Housing, Social Wellbeing and Climate Change Resilience in Australia

Effects of cumulative exposures to climate-related disasters on social capital

A Li, R McNaught

2026-08-01

Social capital is recognised as a key resource that supports disaster recovery. Yet, as climate change drives more frequent and ov..

Effects of climate-related disasters on loneliness, social support, social functioning, and social contacts: longitudinal analyses of impact and recovery

J Lam, A Li

2025-12-01

Climate-related changes and disasters may disrupt relationships and ties. Drawing on 10 years of data from the Household, Income a..

Housing as a social determinant of health: a contemporary framework

R Bentley, K Mason, D Jacobs, T Blakely, P Howden-Chapman, A Li, G Adamkiewicz, A Reeves

2025-10-01

Housing is a key social determinant of health. Healthy housing is affordable, suitable, and secure. It is characterised by warmth,..

Housing at the intersection of health and climate change

A Li, M Toll, R Chapman, P Howden-Chapman, D Hernández, H Samuelson, A Woodward, R Bentley

2025-10-01

Anthropogenic climate change is causing rapid shifts in temperature and weather patterns, both in location and intensity, making l..

Long-term mental health trajectories across multiple exposures to climate disasters in Australia: a population-based cohort study

A Li, C Leppold

2025-05-01

Background: Tracking populations through increasingly frequent climate disasters and understanding what contributes to mental heal..

The challenges of quantifying the effects of housing on health using observational data

A Li, K Mason, Y Li, R Bentley

2025-02-01

Housing is an often overlooked yet fundamental social determinant of health. Like other social epidemiology exposures, housing fac..

The validity and accuracy of self-reported measures in assessing indoor mould exposure

Ang Li, Mathew Toll, Christhina Candido, Rebecca Bentley

2025-01-01

Mould growth is indicative of unhealthy indoor environments, posing health risks. Measuring the prevalence and scope of the exposu..

The risk of energy hardship increases with extreme heat and cold in Australia

A Li, M Toll, R Bentley

2024-12-01

Climate change is shifting the experience of energy hardship. Here we examine the effect of the intensity, frequency, and duration..