Honorary Professor Maxine Whittaker
Honorary Professor
School of Public Health
Publications
Book Chapters
Brommeyer, Mark, Whittaker, Maxine and Liang, Zhanming (2024). Health Service Managers’ Digital Competencies: A Conceptual Framework. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. IOS Press. doi: 10.3233/shti231156
Whittaker, Maxine (2015). The role of social sciences in One Health - Reciprocal benefits. One Health: The theory and practice of integrated health approaches. (pp. 60-72) edited by Jakob Zinsstag, Esther Schelling, David Waltner-Toews, Maxine Whittaker and Marcel Tanner. Oxford, United Kingdom: CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781780643410.0060
Whittaker, Maxine (2015). Asia Pacific malaria elimination network: a regional collaboration to address regional challenges moving towards malaria elimination. Major Tropical Diseases: Public Health Perspective. (pp. 432-445) edited by Ashwani Kumar, Savio Rodriques and Amit Das. Panjim, Goa, India: Broadway Publishing House.
Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Negotiating care: reproductive tract infections in Vietnam. Women's health in mainland Southeast Asia. (pp. 43-58) edited by Andrea Whittaker. New York, NY, United States: Taylor and Francis.
Fajans, Peter, Thom, Nguyen Thi, Whittaker, Maxine, Satia, Jay, Mai, Tran Thi Phoung, Can, Thrinh Dan, Nhan, Do Thi Thanh and Newton, Nancy (2007). Strategic choices in scaling up: Introducing injectable contraception and improving quality of care in Vietnam. Scaling up health service delivery: From pilot innovations to policies and programmes. (pp. 31-52) edited by Ruth Simmons, Peter Fajans and Laura Ghiron. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
Eschen, Andrea and Whittaker, Maxine (1993). Family Planning: a base to build on for women's reproductive health services. The health of women: a global perspective. (pp. 100-115) edited by Marjorie A. Koblinsky, Judith Timyan and Jill Gay. San Francisco CA , United States: Westview Press.
Koenig, Michael and Whittaker, Maxine (1991). Increasing the application of operations research findings in public sector family planning programs: lessons form ICDDR,B Extension Project. Operations Research: Helping family planning programs work better. Proceedings of an International Conference and Workshop on Using Operations Research to Help Family Planning Programs Works Better. (pp. 451-460) edited by Myrna Seidman and Marjorie C. Horn. Washington DC U.S.A.: Wiley-Liss Publications.
Journal Articles
Naing, Cho, Ni, Han, Basavaraj, Arun Kumar, Aung, Htar Htar, Tung, Wong Siew and Whittaker, Maxine A (2024). Cytokine levels in the severity of falciparum malaria: An umbrella review. Acta Tropica, 260 107447, 107447. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107447
Calcino, Andrew, Cooke, Ira, Cowman, Pete, Higgie, Megan, Massault, Cecile, Schmitz, Ulf, Whittaker, Maxine and Field, Matt A (2024). Harnessing genomic technologies for one health solutions in the tropics. Globalization and Health, 20 (1) 78. doi: 10.1186/s12992-024-01083-3
Naing, Cho, Aung, Htar Htar, Aye, Saint Nway, Poovorawan, Yong and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2024). CagA toxin and risk of Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric phenotype: A meta-analysis of observational studies. PLoS One, 19 (8) e0307172, 1-17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307172
Whittaker, Maxine A, Naing, Cho, Tung, Wong Siew, Aung, Htar Htar and Wah, Mak Joon (2024). Prevalence of zoonotic (brugian) filariasis in Asia: a proportional meta-analysis. Acta Tropica, 249 107049, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.107049
Brommeyer, Mark, Whittaker, Maxine and Liang, Zhanming (2024). Organizational Factors Driving the Realization of Digital Health Transformation Benefits from Health Service Managers: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 16, 455-472. doi: 10.2147/JHL.S487589
Naing, Cho, Htet, Norah Htet, Tung, Wong Siew, Aung, Htar Htar and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2023). Facilitators and barriers to engaging communities in health service research on dengue control in Indo-Pacific region: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 1924, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16845-8
Brommeyer, Mark, Liang, Zhanming, Whittaker, Maxine and Mackay, Mark (2023). Developing health management competency for digital health transformation: protocol for a qualitative study. JMIR Research Protocols, 12 (1) e51884, e51884. doi: 10.2196/51884
Singh, Brajesh K., Yan, Zhen-Zhen, Whittaker, Maxine, Vargas, Ronald and Abdelfattah, Ahmed (2023). Soil microbiomes must be explicitly included in One Health policy. Nature Microbiology, 8 (8), 1367-1372. doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01386-y
