a health hazard for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds resettled in Australia.

    Anna Ziersch;Clemence Due;Clemence Due;Moira Walsh

  • A mixed methods systematic review of studies examining the relationship between housing and health for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds.

    Anna Marie Ziersch;Clemence Due;Clemence Due

  • Exploring the Relationship between Housing and Health for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Australia: A Qualitative Study

    Anna Marie Ziersch;Moira Walsh;Clemence Due;Emily Duivesteyn

  • Aboriginal Australians' experience of social capital and its relevance to health and wellbeing in urban settings

    Kathryn Browne-Yung;Anna Marie Ziersch;Fran Baum;Gilbert Gallaher

  • 'Danger lurks around every corner': fear of crime and its impact on opportunities for Social interaction in stigmatised Australian suburbs

    Catherine Palmer;Anna Marie Ziersch;Kathy Arthurson;Fran Baum

  • I don't think general practice should be the front line: Experiences of general practitioners working with refugees in South Australia

    David R Johnson;Anna M Ziersch;Teresa Burgess

  • "It is not an acceptable disease": A qualitative study of HIV-related stigma and discrimination and impacts on health and wellbeing for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds in Australia.

    Anna Ziersch;Moira Walsh;Melanie Baak;Georgia Rowley

  • Negative consequences of community group participation for women's mental health and well‐being: Implications for gender aware social capital building

    Katy Osborne;Fran Baum;Anna Marie Ziersch

  • Integration and social determinants of health and wellbeing for people from refugee backgrounds resettled in a rural town in South Australia: a qualitative study

    Anna Ziersch;Emily Miller;Melanie Baak;Lillian Mwanri

  • STI prevention and the male sex industry in London: evaluating a pilot peer education programme.

    A Ziersch;J Gaffney;D R Tomlinson

  • Post-Migration Stressors and Mental Health for African Migrants in South Australia: A Qualitative Study

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  • Creating Political Will for Action on Health Equity: Practical Lessons for Public Health Policy Actors

    Fran Baum;Belinda Townsend;Matthew Fisher;Kathryn C. Browne-Yung

  • In our own backyard: urban health inequities and Aboriginal experiences of neighbourhood life, social capital and racism.

    Gilbert Gallaher;Anna Marie Ziersch;Fran Baum;Michael William Bentley

  • 'Faking til you make it': social capital accumulation of individuals on low incomes living in contrasting socio-economic neighbourhoods and its implications for health and wellbeing.

    Kathryn Browne-Yung;Anna Marie Ziersch;Fran Baum

Frequent Co-Authors

Fran Baum
Fran Baum University of Adelaide
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
Anthony D. LaMontagne
Anthony D. LaMontagne Deakin University
Ronald Labonté
Ronald Labonté University of Ottawa
Anne M Kavanagh
Anne M Kavanagh University of Melbourne
Luke Wolfenden
Luke Wolfenden University of Newcastle Australia
Paul Ward
Paul Ward Torrens University Australia
John Coveney
John Coveney Flinders University
Jennie Popay
Jennie Popay Lancaster University
Rebecca Bentley
Rebecca Bentley University of Melbourne

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