Associate Professor Anthony Barnett - Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Accreditation in-progress - Supervisor is eligible to co-supervise with another fully accredited supervisor (Principal Supervisor)
Anthony joined the Institute for Health & Ageing in December 2015 from Deakin University where he was Senior Lecturer in Sports Science. His current major research areas of interest are measurement of physical activity in older adults and the effect of the built environment on physical activity in older adults. He has previously worked at the University of Hong Kong, Baylor College of Medicine (USA), University of Queensland, Nottingham Trent University (UK), University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, Ball State University (USA) and Victoria University.
Contact
 : | 8261 (Melbourne) |
 : | anthony.barnett@acu.edu.au |
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Research Interests
Physical activity measurement ; Built environment ; Older adults ; Cognition ;
Methods Expertise
Measurement of physical activity ; Accelerometry ; GPS in physical activity measurement ;
Research Projects
Completed Projects
- Understanding the impact of the neighbourhood environment on physical activity, quality of life and depressive symptoms in older adults (PhD) (Co-Supervisor)
- Built and social environmental factors influencing physical activity, dietary behaviours and quality of life in Chinese older immigrants: a feasibility study (PhD) (Co-Supervisor)
- Determination of a moderate intensity accelerometer cut-point for walking in elderly (PhD) (Principal Supervisor)
Current Projects
Selected Publications
2016
2015
. Validity of treadmill- and track-based individual calibration methods for estimating free-living walking speed and VO2 using the Actigraph accelerometer, in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neighbourhood environment, sitting time and motorised transport in older adults: a cross-sectional study, in BMJ Open
An in-depth pilot study on patterns, destinations, and purposes of walking in Hong Kong older adults, in Journal of Aging and Physical Activity
2014
Aging in an ultra-dense metropolis: perceived neighbourhood characteristics and utalitarian walking in Hong Kong elders, in Public Health Nutrition
2013
Walking for transportation in Hong Kong Chinese urban elders: a cross-sectional study on what destinations matter and when, in . International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Socio-economic status, neighbourhood characteristics, and walking within the neighbourhood among older Hong Kong Chinese, in Journal of Aging and Health
Walking for recreation and perceptions of the neighborhood environment in older Chinese urban dwellers, in Journal of Urban Health
Objectively-measured neighborhood environments and leisure-time physical activity in Chinese urban elders, in Preventive Medicine
2006
). Individual calibration for estimating free-living walking speed using the MTI monitor, in Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise