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Prof

Bec Bentley

Prof Research Fellow In Social Epidemiology
Housing and employment
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
public, environmental & occupational health
humans
australia
female
adult
middle aged
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Prof

Bec Bentley

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Health Inequalities
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Prof

Bec Bentley

 

Rebecca Bentley is a Principal Research Fellow in Social Epidemiology in the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Over the past ten years, Rebecca has developed a research program exploring the role of housing and residential location in shaping health and wellbeing in Australia.

This research has a particular focus on housing affordability, tenure and their measureable effects on individual health and wellbeing. Work from this program was awarded the Mike Berry Award for Excellence in Housing Research for 2015. Rebecca is currently an ARC Future Fellow undertaking research focussed on housing affordability and socio-economic and wellbeing outcomes in Australia.See. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/12/you-call-that-affordable-how-our-thinking-on-housing-has-become-skewed

Projects

Displaying the 36 most recent projects by Bec Bentley.

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Gender Equality In Australia: Impact On Social, Economic & Health Outcomes

This project aims to develop an innovative, Australian-specific multidimensional measure of gender equality. The project’s focus on conceptu..

2019 - 2022
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Closing The Housing Gap: A Spotlight On Intergenerational Inequalities

This project aims to use never-before analysed combinations of datasets and new data on Australian housing conditions to model the consequen..

2019 - 2022
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Gender Equality In Australia: Impact On Social, Economic & Health Outcomes

This project aims to develop an innovative, Australian-specific multidimensional measure of gender equality. The project’s focus on conceptu..

2019 - 2021
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An Australian Rental Housing Conditions Data Infrastructure - UOM Cash (Non-Lead)

This project aims to provide researchers and policy stakeholders with essential data infrastructure on Australia’s rental housing conditions..

2019 - 2019
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An Australian Rental Housing Conditions Data Infrastructure - ARC (Non-Lead)

This project aims to provide researchers and policy stakeholders with essential data infrastructure on Australia’s rental housing conditions..

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Closing The Housing Gap: A Spotlight On Intergenerational Inequalities

2018 - 2018
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Child Poverty: Health Consequences, Costs And Policy Interventions

2017 - 2020
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Transforming Housing: Affordable Housing For All

2016 - 2019
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Unaffordable Housing: Impacts On Socio-Economic Conditions And Wellbeing

The project plans to explore how the current housing affordability crisis is shaping population wellbeing and socioeconomic outcomes. Housin..

2016 - 2020
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An Australian Housing Conditions Data Infrastructure

This project aims to develop, collect, and make available an Australian housing conditions data infrastructure. We don't know enough about t..

2016 - 2017
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An Australian Housing Conditions Data Infrastructure

This project aims to develop, collect, and make available an Australian housing conditions data infrastructure. We don't know enough about t..

2016 - 2017
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Improving Employment Outcomes For Australians With Disability

This project aims to provide evidence about how to improve employment outcomes for people with disability. Nearly one in five adult Australi..

2016 - 2020
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Improving Employment Outcomes For Australians With Disability

This project aims to provide evidence about how to improve employment outcomes for people with disability. Nearly one in five adult Australi..

2016 - 2020
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Unaffordable Housing: Impacts On Socio-Economic Conditions And Wellbeing

The project plans to explore how the current housing affordability crisis is shaping population wellbeing and socioeconomic outcomes. Housin..

2016 - 2020
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Understanding How Local And Regional Accessibility Are Associated With Active Travel, And Related Health And Economic Impacts.

Exercise and walking are vital for a healthy lifestyle and wellbeing. The accessibility and ’walkability’ of where one lives and works is ke..

2015 - 2018
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Understanding How Local And Regional Accessibility Are Associated With Active Travel, And Related Health And Economic Impacts.

Exercise and walking are vital for a healthy lifestyle and wellbeing. The accessibility and ’walkability’ of where one lives and works is ke..

2015 - 2018
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Lives On The Line: Building Evidence On Transport Systems, Energy, Social Exclusion, Health And Well-Being

2012 - 2013
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Emerging From The Shadows: The Evaluation Of Intervention Strategies To Reduce Social Isolation Amongst The Aged

Social isolation imposes a high cost on affected individuals and the community at large. This project will determine what interventions work..

