Professor Ben Smith
Investigator
EMAIL [email protected]
Professor Ben Smith is based at the Prevention Research Collaboration at the University of Sydney, and holds an adjunct position in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. With a background in community development and health program management, he has over 20 years’ experience in the design and evaluation of prevention strategies in health care and community contexts. Throughout his career he has worked closely with government and non-government agencies to strengthen capacity and develop the evidence base for effective policies and programs.
Currently, Professor Smith is researching the policies, programs and monitoring arrangements that are required for comprehensive action to address physical inactivity. He is also leading a national study that that has engaged more than 100 prevention agencies to explore evaluation practices, and to identify the elements of systemic, organisational and practitioner capacity that are required for useable, high quality evaluation. At the state level, he is a member of the leadership team for the Victorian Active Ageing Partnership, a collaborative initiative to improve the quality and accessibility of physical activity programs for older people.
Professor Ben Smith's news and media
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Do our laws help or hinder physical activity in our neighbourhoods?
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The race to improve physical activity
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#Prevention2022 Wrap
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The missing steps to support walkability
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World Day for Physical Activity is on April 6, so let’s get physical
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Professor Ben Smith's resources
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Infographic: Is Australia ready for a physical activity surveillance system?
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Infographic: The case for citizen science in public health policy and practice
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What do we know about the laws that shape our built environments for walking and cycling in Australia?
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What do systems approaches for physical activity look like?
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Research seminar: Supporting systems approaches to accelerate progress on physical inactivity in Australia
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How can we advance systems approaches for physical activity in Australia?
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The Australian Systems Approaches to Physical Activity (ASAPa) final project report
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Building a systems map of the influences on physical activity
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A case study evaluation of policy- and practice-led citizen science in prevention
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Exploring opportunities for citizen science in policy and practice in preventive health
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The Australian Systems Approaches to Physical Activity (ASAPa) project
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