Topp, Stephanie M, Thompson, Fintan, Johnston, Karen, Smith, Deborah, Edelman, Alexandra, Whittaker, Maxine, Rouen, Christopher, Moodley, Nishila, McDonald, Malcolm, Barker, Ruth and Larkins, Sarah (2023). Democratising data to address health system inequities in Australia. BMJ Global Health, 8 (5) e012094, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012094
Naing, Cho, Tung, Wong Siew, Htet, Norah Htet, Aung, Htar Htar and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2023). Community engagement in health services research on soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Asia Pacific region: Systematic review. PLoS Global Public Health, 3 (3) e0001694, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001694
Naing, Cho, Htet, Norah Htet, Aye, Saint Nway, Aung, Htar Htar, Tanner, Marcel and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2022). Detection of asymptomatic malaria in Asian countries: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. Malaria Journal, 21 (1) 50. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04082-0
Brommeyer, Mark, Whittaker, Maxine, Mackay, Mark, Ng, Fowie and Liang, Zhanming (2022). Building health service management workforce capacity in the era of health informatics and digital health: a scoping review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 169 104909, 104909. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104909
Nyundo, Lucy, Whittaker, Maxine, Eagle, Lynne and Low, David R. (2021). Adaptation of community-based distribution of family planning services to context-specific social networks: a case of marriage counsellors in Lusaka district, Zambia. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1) 437, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-06422-3
Maulingin-Gumbaketi, Elizabeth, Larkins, Sarah, Gunnarsson, Ronny, Rembeck, Gun, Whittaker, Maxine and Redman-MacLaren, Michelle (2021). ‘Making of a Strong Woman’: a constructivist grounded theory of the experiences of young women around menarche in Papua New Guinea. BMC Women's Health, 21 (1) 144, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01229-0
Pham, Bang Nguyen, Whittaker, Maxine, Okely, Anthony D. and Pomat, William (2020). Measuring unmet need for contraception among women in rural areas of Papua New Guinea. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 28 (2) 1848004, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1848004
Edelman, Alexandra, Grundy, John, Larkins, Sarah, Topp, Stephanie M., Atkinson, David, Patel, Bhavini, Strivens, Edward, Moodley, Nishila and Whittaker, Maxine (2020). Health Service Delivery In Norther Australia: A Scoping Review. Rural and Remote Health, 20 (4) ARTN 6168, 1-17. doi: 10.22605/RRH6168
Mashkour, Narges, Jones, Karina, Kophamel, Sara, Hipolito, Teresa, Ahasan, Shamim, Walker, Grant, Jakob-Hoff, Richard, Whittaker, Maxine, Hamann, Mark, Bell, Ian, Elliman, Jennifer, Owens, Leigh, Saladin, Claire, Crespo-Picazo, Jose Luis, Gardner, Brett, Loganathan, Aswini Leela, Bowater, Rachel, Young, Erina, Robinson, David, Baverstock, Warren, Blyde, David, March, Duan, Eghbali, Maryam, Mohammadi, Maryam, Freggi, Daniela, Giliam, Jane, Hale, Mike, Nicolle, Nicholas, Spiby, Kevin ... Ariel, Ellen (2020). Disease risk analysis in sea turtles: A baseline study to inform conservation efforts. PLoS ONE, 15 (10 October) e0230760, 1-32. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230760
Larkins, Sarah, Carlisle, Karen, Harrington, Humpress, MacLaren, David, Lovo, Etivina, Harrington, Relmah, Fernandes Alves, Lucsendar, Rafai, Eric, Delai, Mere and Whittaker, Maxine (2020). From the Frontline: Strengthening Surveillance and Response Capacities of the Rural Workforce in the Asia-Pacific Region. How Can Grass-Roots Implementation Research Help?. Frontiers in Public Health, 8 507, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00507
Alam, Noore, Chu, Cordia, Li, Qianlin, Crook, Allison, Whittaker, Maxine, Aditama, Tjandra, Schak, Elena, Budiman, Dicky, Barber, Bonnie and Lu, Jiahai (2020). The Pearl River Declaration: A timely call for enhancing health security through fostering a regional one health collaboration in the Asia-Pacific. Globalization and Health, 16 (1) 79, 1-6. doi: 10.1186/s12992-020-00606-y
Naing, Cho, Whittaker, Maxine A., Htet, Norah Htet, Aye, Saint Nway and Mak, Joon Wah (2019). Efficacy of antimalarial drugs for treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Asian region: A network meta-analysis. PLoS One, 14 (12) e0225882, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225882
Pham, Nguyen Bang, Okely, Anthony D., Whittaker, Maxine, Siba, Peter and Pomat, William (2019). Millennium development goals in Papua New Guinea: towards universal education. Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 19 (2), 181-209. doi: 10.1007/s10671-019-09255-4