2012 - 2015
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Networks, Neighbourhoods And Newborns: Defining Household And Local Area Influences On Social Connectedness, To Understand Pathways To Health.

Being socially connected is good for your health, but why? This project will compare social connections in Boroondara and Hume, to explore t..

2012 - 2015
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Networks, Neighbourhoods And Newborns: Defining Household And Local Area Influences On Social Connectedness, To Understand Pathways To Health.

Being socially connected is good for your health, but why? This project will compare social connections in Boroondara and Hume, to explore t..

2012 - 2015
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Networks, Neighbourhoods And Newborns: Defining Household And Local Area Influences On Social Connectedness, To Understand Pathways To Health.

Being socially connected is good for your health, but why? This project will compare social connections in Boroondara and Hume, to explore t..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Networks, Neighbourhoods And Newborns: Defining Household And Local Area Influences On Social Connectedness, To Understand Pathways To Health.

Being socially connected is good for your health, but why? This project will compare social connections in Boroondara and Hume, to explore t..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Networks, Neighbourhoods And Newborns: Defining Household And Local Area Influences On Social Connectedness, To Understand Pathways To Health.

Being socially connected is good for your health, but why? This project will compare social connections in Boroondara and Hume, to explore t..

2012 - 2015
Completed
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Networks, Neighbourhoods And Newborns: Defining Household And Local Area Influences On Social Connectedness, To Understand Pathways To Health.

Being socially connected is good for your health, but why? This project will compare social connections in Boroondara and Hume, to explore t..

2012 - 2015
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Pathways To Health And Wellbeing Through Housing: A New Casual Understanding Of Relationships, Processes And Interventions

Does housing make Australians healthier or less healthy, how can we target housing assistance so that it improves individual health and well..

2012 - 2015
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Access To Paid Parental Leave And The Health Of Young Mothers

The Government’s Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme, which aims to improve workforce participation and maternal and infant health, is particul..

2012 - 2017
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Access To Paid Parental Leave And The Health Of Young Mothers

The Government’s Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme, which aims to improve workforce participation and maternal and infant health, is particul..

2012 - 2017
Completed
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The Importance Of Gender And Socio-Economic Disadvantage For The Mental Health Of People Living With Disabilities

The twenty per cent of Australians reporting a disability are more likely to live in disadvantaged circumstances such as inadequate housing,..

2011 - 2015
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The Importance Of Gender And Socio-Economic Disadvantage For The Mental Health Of People Living With Disabilities

The twenty per cent of Australians reporting a disability are more likely to live in disadvantaged circumstances such as inadequate housing,..

2011 - 2015
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New Directions In Health Inequalities Research: Understanding The Intersection Between Housing, Employment And Health In Australia

People employed on a casual basis in Australia are nearly three times more likely to live in a household that is in housing affordability st..

2011 - 2013
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New Directions In Health Inequalities Research: Understanding The Intersection Between Housing, Employment And Health In Australia

People employed on a casual basis in Australia are nearly three times more likely to live in a household that is in housing affordability st..

2011 - 2014
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Analysis Of Indicators Of Community Strength 2008

2010
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Accessability And Price Of Alcohol Beverages And Consumption - Findings From Viclanes

2010 - 2010
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National Homelessness Research Project: Addressing Homelessness Amongst Persons With A Disability: Identifying And Enacting Best Practise

2010 - 2011
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Mitigating Negative Health Outcome Of Vulnerable And Precarious Housing

2010 - 2010
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H1n1 - Related Victorian School Closures: Quarantine Compliance And Impact Of Parents' Precarious Employment.

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2009 - 2011
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 96 most recent scholarly works by Bec Bentley.

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New evidence on mental health and housing affordability in cities: A quantile regression approach

Emma Baker, Thien Anh Pham Ngoc, Lyrian Daniel, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cities

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How Does Household Residential Instability Influence Child Health Outcomes? A Quantile Analysis

Emma Baker, Thien Anh Pham Ngoc, Lyrian Daniel, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

At the core of housing and welfare research is a premise that stable residential environments are important to children's health a..

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Does the effect of disability acquisition on mental health differ by employment characteristics? A longitudinal fixed-effects analysis

Zoe Aitken, Julie Anne Simpson, Rebecca Bentley, Allison Milner, Anthony Daniel LaMontagne, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2019  |  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

PURPOSE: Longitudinal studies have suggested a causal relationship between disability acquisition and mental health, but there is ..

