Michael Bentley

Michael Bentley
Senior Research Fellow
MA, BSc (Ma), Grad Dip (Env Mgmt), Grad Dip (Health Admin)
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
T: +61 08 7221 8414
Email: michael.bentley@flinders.edu.au

Research interests

Healthy and sustainable cities and communities
Gender and health
Aboriginal health research
Ecological approaches to linking public health and environment
Equity and social determinants research
Community health, health promotion and primary health care research

Professional interests

Member Public Health Association of Australia
Member National Tertiary Education Union

Refereed Papers

Bentley , M. (2007) Healthy Cities , local environmental action and climate change. Health Promotion International . 22(3): 246-253.

Raghavendra, P., Murchland, S., Bentley , M., Wake-Dyster, W. & Lyons. T. (2007) Parents' and Service providers' perceptions of family-centred practice in a community based, paediatric disability service in Australia . Child: Care, Health & Development . 33(5): 586-592.

Jolley, G., Baum, F., Bentley , M., Hurley, C., Johnson, A., Lawless, A. and MacDougall, C. (2006) Letter: Pharmaceutical ads in ANZJPH. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health . 30(6): 580.

Bentley M. (2006) A Primary Health Care Approach to Men's Health in Community Health Settings: It's Just Better Practice. Australian Journal of Primary Health . 12(1): 21-26.

Caleidin C. and Bentley M. (2004) Blokes and Sheilas: A Health Problem on the A-Gender. Australian Journal of Irish Studies . 4: 172-178.

Book sections/chapter

Bentley M. (forthcoming 2008) Determinants of Men's Health and Wellbeing. In H. Keleher & C. MacDougall (eds). Understanding Health: A Social Determinants Approach . Second Edition. Melbourne : Oxford University Press.

Baum F., Bentley , M. and Anderson , I. (2007) Introduction. In Anderson , I. , Baum, F. & Bentley, M. (eds). Beyond Bandaids: Exploring the Underlying Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health . Papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide , July 2004, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin .

Anderson , I. , Baum F. and Bentley , M. (2007) Conclusion. In Anderson , I. , Baum, F. & Bentley, M. (eds). Beyond Bandaids: Exploring the Underlying Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health . Papers from the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Health Workshop, Adelaide , July 2004, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin .

Other Publications

Bentley M. (2007) International Symposium on Indigenous Health . Research Pulse . Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University . September 2007. Vol 3, No. 3, 8.

Bentley M. (2007) Is it just sustainability? Local action and climate change. InTouch. newsletter of the Public Health Association of Australia. August 2007. Vol. 24, No. 7, 9.

Bentley M. (2007) A Primary Health Care Approach to Men's Health in Community Health Settings: It's Just Better Practice. Adelaide : South Australian Community Health Research Unit.

Conference Papers

Bentley M. (2007). Links between local environmental actions of Healthy Cities and climate change. The Asia Pacific Eco Health 07 Conference (Ecology and Health: People & Places in a Changing World), Melbourne , December 2007.

Sulda H. Coveney J & Bentley M. (2007) Food, health and climate change: Where do public health nutritionists fit in? Public Health Nutrition in Australia : New Directions, New Priorities Conference, University of Queensland , Brisbane , November 2007.

Bentley M. (2007) Looking through a glass onion: the social determinants of men's health. 38th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, Alice Springs , September 2007.

Gallaher G. Ziersch A. Baum F. Bentley M. & Palmer C. (2007) Racism and its impact on health for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People . 38th Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference, Alice Springs , September 2007.

Bentley M. (2007) Just Sustainability: Local Environmental Action and Climate Change. Flinders Health & Society Public Seminar: Local Action on Climate Change & Well-Being with Professor Tony McMichael, Flinders Medical Centre, July 2007.

Walker D. Downey B. Greenwood M. Baum F. Houston S. & Bentley M. (2007) WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Overview of Indigenous Initiative , International Union of Health Promotion and Health Education (IUHPHE) Conference, Vancouver , Canada , June 2007.

Bentley M. (2007) Making Links: Healthy Cities, Local Environmental Action and Climate Change . 17th National Conference, Australian Health Promotion Association, Adelaide , May 2007.

Bentley M. (2006) Just Better Practice for Community-Based Men's Health. 4th International Conference of the International Society for Equity in Health, Adelaide , September 2006.

Bentley M. & Caleidin C. (2006) A windy place by the river: restoring wildness to urban senses of place . Senses of Place Conference, Hobart , April 2006.

Muna Paiendi Aboriginal Health Team with Bentley M.(2005) Muna Paiendi: Forefront Runners: An Aboriginal Health Team in a Mainstream Community Health Setting .

Poster presentation, Aboriginal Health Research Expo, Flinders University , Adelaide , November 2005.

Muna Paiendi Aboriginal Health Team with Bentley M. (2005) Muna Paiendi: Forefront Runners: An Aboriginal Health Team in a Mainstream Community Health Setting .

Poster presentation, 36th National Public Health Association Conference, Perth , September 2005.

Bentley M. (2005) PAR for the course? Participatory Action Research with Aboriginal Health Teams within Community Health Services . Public Health Association of NZ Conference, Wellington , July 2005

Bentley M. & Piotto M. (2005) A primary health care approach to men's health: It's just better practice . Poster presentation, GP & PHC Research Conference, Adelaide , July 2005.

Bentley M. & Caleidin C. (2004) Belonging in Settled Places and Unsettled Spaces . 13th Irish-Australian Conference, Melbourne , September 2004.

Bentley M. (2004) Aboriginal Health Teams within Community Health Services . South Australian (Primary Health Care) Research Network (SARNet) Research Retreat, Adelaide , September 2004.

Bentley M. & Piotto M. (2004) Just Practice in Men's Health and Wellbeing. Community Development, Human Rights and the Grassroots Conference, Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights ( Deakin University ), Melbourne , April 2004.

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