Naing, Cho, Chellappan, Dinesh Kumar, Fung, Wong Shew, Riegelman, Amy and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2019). PROTOCOL: The effects of flipped classrooms to improve learning outcomes in undergraduate health professional education: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 15 (3) ARTN e1041. doi: 10.1002/cl2.1041
Herdiana, Herdiana, Sari, Jana Fitria Kartika and Whittaker, Maxine (2019). Intersectoral collaboration for the prevention and control of vector borne diseases to support the implementation of a global strategy: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 13 (10) e0204659, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204659
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Vaai, Sina, Whittaker, Maxine, Aiolupotea, Tonumaipe‘a J., Collins, Fiona and Mutch, Allyson (2019). Intimate partner violence prevention: using interactive drama for intimate relationship education with young people in Samoa. Sex Education, 19 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/14681811.2019.1597697
Quah, Yi Wan, Waltmann, Andreea, Karl, Stephan, White, Michael T., Vahi, Ventis, Darcy, Andrew, Pitakaka, Freda, Whittaker, Maxine, Tisch, Daniel J., Barry, Alyssa, Barnadas, Celine, Kazura, James and Mueller, Ivo (2019). Molecular epidemiology of residual Plasmodium vivax transmission in a paediatric cohort in Solomon Islands. Malaria Journal, 18 (1) 106. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2727-9
Naing, Cho, Whittaker, Maxine A. and Tanner, Marcel (2018). Inter-sectoral approaches for the prevention and control of malaria among the mobile and migrant populations: a scoping review. Malaria Journal, 17 (1) 430, 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12936-018-2562-4
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Va’ai, Sina, Collins, Fiona, Whittaker, Maxine and Mutch, Allyson (2018). ‘In the Islands people don’t really talk about this stuff, so you go through life on your own’: an arts-based study exploring intimate relationships with young people in Samoa. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 21 (5), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1492021
Heard, Emma, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Whittaker, Maxine, Va’ai, Sina and Mutch, Allyson (2018). Exploring intimate partner violence in Polynesia: a scoping review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 21 (4), 1524838018795504-778. doi: 10.1177/1524838018795504
Beknazarova, Meruyert, Whiley, Harriet, Judd, Jenni A., Shield, Jennifer, Page, Wendy, Miller, Adrian, Whittaker, Maxine and Ross, Kirstin (2018). Argument for inclusion of strongyloidiasis in the Australian national notifiable disease list. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 3 (2) 61, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed3020061
Fazleen, Nur Ezza, Whittaker, Maxine and Mamun, Abdullah (2018). Risk of metabolic syndrome in adolescents with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome, 12 (6), 1083-1090. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2018.03.014
Naing, Cho and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2018). Severe thrombocytopaenia in patients with vivax malaria compared to falciparum malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 7 (1) 10. doi: 10.1186/s40249-018-0392-9
Waltmann, Andreea, Koepfli, Cristian, Tessier, Natacha, Karl, Stephan, Fola, Abebe, Darcy, Andrew W., Wini, Lyndes, Harrison, G. L. Abby, Barnadas, Céline, Jennison, Charlie, Karunajeewa, Harin, Boyd, Sarah, Whittaker, Maxine, Kazura, James, Bahlo, Melanie, Mueller, Ivo and Barry, Alyssa E. (2018). Increasingly inbred and fragmented populations of Plasmodium vivax associated with the eastward decline in malaria transmission across the Southwest Pacific. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12 (1) e0006146, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006146
Rabinovich, Regina N., Drakeley, Chris, Djimde, Abdoulaye A., Hall, B. Fenton, Hay, Simon I., Hemingway, Janet, Kaslow, David C., Noor, Abdisalan, Okumu, Fredros, Steketee, Richard, Tanner, Marcel, Wells, Timothy N. C., Whittaker, Maxine A., Winzeler, Elizabeth A., Wirth, Dyann F., Whitfield, Kate and Alonso, Pedro L. (2017). malERA: an updated research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS Medicine, 14 (11) e1002456. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002456
Tanner, Marcel, Whittaker, Maxine, Abdallah, Omani Kimbute, Alilio, Martin, Bosman, Andrea, Conteh, Lesong, Doumbia, Seydou, Evans, David, Fan, Victoria, Glassman, Amanda, Gosling, Roly, Lawal, Yusuf, Meremikwu, Martin Madu, Mouzin, Eric, Plasencia, Antoni, Pagnoni, Franco, Premaratne, Risintha, Rolfe, Ben, Rankin, Kathleen, Schapira, Allan, Schellenberg, David, Sintasath, David, de Savigny, Don, Tediosi, Fabrizio, Whitfield, Kate and Worrall, Eve (2017). malERA: An updated research agenda for health systems and policy research in malaria elimination and eradication. Plos Medicine, 14 (11) e1002454, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002454
