Jack Benton

@jacksbenton

Manchester, England Joined November 2016

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Jack Benton @jacksbenton Jun 7, 2024

Delighted to announce that I have been awarded a 3-year @LeverhulmeTrust Early Career Fellowship to join @GeographyUOM at @OfficialUoM, under the mentorship of @JZCOS

My project will develop new methods, theory and natural experiment research on urban environments and wellbeing

Jack Benton @jacksbenton Apr 11, 2025

🚨 New commentary paper out today in @IJBNPA

We discuss how tech can scale up natural experiments in physical activity research:

📱⌚ Apps & wearables
📍 Geolocation
🎥 Automated observation
🏙️ Env audits

Open access 👉

ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

link.springer.com Scaling up natural experimental studies: harnessing emerging technologies to transform physical... International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity - Evaluating how built environment interventions influence physical activity is crucial for informing effective policies. Natural...

Jack Benton @jacksbenton Apr 1, 2025

🚨 New paper alert in @SJWEH 🚨

Our qualitative evidence synthesis explores shift workers' views of sleep, fatigue and health behaviours.

Key conclusion: sleep education alone is unlikely to be effective, and interventions should support self-regulation

sjweh.fi/article/4223

Jack Benton @jacksbenton Dec 17, 2024

NEW PAPER: We show that stationary video cameras can reliably assess physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours in public spaces without reactivity.

A cost-effective and more flexible alternative to traditional in-person observation methods🎥

publichealth.jmir.org/2024/1/e66049

publichealth.jmir.org Using Video Cameras to Assess Physical Activity and Other Well-Being Behaviors in Urban Environme... Background: Unobtrusive observation is a promising method for assessing physical activity and other well-being behaviors (eg, social interactions) in urban environments, without participant burden...

Jack Benton @jacksbenton Sep 30, 2024

I enjoyed collaborating on this published natural experiment, showing how community gardens provided crucial green space access during COVID-19 in China.

We adapted our MOHAWk observation tool, which showed increased use of a community garden:

mdpi.com/2867664

www.mdpi.com Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Related Behaviours in Community Gardens in China: An... There is little robust quantitative evidence on how community gardens impact on physical activity and other health-related behaviours. This natural experiment study aimed to examine the effects of a...