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Better transport accessibility, better health: a health economic impact assessment study for Melbourne, Australia

Vicki Brown, Alison Barr, Jan Scheurer, Anne Magnus, Belen Zapata-Diomedi, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

BACKGROUND: Physical inactivity is a global public health problem, partly due to urbanization and increased use of passive modes o..

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Do financial hardship and social support mediate the effect of unaffordable housing on mental health?

Ankur Singh, Zoe Aitken, Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

PURPOSE: Unaffordable housing has a negative impact on mental health; however, little is known about the causal pathways through w..

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DAILY WALKING AMONG COMMUTERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF ASSOCIATIONS WITH RESIDENTIAL, WORK AND REGIONAL ACCESSIBILITY IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (2012-2014)

Alison Barr, Suzanne Mavoa, Hannah Badland, Billie Giles-Corti, Jan Scheurer, Koen Simons, Lizzie Korevaar, Joshua Stewart, Rebecca Bentley

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH

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Daily Walking among Commuters: A Cross-Sectional Study of Associations with Residential, Work, and Regional Accessibility in Melbourne, Australia (2012-2014)

Alison Barr, Koen Simons, Suzanne Mavoa, Hannah Badland, Billie Giles-Corti, Jan Scheurer, Elizabeth Korevaar, Josh Stewart, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Environmental Health Perspectives

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Housing Disadvantage and Poor Mental Health: A Systematic Review

Ankur Singh, Lyrian Daniel, Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Journal of Preventive Medicine

CONTEXT: This study reviews collective evidence on the longitudinal impact of housing disadvantage (based on tenure, precarity, an..

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Reflection on modern methods: when worlds collide-prediction, machine learning and causal inference.

Tony Blakely, John Lynch, Koen Simons, Rebecca Bentley, Sherri Rose

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

Causal inference requires theory and prior knowledge to structure analyses, and is not usually thought of as an arena for the appl..

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How are the built environment and household travel characteristics associated with children's active transport in Melbourne, Australia?

A Carver, A Barr, A Singh, H Badland, S Mavoa, R Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Transport & Health

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The 'double precarity' of employment insecurity and unaffordable housing and its impact on mental health

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Zoe Aitken

Journal article  |  2019  |  Social Science and Medicine

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An Australian geography of unhealthy housing

Emma Baker, Laurence Lester, Andrew Beer, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2019  |  Geographical Research

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Precariously placed: housing affordability, quality and satisfaction of Australians with disabilities

Zoe Aitken, Emma Baker, Hannah Badland, Kate Mason, Rebecca Bentley, Andrew Beer, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2019  |  Disability & Society

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The levonorgestrel intrauterine device in Australia: analysis of prescribing data 2008-2012

Amie L Bingham, Cameryn C Garrett, Christine Bayly, Anne M Kavanagh, Louise A Keogh, Rebecca J Bentley, Jane S Hocking

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC WOMENS HEALTH

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The impact of social housing on mental health: longitudinal analyses using marginal structural models and machine learning-generated weights

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Koen Simons, Julie A Simpson, Tony Blakely

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

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Do material, psychosocial and behavioural factors mediate the relationship between disability acquisition and mental health? A sequential causal mediation analysis

Zoe Aitken, Julie Anne Simpson, Lyle Gurrin, Rebecca Bentley, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

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A Longitudinal Study Examining Changes in Street Connectivity, Land Use, and Density of Dwellings and Walking for Transport in Brisbane, Australia

Rebecca Bentley, Tony Blakely, Anne Kavanagh, Zoe Aitken, Tania King, Paul McElwee, Billie Giles-Corti, Gavin Turrell

Journal article  |  2018  |  Environmental Health Perspectives

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Men's work, Women's work, and mental health: A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between the gender composition of occupations and mental health

Allison Milner, Tania King, Anthony D LaMontagne, Rebecca Bentley, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2018  |  Social Science & Medicine

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The impact of persistent poor housing conditions on mental health: A longitudinal population-based study

David J Pevalin, Aaron Reeves, Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2017  |  Preventive Medicine

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Disability acquisition and mental health: effect modification by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics using data from an Australian longitudinal study

Zoe Aitken, Julie Anne Simpson, Rebecca Bentley, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMJ Open

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Is Housing a Health Insult?

