STAFF PROFILE
Dr Sarah Foster
Position:
VC Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
Global, Urban and Social Studies
Phone:
+61 3 9925 1525
Email:
sarah.foster@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Built environment; Crime and fear of crime; Mental health; Walking; Sense of community; Alcohol consumption; Apartment design; Design policy; Quantitative analysis
- Foster, S.,Hooper, P.,Knuiman, M.,Lester, L.,Trapp, G. (2018). Associations between proposed local government liquor store size classifications and alcohol consumption in young adults In: Health and Place, 52, 170 - 173
- Trapp, G.,Knuiman, M.,Hooper, P.,Foster, S. (2018). Proximity to Liquor Stores and Adolescent Alcohol Intake: A Prospective Study In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 54, 825 - 830
- Christian, H.,Zubrick, S.,Knuiman, M.,Nathan, A.,Foster, S.,Villanueva, K.,Giles-Corti, B. (2017). Nowhere to go and nothing to do but sit? Youth screen time and the association with access to neighborhood destinations In: Environment and Behavior, 49, 84 - 108
- Foster, S.,Hooper, P.,Knuiman, M.,Trapp, G.,Wood, L. (2017). (2017) Does alcohol outlet density differ by area-level disadvantage in metropolitan Perth? In: Drug and Alcohol Review, , 1 - 1
- Foster, S.,Trapp, G.,Hooper, P.,Oddy, W.,Wood, L.,Knuiman, M. (2017). Liquor landscapes: Does access to alcohol outlets influence alcohol consumption in young adults? In: Health and Place, 45, 17 - 23
- Wood, L.,Hooper, P.,Foster, S.,Bull, F. (2017). Public green spaces and positive mental health - investigating the relationship between access, quantity and types of parks and mental wellbeing In: Health and Place, 48, 63 - 71
- Christian, H.,Ball, S.,Zubrick, S.,Brinkman, S.,Turrell, G.,Boruff, B.,Foster, S. (2017). Relationship between the neighbourhood built environment and early child development In: Health and Place, 48, 90 - 101
- Christian, H.,Knuiman, M.,Divitini, M.,Foster, S.,Hooper, P.,Boruff, B.,Bull, F.,Giles-Corti, W. (2017). A longitudinal analysis of the influence of the neighborhood environment on recreational walking within the neighborhood: Results from RESIDE In: Environmental Health Perspectives, 125, 1 - 10
- Francis, J.,Martin, K.,Wood, L.,Foster, S. (2017). 'I'll be driving you to school for the rest of your life': A qualitative study of parents' fear of stranger danger In: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 53, 112 - 120
- Badland, H.,Foster, S.,Bentley, R.,Higgs, C.,Roberts, R.,Pettit, C.,Giles-Corti, B. (2017). Examining associations between area-level spatial measures of housing with selected health and wellbeing behaviours and outcomes in an urban context In: Health and Place, 43, 17 - 24
- Optimising apartment design policy to equitably enhance mental health. Funded by: Healthway Health Promotion Research Intervention Grant from (2018 to 2021)
- Enabling active travel in Australian cities by mapping shadeways. Funded by: Smart Cities and Suburbs Program - 2017 onwards from (2017 to 2019)
- Alexandra Kleeman - AHURI Limited Postgraduate Top-up Scholarship. Funded by: 102-AHURI National Housing Research Program Grants 2017 from (2017 to 2020)
- The policy and practice of designing healthy, equitable higher density. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 2016 from (2016 to 2018)
1 PhD Current Supervisions