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Contact Details

Phone
+64 4 918 6794
Email
michael.keall@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Wellington)
Qualifications
BA (Hons) PhD
Research summary
Injury epidemiology

Research

Michael is an injury epidemiologist who has been working for the University of Otago, Wellington since 2006. His research interests include: home injury prevention, road safety, and exposure assessment (assessing structural environmental risks).

He is currently leading the Home Injury Prevention Intervention, a major randomised controlled trial funded by the NZ Health Research Council that is looking at the effectiveness of repairs to home injury hazards as a means to reduce home injury. He is a principal investigator in two major research programmes hosted by the University of Otago, Wellington - He Kainga Oranga and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.

Publications

Mandic, S., García Bengoechea, E., Coppell, K. J., Keall, M., Smith, M., Hopkins, D., Sandretto, S., … Flaherty, C., … Stephenson, J., King, K., Kentala, K., … Spence, J. C. (2024). Travel to school patterns and perceptions of walking to school in New Zealand adolescents before versus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Transport & Health, 36, 101803. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2024.101803 Journal - Research Article

Bierre, S., Keall, M., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). Why don't we make rental housing safer? The Briefing, (6 March). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/why-dont-we-make-rental-housing-safer Journal - Research Other

Keall, M. D., Pierse, N., Cunningham, C. W., Baker, M. G., Bierre, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). Factors associated with uptake of no-cost safety modifications to home access steps: Implications for equity and policy. Safety, 10, 7. doi: 10.3390/safety10010007 Journal - Research Article

Howden-Chapman, P., Crane, J., Keall, M., Pierse, N., Baker, M. G., Cunningham, C., … Aspinall, C., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., … Chisholm, E., Davies, C., Fougere, G., Fraser, B., Fyfe, C., Grant, L., … Halley, C., Logan-Riley, A., … Olin, C., Ombler, J., O'Sullivan, K., Pehi, T., Penny, G., … Randal, E., … Robson, B., Ruru, J., Shaw, C., … Teariki, M. A., Telfar Barnard, L., Tiatia, R., Toy-Cronin, B., … Viggers, H., … Zhang, W. (2024). He Kāinga Oranga: Reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 54(3), 290-315. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2170427 Journal - Research Other

Mandic, S., Bengoechea, E. G., Coppell, K., Keall, M., Smith, M., Hopkins, D., Sandretto, S., … Stephenson, J., King, K., Kentala, K., … Spence, J. C. (2023). School travel and perceptions of walking to school in New Zealand adolescents prior to versus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Sport & Exercise Science, 7(4), (pp. 140). doi: 10.36905/jses.2023.04.01 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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