Emma Baker, Andrew Beer, Laurence Lester, David Pevalin, Christine Whitehead, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context

Hannah Badland, Sarah Foster, Rebecca Bentley, Carl Higgs, Rebecca Roberts, Christopher Pettit, Billie Giles-Corti

Journal article  |  2017  |  Health & Place

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Does employment security modify the effect of housing affordability on mental health?

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Anthony LaMontagne, Tania King, Kate Mason, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2016  |  SSM - Population Health

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Commentary: DAGs and the restricted potential outcomes approach are tools, not theories of causation

Tony Blakely, John Lynch, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Epidemiology

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Inequalities in socio-economic characteristics and health and wellbeing of men with and without disabilities: a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline wave of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health

Anne M Kavanagh, Zoe Aitken, Eric Emerson, Sash Sahabandu, Allison Milner, Rebecca Bentley, Anthony D LaMontagne, Jane Pirkis, David Studdert

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC Public Health

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Invited Commentary: Harnessing Housing Natural Experiments Is Important, but Beware Differential Misclassification of Difference in Difference

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Tony Blakely

Journal article  |  2016  |  American Journal of Epidemiology

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Housing affordability and residential mobility as drivers of locational inequality

Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley, Laurence Lester, Andrew Beer

Journal article  |  2016  |  Applied Geography

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Associations of public transport accessibility with walking, obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes

Alison Barr, Rebecca Bentley, Julie A Simpson, Jan Scheurer, Neville Owen, David Dunstan, Lukar Thornton, Lauren Krnjacki, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Transport & Health

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Neoliberalism, economic restructuring and policy change: Precarious housing and precarious employment in Australia

Andrew Beer, Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Kate Mason, Shelley Mallett, Anne Kavanagh, Tony LaMontagne

Journal article  |  2016  |  Urban Studies

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Socioeconomic position in young adulthood is associated with BMI in Australian families

Katrina J Scurrah, Anne M Kavanagh, Rebecca J Bentley, Lukar E Thornton, Stephen B Harrap

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Public Health

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Young maternal age at first birth and mental health later in life: Does the association vary by birth cohort?

Zoe Aitken, Belinda Hewitt, Louise Keogh, Anthony D LaMontagne, Rebecca Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2016  |  SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

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Housing affordability, tenure and mental health in Australia and the United Kingdom: a comparative panel analysis

Rebecca J Bentley, David Pevalin, Emma Baker, Kate Mason, Aaron Reeves, Andrew Beer

Journal article  |  2016  |  Housing Studies

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Housing tenure and affordability and mental health following disability acquisition in adulthood

Anne M Kavanagh, Zoe Aitken, Emma Baker, Anthony D LaMontagne, Allison Milner, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2016  |  Social Science & Medicine

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Poor housing quality: Prevalence and health effects

Emma Baker, Laurence H Lester, Rebecca Bentley, Andrew Beer

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community

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Using kernel density estimation to understand the influence of neighbourhood destinations on BMI

Tania L King, Rebecca J Bentley, Lukar E Thornton, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMJ Open

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Regional variation in social isolation amongst older Australians

Andrew Beer, Debbie Faulkner, Julia Law, Gill Lewin, Anthea Tinker, Laurie Buys, Rebecca Bentley, Amber Watt, Sue McKechnie, Susan Chessman

Journal article  |  2016  |  REGIONAL STUDIES REGIONAL SCIENCE

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Prescription rates of the contraceptive implant in Australia 2008-2012: impact of patient age and area of residence

Amie L Bingham, Cameryn C Garrett, Anne M Kavanagh, Louise A Keogh, Rebecca J Bentley, Jane S Hocking

Journal article  |  2016  |  Sexual Health

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Regional variation in social isolation amongst older Australians

A Beer, D Faulkner, J Law, G Lewin, A Tinker, L Buys, R Bentley, A Watt, S McKechnie, S Chessman

Journal article  |  2016  |  Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Phenotypic- and Genotypic-Resistance Detection for Adaptive Resistance Management in Tetranychus urticae Koch

Deok Ho Kwon, Taek-Jun Kang, Young Ho Kim, Si Hyeock Lee

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

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Mental Health Following Acquisition of Disability in Adulthood-The Impact of Wealth

Anne Marie Kavanagh, Zoe Aitken, Lauren Krnjacki, Anthony Daniel LaMontagne, Rebecca Bentley, Allison Milner

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

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Does the presence and mix of destinations influence walking and physical activity?

Tania Louise King, Rebecca Jodie Bentley, Lukar Ezra Thornton, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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The Use of Kernel Density Estimation to Examine Associations between Neighborhood Destination Intensity and Walking and Physical Activity

Tania L King, Lukar E Thornton, Rebecca J Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

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Perceived fairness of pay among people with and without disabilities: a propensity score matched analysis of working Australians

Allison Milner, Zoe Aitken, Lauren Krnjacki, Rebecca Bentley, Tony Blakely, Anthony D LaMontagne, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2015  |  Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health

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A Longitudinal Analysis of Changes in Job Control and Mental Health

Rebecca J Bentley, Anne Kavanagh, Lauren Krnjacki, Anthony D LaMontagne

Journal article  |  2015  |  American Journal of Epidemiology

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Measuring Housing Affordability: A Longitudinal Approach

Emma Baker, Kate Mason, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2015  |  URBAN POLICY AND RESEARCH

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Sickness Absence and Psychosocial Job Quality: An Analysis From a Longitudinal Survey of Working Australians, 2005-2012

Allison Milner, Peter Butterworth, Rebecca Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh, Anthony D LaMontagne

Journal article  |  2015  |  American Journal of Epidemiology

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Comparing the Influence of Wildfire and Prescribed Burns on Watershed Nitrogen Biogeochemistry Using N-15 Natural Abundance in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Components

Kirsten Stephan, Kathleen L Kavanagh, Akihiro Koyama

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

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Intersections between disability, type of impairment, gender and socio-economic disadvantage in a nationally representative sample of 33,101 working-aged Australians

Anne M Kavanagh, Lauren Krnjacki, Zoe Aitken, Anthony D LaMontagne, Andrew Beer, Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2015  |  Disability and Health Journal

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Associations between the purchase of healthy and fast foods and restrictions to food access: a cross-sectional study in Melbourne, Australia

Cate Burns, Rebecca Bentley, Lukar Thornton, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2015  |  Public Health Nutrition

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Employment status and mental health among persons with and without a disability: evidence from an Australian cohort study

A Milner, AD LaMontagne, Z Aitken, R Bentley, AM Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

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Employment Arrangements and Mental Health in a Cohort of Working Australians: Are Transitions From Permanent to Temporary Employment Associated With Changes in Mental Health?

Anthony D LaMontagne, Allison Milner, Lauren Krnjacki, Anne M Kavanagh, Tony A Blakely, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2014  |  American Journal of Epidemiology

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Effect of having a subsequent child on the mental health of women who lost a child in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: a cross-sectional study

Yao Xu, Helen Herrman, Rebecca Bentley, Atsuro Tsutsumi, Jane Fisher

Journal article  |  2014  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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Area-Level Unemployment and Perceived Job Insecurity: Evidence from a Longitudinal Survey Conducted in the Australian Working-Age Population

Allison Milner, Anne Kavanagh, Lauren Krnjacki, Rebecca Bentley, Anthony D LaMontagne

Journal article  |  2014  |  Annals of Occupational Hygiene

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Exploring the Bi-directional Relationship between Health and Housing in Australia

Emma Baker, Kate Mason, Rebecca Bentley, Shelley Mallett

Journal article  |  2014  |  Urban Policy and Research

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The impact of having a subsequent baby on women’s mental health after losing a child in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: a cross-sectional survey

R BENTLEY, H Herrman, A Tsutsumi, J Fisher, Y Xu

Journal article  |  2014  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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Income inequality and Neisseria gonorrhoeae notifications in females: a country-level analysis

Amie L Bingham, Anne M Kavanagh, Christopher Kit Fairley, Louise A Keogh, Rebecca J Bentley, Jane S Hocking

Journal article  |  2014  |  Sexual Health

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Housing affordability and mental health: Does the relationship differ for renters and home purchasers?