Canavati, Sara E., Quintero, Cesia E., Haller, Britt, Lek, Dysoley, Yok, Sovann, Richards, Jack S. and Whittaker, Maxine Anne (2017). Maximizing research study effectiveness in malaria elimination settings: A mixed methods study to capture the experiences of field-based staff. Malaria Journal, 16 (1) 362, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-2016-4
Naing, Cho and Whittaker, Maxine A. (2017). Anabolic steroids for treating pressure ulcers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 (6) CD011375, 1-33. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011375.pub2
Castro, Marcia C., Krieger, Gary R., Balge, Marci Z., Tanner, Marcel, Utzinger, Jürg, Whittaker, Maxine and Singer, Burton H. (2016). Examples of coupled human and environmental systems from the extractive industry and hydropower sector interfaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113 (51), 14528-14535. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1605678113
McPherson, Anna, Durham, Jo, Richards, Nicola, Gouda, Hebe, Rampatige, Rasika and Whittaker, Maxine (2016). Strengthening health information systems for disability-related rehabilitation in LMICs. Health Policy and Planning, 32 (3), 384-394. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw140
Herdiana, Herdiana, Cotter, Chris, Coutrier, Farah N., Zarlinda, Iska, Zelman, Brittany W., Tirta, Yusrifar Kharisma, Greenhouse, Bryan, Gosling, Roly D., Baker, Peter, Whittaker, Maxine and Hsiang, Michelle S. (2016). Malaria risk factor assessment using active and passive surveillance data from Aceh Besar, Indonesia, a low endemic, malaria elimination setting with Plasmodium knowlesi, Plasmodium vivax, and Plasmodium falciparum. Malaria Journal, 15 (1) 468, 468. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1523-z
Canavati, Sara E., Quintero, Cesia E., Lawford, Harriet L. S., Yok, Sovann, Lek, Dysoley, Richards, Jack S. and Whittaker, Maxine Anne (2016). High mobility, low access thwarts interventions among seasonal workers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: lessons from the malaria containment project. Malaria Journal, 15 (1) 434. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1491-3
Durham, Jo, Brolan, Claire E., Lui, Chi-Wai and Whittaker, Maxine (2016). The need for a rights-based public health approach to Australian asylum seeker health. Public Health Reviews, 37 (6) 6, 6. doi: 10.1186/s40985-016-0020-9
Kelly-Hanku, A., Aeno, H., Wilson, L., Eves, R., Mek, A., Nake Trumb, R., Whittaker, M., Fitzgerald, L., Kaldor, J. M. and Vallely, A. (2016). Transgressive women don’t deserve protection: young men’s narratives of sexual violence against women in rural Papua New Guinea. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 18 (11), 1207-1220. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2016.1182216
Canavati, Sara E., Lawpoolsri, Saranath, Quintero, Cesia E., Nguon, Chea, Ly, Po, Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon, Sintasath, David, Singhasivanon, Pratap, Grietens, Koen Peeters and Whittaker, Maxine Anne (2016). Village malaria worker performance key to the elimination of artemisinin-resistant malaria: a Western Cambodia health system assessment. Malaria Journal, 15 (282) 282, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1322-6
Wen, Shawn, Harvard, Kelly E., Gueye, Cara Smith, Canavati, Sara E., Chancellor, Arna, Ahmed, Be-Nazir, Leaburi, John, Lek, Dysoley, Namgay, Rinzin, Surya, Asik, Thakur, Garib, D., Whittaker, Maxine Anne and Gosling, Roly D. (2016). Targeting populations at higher risk for malaria: A survey of national malaria elimination programmes in the Asia Pacific. Malaria Journal, 15 (271) 271, 271. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1319-1
Canavati, Sara E., de Beyl, Celine Zegers, Ly, Po, Shafique, Muhammad, Boukheng, Thavrin, Rang, Chandary, Whittaker, Maxine Anne, Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa and Sintasath, David (2016). Evaluation of intensified behaviour change communication strategies in an artemisinin resistance setting. Malaria Journal, 15 (249) 249, 1-13. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1276-8
Richards, Nicola C., Gouda, Hebe N., Durham, Jo, Rampatige, Rasika, Rodney, Anna and Whittaker, Maxine (2016). Disability, noncommunicable disease and health information. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 94 (3), 230-232. doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.156869
Smith Gueye, Cara, Newby, Gretchen, Gosling, Roland D., Whittaker, Maxine A., Chandramohan, Daniel, Slutsker, Laurence and Tanner, Marcel (2016). Strategies and approaches to vector control in nine malaria-eliminating countries: A cross-case study analysis. Malaria Journal, 15 (2) 2, 2. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-1054-z
