Michael Keall

BA (Hons), PhD (Injury Epidemiology)
Co-director of He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme; Professor, University of Otago, Wellington
Associalte Professor Michael Keall

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

Exposure assessment (assessing structural environmental risks).

Michael leads the Home Injury Prevention Intervention study, a major randomised controlled trial funded by the Health Research Council to look 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 Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme, and the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities.

 

Michael serves on the editorial board of two international journals: Accident Analysis and Prevention, and BMC Public Health.

Key publications

  1. Howden-Chapman P Crane J Keall M Pierse N Baker MG Cunningham C Amore K Aspinall C Bennett J Bierre S Boulic M Chapman R Chisholm E Davies C Fougere G Fraser B
    2023
    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
    Volume 54, 2024
  2. Keall, M.
    Tupara, H.
    Pierse, N.
    Wilkie, M.
    Baker, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Cunningham, C.
    (2021).
    Home modifications to prevent home fall injuries in houses with Māori occupants (MHIPI): a randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet Public Health,
    6(9), e631-e640.
  3. Viggers, H.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2021).
    Towards dwelling energy certification for New Zealand: Normalisation issues.
    Kōtuitui,
    Online.
  4. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Fyfe, C.
    Keall, M.
    Riggs, L.
    Pierse, N.
    (2021).
    The effects of housing on health and well-being in Aotearoa New Zealand [ Ngā pānga o ngā whare noho ki te hauora me te toiora i Aotearoa].
    New Zealand Population Review,
    47, 16-32.
    Download document
    HowdenChapman_etal_Housing_Health_Wellbeing.pdf
  5. Riggs, L.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Baker, M.
    (2021).
    Environmental burden of disease from unsafe and substandard housing, New Zealand, 2010-2017.
    Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
    99, 259-270.
  6. Guiney, H.
    Keall, M.
    Machado, L.
    (2021).
    Volunteering in older adulthood is associated with activity engagement and cognitive functioning.
    Aging, Neuropsychology, & Cognition,
    28(2), 253-269.
  7. Shaw, C.
    Woodward, A.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Macmillan, A. Hosking, J. Chapman, R. Waa, A.
    Keall, M.
    (2020).
    Fairness in transport policy: a new approach to applying distributive justice theories.
    Sustainability,
    12(23), 10102.
  8. Keall, M.
    Tupara, H.
    Pierse, N.
    Wilkie, M.
    Baker, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Cunningham, C.
    (2020).
    Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial of home modification to prevent home fall injuries in houses with Māori occupants.
    MDPI Methods and Protocols,
    3(4), 71.
  9. Viggers, H.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Wickens, K. Ingham, T. Davies, C. Chapman, R.
    Crane, J.
    (2019).
    Effect of an electricity voucher on electricity use.
    Energy Policy,
    134, 110985.
  10. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Keall, M.
    Whitwell, K. Chapman, R.
    (2019).
    Evaluating natural experiments to measure the co-benefits of urban policy interventions to reduce carbon emissions in New Zealand.
    Science of the Total Environment,
    700, 134408
  11. Ingham, T.R.
    Keall, M.
    Jones, B. Aldridge, D. Latimer, M. Dowell, A. Davies, C.
    Crane, J.
    Draper, J.B. Bailey, L.O.
    Viggers, H.
    Stanley, T.V. Leadbitter, P.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2019).
    Damp mouldy housing and early childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: a case control study.
    Thorax,
    74: 849–857.
  12. Chisholm, E.
    Keall, M.
    Bennett, J.
    Marshall, A.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Thornley, L.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2019).
    Why don’t owners improve their homes? Results from a survey following a housing warrant-of-fitness assessment for health and safety.
    Australian and NZ Journal of Public Health,
    43, 221-227.
    Download document
    Housing-WOF_ANZJPH_paper.pdf
  13. Preval, N.
    Ombler, J.
    Grimes, A.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2019).
    Policy failure and success: a Trans-Tasman comparison of two insulation subsidy schemes.
    Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    26, 51-65.
  14. Keall, M.
    Shaw, C.
    Chapman, R. Abrahamse, W.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2018).
    Are people who already cycle and walk more responsive to an active travel intervention?
    Journal of Transport & Health,
    10, 84-91.
  15. Keall, M.
    Shaw, C.