Kate E Mason, Emma Baker, Tony Blakely, Rebecca J Bentley

Journal article  |  2013  |  Social Science & Medicine

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Psychosocial working conditions in a representative sample of working Australians 2001-2008: an analysis of changes in inequalities over time

AD LaMontagne, L Krnjacki, AM Kavanagh, R Bentley

Journal article  |  2013  |  Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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Time trends in socio-economic inequalities for women and men with disabilities in Australia: evidence of persisting inequalities

Anne M Kavanagh, Lauren Krnjacki, Andrew Beer, Anthony D Lamontagne, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal for Equity in Health

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Fruit and vegetable purchasing and the relative density of healthy and unhealthy food stores: evidence from an Australian multilevel study

Kate E Mason, Rebecca J Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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The Mental Health Effects of Housing Tenure: Causal or Compositional?

Emma Baker, Rebecca Bentley, Kate Mason

Journal article  |  2013  |  Urban Studies

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Leave entitlements, time off work and the household financial impacts of quarantine compliance during an H1N1 outbreak

Anne M Kavanagh, Kate E Mason, Rebecca J Bentley, David M Studdert, Jodie McVernon, James E Fielding, Sylvia Petrony, Lyle Gurrin, Anthony D LaMontagne

Journal article  |  2012  |  BMC Infectious Diseases

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Does parkland influence walking? The relationship between area of parkland and walking trips in Melbourne, Australia

Tania L King, Lukar E Thornton, Rebecca J Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2012  |  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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Cumulative exposure to poor housing affordability and its association with mental health in men and women

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Kate Mason

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

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Association Between Housing Affordability and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Nationally Representative Household Survey in Australia REPLY

Rebecca Bentley, Emma Baker, Kate Mason, SV Subramanian, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2011  |  American Journal of Epidemiology

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Access to alcohol outlets and harmful alcohol consumption: a multi-level study in Melbourne, Australia

Anne M Kavanagh, Mary T Kelly, Lauren Krnjacki, Lukar Thornton, Damien Jolley, SV Subramanian, Gavin Turrell, Rebecca J Bentley

Journal article  |  2011  |  Addiction

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Individual and area-level socioeconomic associations with fast food purchasing

Lukar E Thornton, Rebecca J Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

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Recommendations for and compliance with social restrictions during implementation of school closures in the early phase of the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in Melbourne, Australia

Jodie McVernon, Kate Mason, Sylvia Petrony, Paula Nathan, Anthony D LaMontagne, Rebecca Bentley, James Fielding, David M Studdert, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2011  |  BMC Infectious Diseases

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Reduced food access due to a lack of money, inability to lift and lack of access to a car for food shopping: a multilevel study in Melbourne, Victoria

Cate Burns, Rebecca Bentley, Lukar Thornton, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2011  |  Public Health Nutrition

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Individual and household-level socioeconomic position is associated with harmful alcohol consumption behaviours among adults

Katrina Giskes, Gavin Turrell, Rebecca Bentley, Anne Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2011  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Sources, perceived usefulness and understanding of information disseminated to families who entered home quarantine during the H1N1 pandemic in Victoria, Australia: a cross-sectional study

Anne M Kavanagh, Rebecca J Bentley, Kate E Mason, Jodie McVernon, Sylvia Petrony, James Fielding, Anthony D LaMontagne, David M Studdert

Journal article  |  2011  |  BMC Infectious Diseases

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Precarious housing and health inequalities: what are the links?

S Mallett, R BENTLEY, E Baker, KE Mason, DW Keys, V Kolar, LJ Krnjacki

Report  |  2011

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Precarious housing and health: research synthesis

G Foster, H Gronda, S Mallett, RJ Bentley

Report  |  2011

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Precarious housing and health inequalities: what are the links? Summary Report

S Mallett, RJ Bentley, E Baker, KE Mason, DW Keys, V Kolar, LJ Krnjacki

Report  |  2011

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Gender Equity and Contraceptive Use in China: An Ecological Analysis

Yao Xu, Rebecca J Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2011  |  Women and Health

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Time trends in psychosocial working conditions in a representative sample of working Australians 2000-2008: Evidence of narrowing disparities?

AD LaMontagne, LJ Krnjacki, AM Kavanagh, RJ Bentley

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  HILDA Conference 2011 proceedings

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Socioeconomic position, gender, health behaviours and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and diabetes

Anne Kavanagh, Rebecca J Bentley, Gavin Turrell, Jonathan Shaw, David Dunstan, SV Subramanian

Journal article  |  2010  |  Social Science & Medicine

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PATHWAYS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC POSITION AND ADULT BMI

T King, R Bentley, D Jolley, D Crawford, G Turrell, AM Kavanagh

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Local environments as determinants of walking in Melbourne, Australia

Rebecca Bentley, Damien Jolley, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2010  |  Social Science & Medicine

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A multilevel study of area socio-economic status and food purchasing behaviour

Gavin Turrell, Rebecca Bentley, Lyndal R Thomas, Damien Jolley, SV Subramanian, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2009  |  Public Health Nutrition

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Area disadvantage, socioeconomic position and women's contraception use: a multilevel study in the UK

Rebecca Bentley, Anne Kavanagh, Anthony Smith

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

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Fast food purchasing and access to fast food restaurants: a multilevel analysis of VicLANES

Lukar E Thornton, Rebecca J Bentley, Anne M Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2009  |  International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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

Anna M Ziersch, Fran Baum, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan, Anne M Kavanagh, Rebecca J Bentley

Journal article  |  2009  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Anne M Kavanagh, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2008  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ISSUES

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Gender equity and women's contraception use

Rebecca Bentley, Anne Marie Kavanagh

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australian Journal of Social Issues

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Walking: A gender issue?

Anne Marie Kavanagh, Rebecca Bentley

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australian Journal of Social Issues

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Area disadvantage, individual socio-economic position, and premature cancer mortality in Australia 1998 to 2000: a multilevel analysis

Rebecca Bentley, Anne Marie Kavanagh, SV Subrarnanian, Gavin Turrell

Journal article  |  2008  |  Cancer Causes & Control

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Guest Editorial. Anne Kavanagh and Rebecca Bentley

A KAVANAGH, R BENTLEY

Journal article  |  2008  |  Australian Journal of Social Issues

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Guest editorial

AM Kavanagh, R Bentley

Journal article  |  2008  |  Austr. J. Soc. Iss.

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Looking at contextual effects through Rose-coloured glasses: interpreting contextual effects in multilevel models of health

R BENTLEY, A KAVANAGH

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australasian Epidemiologist

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Does gender modify associations between self rated health and the social and economic characteristics of local environments?

Anne M Kavanagh, Rebecca Bentley, Gavin Turrell, Dorothy H Broom, SV Subramanian

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Sexual health issues for GLBTI Victorians' in 'What's the difference?'

R BENTLEY, F Dowsett, A Smith, L Hillier, P Horsley, A Mitchell

Report  |  2002

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Using bus service subsidy to develop the network

R Bentley, J Lynch

Journal article  |  2001  |  Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer

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Housing: the hidden health intervention

R BENTLEY, E Baker, A Reeves

Media

Australia’s long run of “home ownership for all” appears to have ended. Smashed avocado aside, young people are now much less like..

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Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end

E Baker, A Beer, R BENTLEY

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Governments must take steps to ensure the supply of affordable housing of reasonable quality. Otherwise, we are destined to become..

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The new benefit cap will not only make people poorer – it will harm their health

R BENTLEY, E Baker, A Reeves

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For many families living on very low incomes who rely on state support to help pay their rent, it’s just got even harder to make e..

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Health and Support Services
Human Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Public Health
Other Studies in Human Society
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

News

Displaying the 7 most recent news articles by Bec Bentley.

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It's easy to get us walking more if we have somewhere to walk to near our home and work

Bec Bentley

October 10, 2019
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Poor housing leaves its mark on our mental health for years to come

Emma Baker, Bec Bentley, Ankur Singh

July 28, 2019
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Overcrowded housing looms as a challenge for our cities

Bec Bentley

June 19, 2018
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By 2030, 'no Australian child will be living in poverty' – why can't we promise that?

Emma Baker, Bec Bentley

September 6, 2016
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Why 100 years without slum housing in Australia is coming to an end

Emma Baker, Bec Bentley

August 25, 2016
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Smart cities wouldn't let housing costs drive the worse-off into deeper disadvantage

Emma Baker, Bec Bentley

June 21, 2016
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'Slippers' and 'stickers': the hidden victims of rising house prices

Emma Baker, Bec Bentley

June 4, 2015

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2017

Peter Harrison Memorial Prize - Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU College of Science
2015

Professor Mike Berry Award for Excellence in Housing Research

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Prof Research Fellow In Social Epidemiology

Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

La Trobe University

Bachelor of Behavioural Science with honours

La Trobe University

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