Participant Info
- First Name
- Heather
- Last Name
- Battles
- Country
- New Zealand
- State
- h.battles@auckland.ac.nz
- Affiliation
- The University of Auckland
- Website URL
- http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/people/profile/h-battles
- Keywords
- epidemics, polio, diphtheria, historical epidemiology, historical demography, Canada, New Zealand, infectious disease, childhood diseases
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
I am interested in applying a holistic, biocultural approach to understanding the evolution and ecology of infectious diseases in human populations and their social and biological impacts.
My most recent work examines mortality patterns in the epidemic emergence of poliomyelitis in the early 20th century (Canada and New Zealand).
- Recent Publications
- Battles, H. T., & Jones, B.-L. (2018). The Social Geography of Diphtheria Mortality in Hamilton. Ontario History, 110(1), 88-88. 10.7202/1044327ar
- Battles, H. T. (2017). Differences in polio mortality by socioeconomic status in two southern Ontario counties, 1900–1937. Social Science History, 41 (2), 305-332. 10.1017/ssh.2017.1
- Battles, H. T. (2016). The biologically vulnerable boy: Framing sex differences in childhood infectious disease mortality. Boyhood Studies, 9 (2), 56-72. 10.3167/bhs.2016.09205
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @anthroetc
- Country Focus
- Canada, New Zealand
- Expertise by Geography
- New Zealand, North America
- Expertise by Chronology
- 19th century, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Children & Youth, Disability, Medicine, World War I, World War II