    Chapman, R.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2018).
    Reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from an intervention to promote cycling and walking: A case study from New Zealand.
    Transportation Research Part D,
    2018, 65, 687-696,
  16. Chapman, R.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Grams, M. Witten, K. Woodward, A.
    (2018).
    A Cost Benefit Analysis of an Active Travel Intervention with Health and Carbon Emission Reduction Benefits.
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
    15, 962.
  17. Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Pierse, N.
    Cunningham, C.
    Baker, M.
    (2018).
    Lessons Learned from Implementing a Programme of Home Modifications to Prevent Falls amongst the General Population.
    Safety,
    4(2), 26;
  18. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Chisholm, E.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Viggers, H.
    O'Sullivan, K.
    Bennett, J.
    Bierre, S.
    Preval, N.
    Tiatia, R.
    Ombler, J.
    Amore, K.
    Rivera-Muñoz, G. Davies, C.
    Aspinall, C.
    Oliver, J.
    Baker, M.
    Keall, M.
    Crane, J.
    Pierse, N.
    (2017).
    Housing, energy and health in resilient cities.
    Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities,
    Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), (pp. 95-106). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
  19. Preval, N.
    Keall, M.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Grimes, A.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2017).
    Impact of improved insulation and heating on mortality risk of older cohort members with prior cardiovascular or respiratory hospitalisations.
    BMJ Open,
    7, e018079. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018079
  20. Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Bennett, J.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Jacobs, D.E. Ormandy, D. Cutler-Welsh, M. Preval N.
    Baker, M.
    Keall, M.
    (2017).
    Measuring the Effect of Housing Quality Interventions: The Case of the New Zealand “Rental Warrant of Fitness”.
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
    2017, 4.
  21. Keall, M.
    Pierse, N.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Guria, J.
    Cunningham, C.
    Baker, M.
    (2016).
    Cost—benefit analysis of fall injuries prevented by a programme of home modifications: A cluster randomised controlled trial.
    Injury Prevention,
    23(1). doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041947
  22. Keall, M.
    Pierse, N.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Cunningham, C.
    Cunningham, M. Guria, J.
    Baker, M.
    (2015).
    Home modifications to reduce injuries from falls in the Home Injury Prevention Intervention (HIPI) study: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.
    The Lancet,
    385 (9964), 231-238.
    Download document
    Home-modifications-to-reduce-injuries-from-falls-in-the-Home-Injury-Prevention-Intervention-Lancet-published.pdf
  23. Baker, M.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Kvalsvig, A. Verrall, A. Zhang, J.
    Keall, M.
    Wilson, N. Wall, T.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2012).
    Increasing incidence and inequalities in infectious diseases in a developed country.
    The Lancet,
    D-11-03603R2.
  24. Keall, M.
    Guria, J.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2011).
    Estimation of the social costs of home injury.
    Accident Analysis & Prevention,
    43(3), 998-1002.
  25. Keall, M.
    Baker, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Cunningham, M. Ormandy, D.
    (2010).
    Assessing housing quality and its impact on health, safety and sustainability.
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,
    64(9), 765-771.
  26. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Keall, M.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Baker, M.
    Zhang, J. Verrall, A. Lanumata, T.
    (2010).
    Close-contact infectious diseases in New Zealand: Trends and ethnic inequalities in hospitalisations,1989 to 2008 - 2nd Edition
    He Kāinga Oranga/Housing & Health Research Programme University of Otago, Wellington.

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    Download document
    Close-contact-IDs-2nd-edition1.pdf
  27. Keall, M.
    Kamalesh, V.
    Baker, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2009).
    Taranaki home injury hazards study.
    Build Magazine,
    112, 52-5.
    Download document
    BuildMagazine112Pg52-53.pdf
  28. Keall, M.
    Baker, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Cunningham, M.
    Cunningham, C.
    (2007).
    Healthy Housing Index Pilot Study Final Report.
    He Kāinga Oranga/Housing & Health Research Programme Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.
    Download document
    Healthy-Housing-Index-Pilot-Study-Final-Report-2007.pdf

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