Dr Kate Mason
McKenzie Postdoctoral Senior Fellow
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
73 Scholarly works
7 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
The two-child policy was not associated with an increase in abortions among its target population
DOI: 10.1017/S004727942500011X2025
Journal article
The challenges of quantifying the effects of housing on health using observational data
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.12.0132025
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Housing and Neighbourhood Determinants of Inadequate Sleep
2024
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Centre of Research Excellence in Achieving Health Equity for All People With Disabilities (AHEAD)
2024
Journal article
The impact of housing insecurity on mental health, sleep and hypertension: Analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study and linked data, 2009–2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.1169392023
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Policy Solutions to Improve the Mental Health of Australians With Disability
2023
Journal article
Impact of cuts to local authority spending on cultural, environmental and planning services on inequalities in childhood obesity in England: A longitudinal ecological study
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102999
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2026
Journal article
Estimating the harms from smoking and second-hand smoke exposure in social housing: a modelling study
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.1191972026
Journal article
Housing affordability and health in people with disability: A scoping review
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxag0042025
Journal article
Housing as a social determinant of health: a contemporary framework
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00142-22025
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The importance and challenges of using natural experiments to evaluate the health effects of housing policy: a commentary on Schwartz and Chu's "Do laws protecting tenants' health work?: Implied warranties of habitability and respiratory health"
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf1342025
Conference Proceedings
P05 ‘Lost in the flood’ – a review of social security policy changes affecting the financial wellbeing of parents in Britain during the 2010s
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2025-ssmabstracts.822025
Journal article
Mental health effects of exposure to environmental noise at home: A systematic review of potential mediating pathways.
DOI: 10.4103/nah.nah_171_242025
Journal article
Neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions and emergency admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in children: A longitudinal ecological analysis in England, 2012-2017
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2024-0029912024
Journal article
Neighbourhood vulnerabilities to the health impact of climate change: an indicator-based assessment in Australia
DOI: 10.1289/isee.2024.0538