Mactaggart, Fiona, McDermott, Liane, Tynan, Anna and Whittiker, Maxine (2016). Exploring the broader health and well-being outcomes of mining communities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. Global Public Health, 13 (7), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2016.1240821
The Vivax Working Group, Chancellor, Arna, Shanks, G. Dennis and Whittaker, Maxine (2015). Targeting vivax malaria in the Asia Pacific: The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network. Malaria Journal, 14 (1) 484, 484.1-484.11. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0958-y
Durham, Jo, Sychareun, Vanphanom, Rodney, Anna, Gouda, Hebe N., Richards, Nicola, Rampatige, Rasika and Whittaker, Maxine (2015). Health information systems and disability in the Lao PDR: a qualitative study. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 31 (4), 446-458. doi: 10.1002/hpm.2319
Naing, Cho, Whittaker, Maxine A., Mak, Joon Wah and Aung, Kyan (2015). A systematic review of the efficacy of a single dose artemisinin–naphthoquine in treating uncomplicated malaria. Malaria Journal, 14 (1) 392, 392.1-392.11. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0919-5
Naing, Cho, Wai, Victor Nyunt, Durham, Jo, Whittaker, Maxine A., Win, Ni Ni, Aung, Kyan and Mak, Joon Wah (2015). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Medical Students’ Perspectives on the Engagement in Research. Medicine, 94 (28) e1089, e1089-e1089. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001089
Guyant, Philippe, Canavati, Sara E., Chea, Nguon, Ly, Po, Whittaker, Maxine Anne, Roca-Feltrer, Arantxa and Yeung, Shunmay (2015). Malaria and the mobile and migrant population in Cambodia: a population movement framework to inform strategies for malaria control and elimination. Malaria Journal, 14 (1) 252, 252.1-252.15. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0773-5
Waltmann, Andreea, Darcy, Andrew W., Harris, Ivor, Koepfli, Cristian, Lodo, John, Vahi, Ventis, Piziki, David, Shanks, G. Dennis, Barry, Alyssa E., Whittaker, Maxine, Kazura, James W. and Mueller, Ivo (2015). High rates of asymptomatic, sub-microscopic Plasmodium vivax infection and disappearing Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an area of low transmission in Solomon Islands. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9 (5) e0003758, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003758
Whittaker, Maxine, Hodge, Nicola, Mares, Renata and Rodney, Anna (2015). Preparing for the data revolution: identifying minimum health information competencies among the health workforce. Human Resources for Health, 13 (17) 17, 17. doi: 10.1186/s12960-015-0002-x
Whittaker, Maxine and Smith, Catherine (2015). Reimagining malaria: five reasons to strengthen community engagement in the lead up to malaria elimination. Malaria Journal, 14 (1) 410, 410.1-410.6. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0931-9
Naing, Cho, Whittaker, Maxine A., Aung, Kyan and Racloz, Vanessa (2014). Anabolic steroids for treating pressure ulcers (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014 (11) CD011375, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011375
Ha, Vu Song, Whittaker, Andrea, Whittaker, Maxine and Rodger, Sylvia (2014). Living with autism spectrum disorder in Hanoi, Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 120, 278-285. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.038
Smith, Catherine and Whittaker, Maxine (2014). Beyond mobile populations: a critical review of the literature on malaria and population mobility and suggestions for future directions. Malaria Journal, 13 (1) 307, 307. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-307
Naing, Cho, Whittaker, Maxine A., Wai, Victor Nyunt and Mak, Joon Wah (2014). Is Plasmodium vivax Malaria a Severe Malaria?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8 (8) e3071, e3071. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003071
Smith Gueye, Cara, Newby, Gretchen, Hwang, Jimee, Phillips, Allison A., Whittaker, Maxine, Macarthur, John R., Gosling, Roly D. and Feachem, Richard G. A. (2014). The challenge of artemisinin resistance can only be met by eliminating Plasmodium falciparum malaria across the Greater Mekong subregion. Malaria Journal, 13 (1) 286. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-286
Hetzel, Manuel W., Choudhury, Adnan A. K., Pulford, Justin, Ura, Yangta, Whittaker, Maxine, Siba, Peter M. and Mueller, Ivo (2014). Progress in mosquito net coverage in Papua New Guinea. Malaria Journal, 13 (1) 242, 242.1-242.14. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-242
Whittaker, Maxine A., Dean, Angela J. and Chancellor, Arna (2014). Advocating for malaria elimination - learning from the successes of other infectious disease elimination programmes. Malaria Journal, 13 (1) 221, 221.1-221.8. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-221
Smith, Catherine and Whittaker, Maxine (2014). Malaria elimination without stigmatization: a note of caution about the use of terminology in elimination settings. Malaria Journal, 13 (1) 377, 377.1-377.5. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-377
Naing, Cho, Racloz, Vanessa, Whittaker, Maxine Anne, Aung, Kyan, Reid, Simon Andrew, Mak, Joon Wah and Tanner, Marcel (2013). Efficacy and safety of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria in endemic countries: meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies. PLoS One, 8 (12) e78819, e78819.1-e78819.9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078819
Naing, Cho, Whittaker, Maxine A., Nyunt-Wai, Victor, Reid, Simon A., Wong, Shew Fung, Mak, Joon Wah and Tanner, Marcel (2013). Malaria and soil-transmitted intestinal helminth co-infection and its effect on anemia: a meta-analysis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 107 (11) trt086, 672-683. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trt086
Roshita, Airin, Schubert, Elizabeth and Whittaker, Maxine (2013). Child feeding practices in families of working and nonworking mothers of Indonesian middle class urban families: what are the problems?. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 52 (4), 344-379. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2012.707438
Choudhury, Adnan Ali Khan, Conlan, James V., Racloz, Vanessa Nadine, Reid, Simon Andrew, Blacksell, Stuart D., Fenwick, Stanley G., Thompson, Andrew R. C., Khamlome, Boualam, Vongxay, Khamphouth and Whittaker, Maxine (2013). The economic impact of pig-associated parasitic zoonosis in Northern Lao PDR. Ecohealth, 10 (1), 54-62. doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0821-y
Bergquist, Robert and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Control of neglected tropical diseases in Asia Pacific: implications for health information priorities. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 1 (1) 3, 3.1-3.4. doi: 10.1186/2049-9957-1-3
Gosling, Roly D., Whittaker, Maxine, Gueye, Cara Smith, Fullman, Nancy, Baquilod, Mario, Kusriastuti, Rita and Feachem, Richard G. A. (2012). Malaria elimination gaining ground in the Asia Pacific. Malaria Journal, 11 (1) 346. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-346
Aung, Eindra and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Preparing routine health information systems for immediate health responses to disasters. Health Policy and Planning, 28 (5), 495-507. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czs081
Razee, Husna, Whittaker, Maxine, Jayasuriya, Rohan, Yap, Lorraine and Brentnall, Lee (2012). Listening to the rural health workers in Papua New Guinea - The social factors that influence their motivation to work. Social Science & Medicine, 75 (5), 828-835. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.013
Roshita, Airin, Schubert, Elizabeth and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Child-care and feeding practices of urban middle class working and non-working Indonesian mothers: A qualitative study of the socio-economic and cultural environment. Maternal and Child Nutrition Journal, 8 (3), 299-314. doi: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00298.x
Jayasuriya, Rohan, Whittaker, Maxine, Halim, Grace and Matineau, Tim (2012). Rural health workers and their work environment: the role of inter-personal factors on job satisfaction of nurses in rural Papua New Guinea. BMC Health Services Research, 12 (1) 156, 156.1-156.12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-156
Landry, Mark, Novak, John and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Health information is a national asset. Pacific Health Dialog, 18 (1), 9-10.
Lewis, Don, Hodge, Nicola, Gamage, Duminda and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Understanding the role of technology in health information systems. Pacific Health Dialog, 18 (1), 144-154.
Aung, Eindra and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Building health systems capacity: an introductory training course on health information systems. Pacific Health Dialog, 18 (1), 91-102.
Lum On, Miriam, Bennett, Vicki and Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Issues and challenges for health information systems in the Pacific. Pacific Health Dialog, 18 (1), 20-24.
Atkinson, Jo-An, Johnson, Marie-Louise, Wijesinghe, Rushika, Bobogare, Albino, Losi, L., O'Sullivan, Matthew, Yamaguchi, Yuka, Kenilorea, Geoffrey, Vallely, Andrew, Cheng, Qin, Ebringer, Andrew, Bain, Lisa, Gray, Karen, Harris, Ivor, Whittaker, Maxine, Reid, Heidi, Clements, Archie and Shanks, Dennis (2012). Operational research to inform a sub-national surveillance intervention for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands. Malaria Journal, 11 (1) 101, 101.1-101.13. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-101
Landry, Mark, Novak, John, Whittaker, Maxine and Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub, (2012). Health information is a national asset. Pacific health dialog, 18 (1), 9-13.
O'Sullivan, Matthew, Kenilorea, Geoffrey, Yamaguchi, Yuka, Bobogare, Albino, Losi, Landry, Atkinson, Jo-An, Vallely, Andrew, Whittaker, Maxine, Tanner, Marcel and Wijesinghe, Rushika (2011). Malaria elimination in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands : Establishing a surveillance-response system to prevent introduction and reintroduction of malaria. Malaria Journal, 10 (Article # 235) 235, 235-1-235-10. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-235
Atkinson, Jo-An, Vallely, Andrew, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Whittaker, Maxine and Tanner, Marcel (2011). The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination. Malaria Journal, 10 (Article # 225) 225, 225-1-225-32. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-225
Tynan, Anna, Atkinson, Jo-An, Toaliu, Hilson, Taleo, George, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Whittaker, Maxine, Riley, Ian, Schubert, Mark and Vallely, Andrew (2011). Community participation for malaria elimination in tafea Province, Vanuatu: Part II. Social and cultural aspects of treatment-seeking behaviour. Malaria Journal, 10 (Article # 204) 204, 204-1-204-11. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-204
Andersen, Finn, Douglas, Nick M., Bustos, Dorina, Galappaththy, Gawarie, Qi, Gao, Hsiang, Michelle S., Kusriastuti, Rita, Mendis, Kamini, Taleo, George, Whittaker, Maxine, Price, Ric N. and von Seidlein, Lorenz (2011). Trends in malaria research in 11 Asian Pacific countries: an analysis of peer-reviewed publications over two decades. Malaria Journal, 10 (Article number 131) 131. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-131
Wijesinghe, Rushika S., Atkinson, Jo-An M., Bobogare, Albino, Wini, Lyndes and Whittaker, Maxine (2011). Exploring provider and community responses to the new malaria diagnostic and treatment regime in Solomon Islands. Malaria Journal, 10 (1) 3, 3.1-3.12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-3
The Pacific Malaria Initiative Survey Group (PMISG), Atkinson, Jo-An, Clements, Archie, Dove, Georgina, Forsyth, Simon, Kelly, Gerard, Marston, Luke, Reid, Heidi, Riley, Ian, Vallely, Andrew and Whittaker, Maxine (2010). Malaria on isolated Melanesian islands prior to the initiation of malaria elimination activities. Malaria Journal, 9 (1) 218, 218-1-218-9. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-218
Hsiang, Michelle S, Abeyasinghe, Rabindra, Whittaker, Maxine and Feachem, Richard GA (2010). Malaria elimination in Asia-Pacific: An under-told story. Lancet, 375 (9726), 1586-1587. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60350-9
Atkinson, Jo-An M., Fitzgerald, Lisa, Toaliu, Hilson, Taleo, George, Tynan, Anna, Whittaker, Maxine, Riley, Ian and Vallely, Andrew (2010). Community participation for malaria elimination in Tafea Province, Vanuatu: Part I. Maintaining motivation for prevention practices in the context of disappearing disease. Malaria Journal, 9 (1) 93, 93-108. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-93
Newman, Louise, Lightfoot, Tim, Singleton, Gillian, Aroche, Jorge, Yong, Choon-Siew, Eagar, Sandra, Gordon, Amanda, Kotala, Paul, Whelan, Anna and Whittaker, Maxine (2010). Mental illness in Australian immigration detention centres. Lancet, 375 (9723), 1344-1345. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60571-5
Whittaker, Maxine and Thomason, Jane (2009). Working together for a better future. PNG Medical Journal, 52 (3-4), 179-186.
Whittaker, Maxine, Piliwas, Lindsay, Agale, Jubal and Yaipupu, Jssica (2009). Beyond the numbers: Papua New Guinean perspectives on the major health conditions and programs of the country.. Papua and New Guinea medical journal, 52 (3-4), 96-113.
Whittaker M. (2002). Negotiating care: Reproductive tract infections in Vietnam. Women and Health, 35 (4), 43-57. doi: 10.1300/J013v35n04_04
Satia, J., Fajans, P., Elias, C. and Whittaker, M. A. (2000). A strategic approach to reproductive health programme development. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 15 (4), 5-20.
Whittaker, Maxine (1999). Towards strategic quality management in health care. Journal of Health Management, 1 (2), 215-218. doi: 10.1177/097206349900100203
Whittaker, M. (1999). A systems approach to improving quality of care: Some lessons learnt from contraceptive introduction in Vietnam. Development Bulletin (47), 54-56.
