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Dr Helen Berry MA Hons (French) Aberdeen, BSc (Psych) ANU, BAppPsych Hons UC, PhD (Epidemiology & Population Health) ANU Current Position: Research Fellow Contact Details: (Building 62, ANU map) National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia T: +61 2 6125 0394 F: +61 2 6125 0740 M: 0412 138 593 E: Helen.Berry@anu.edu.au

Research Interests

• Theory-driven empirical research with particular focus on the epidemiology of social capital and common mental health problems.
• Applications of social capital and mental health to the epidemiology of obesity and unhealthy weight and to issues of work, family and health.
• Advanced quantitative techniques, such as structural equations modelling, multilevel modelling and statistical profiling.
• Urban and rural environments and mental health.
• Translation of research into policy.

Selected Recent Publications

Berry HL, Rodgers B, Dear KBG . Preliminary development and validation of an Australian Community Participation Questionnaire:Types of participation and associations with distress in an Australian coastal region. Social Science & Medicine . 2007;64(8):1719-37.

Berry HL, Shipley M. Longing to Belong: Social Capital and Mental Health in an Australian Coastal Community. Canberra : Australian National University ; 2007.

Berry HL, George E, Rodgers B, Butterworth P, Caldwell TM. Intergenerational Transmission of Reliance on Income Support: Psychosocial Factors and their Measurement. Social Policy Research Paper, Department of Family & Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Academic Series. (In press).

D'Souza RM, Strazdins L, Broom DH, Rodgers B, Berry HL. Work demands, job insecurity and sickness absence from work: How productive is the new, flexible labour force? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2006; 30(3): 205-212.

Berry HL, Butterworth P, Caldwell TM, Rodgers B. Profiling Australian Community Members: Different Types of People, Different Needs . Australian National University: Canberra, 2006.

Butterworth P, Berry HL. Addressing mental health problems as a strategy to promote employment: An overview of interventions and approaches. Australian Social Policy; 2004; 19-49.

Berry HL, Rodgers B. Trust and distress in three generations of rural Australians. Australasian Psychiatry, 2003; 11(S): S131-137.

Berry HL, Rickwood DJ. Measuring social capital at the individual level: A values-based model. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2000; 2(3): 35-44.