Koenig, Michael A., Hossain, Mian Bazle and Whittaker, Maxine (1997). The influence of quality of care upon contraceptive use in rural Bangladesh. Studies in Family Planning, 28 (4), 278-289. doi: 10.2307/2137859
Whittaker, Maxine, Mita, Rezina, Hossain, B. and Koenig, M. A. (1996). Evaluating rural Bangladeshi women's perspectives of quality in family planning services. Health Care for Women International, 17 (5), 393-411.
Likwa, R. N. and Whittaker, M. (1996). The characteristics of women presenting for abortion and complications of illegal abortions at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: an explorative study. African journal of fertility, sexuality, and reproductive health, 1 (1), 42-49.
Whittaker M. and Larson A. (1996). Reproductive tract infections: The forgotten and neglected component of family planning services. Venereology, 9 (1), 40-47.
Castle, Mary Ann, Likwa, Rosemary and Whittaker, Maxine (1990). Observations on Abortion in Zambia. Studies in Family Planning, 21 (4), 231-235. doi: 10.2307/1966618
Browning, David, Whittaker, Maxine and McInerney, RJF (1982). Doctors and nuclear war; prevention of nuclear war; nuclear war--more questions. The Medical journal of Australia, 2 (11), 506-507. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132542.x
Whittaker, M. (1982). Prevention of nuclear war. The Medical journal of Australia, 2 (11). doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132543.x
Conference Papers
Canavati, Sara E., Lawpoolsri, Saranath, Quintero, Cesia E., Ly, Po, Nguon, Chea, Pukrittayakamee, Sasithon, Sintasath, David, Singhasivanon, Pratap, Grietens, Koen Peeters and Whittaker, Maxine Anne (2017). Village malaria worker performance key to the elimination of artemisinin-resistant malaria: a western Cambodia health system assessment. 65th Annual Meeting of the American-Society-of-Tropical-Medicine-and-Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, GA, United States, 13-16 November 2016. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Herdiana, Herdiana, Cotter, Chris, Coutrier, Farah, Tirta, Yusrifar K., Zarlinda, Iska, Zelman, Brittany W., Gosling, Roly D., Baker, Peter, Whittaker, Maxine and Hsiang, Michelle S. (2017). Use of active and passive surveillance to determine the risk factors for malaria infection in Aceh Besar, Indonesia, a low-endemic, multi-species setting (Plasmodium knowlesi, P. vivax, and P. falciparum infection) aiming for malaria elimination. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), Atlanta, Georgia, 13-16 November 2016. Deerfield, IL, United States: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Canavati de la Torre, Sara E., Nguon, Chea and Whittaker, Maxine Anne (2015). How to implement prevention, test, treat and track (P+T3) amongst populations at higher risk of malaria: lessons from western Cambodia. 13th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA), Mexico City, Mexico, 10-15 August 2014.
Roshita, A., Page, A., Schubert, L. and Whittaker, M. (2013). Maternal Working Characteristic Is Associated with Child Underweight in Urban Middle-Class Families of Indonesia. 20th International Congress of Nutrition, Granada, Spain, 15 - 20 September 2013. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000354245
Roshita, A., Page, A., Schubert, L. and Whittaker, M. (2013). Mother'S Positive Attitude and Familiarity Towards Formula Milk May Contribute to Low Dietary Diversity Amongst Indonesian Urban Young Children. 20th International Congress of Nutrition, Granada, Spain, 15 - 20 September 2013. Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG. doi: 10.1159/000354245
Whittaker, Maxine (2012). Update from the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN). Challenges in Malaria Research, Basel Switzerland, 10-12 October 2012. London, United Kingdom: BioMed Central. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-S1-O54
Roshita, A, Schubert, E and Whittaker, M (2010). Child care and feeding practices of urban middle class working and non working Indonesian mothers: A qualitative study of the socio cultural environment.. The Third International Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation Workshop, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 10-16 May 2010. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Neys-van Hoogstraten Foundation.
Whittaker, M. (1999). Behind & beyond the bamboo hedge: rural Vietnamese women seeking care for baginal discharge. Australian Tropical health 7 Nutrition Conference, Brisbane, The Bancroft Cen., 30 June -2 July 1999. Brisbane: ACITHN.
Research Report
Thesis
Whittaker, Maxine (1999). Secret Stories : women's health in rural Vietnam. PhD Thesis, Tropical Health Program, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/9e405d7
Working Papers
Whittaker, Maxine, Smith, Catherine and Mouzin, Eric (2014). The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN): Supporting the common goal of a malaria-free Asia Pacific. Progress and Impact series. 11. Roll back malaria partnership, World Health Organisation.
Whittaker, Maxine, Mares, Renata E. and Rodney, Anna (2013). Mapping health information system competencies for health workers in low- and middle-income countries. Working Paper 30. 30. Health Information Systems Knowledge Hub, School of Population Health, University of Queensland.