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Thursday, March 1, 2018

Prostate cancer surveillance by occupation and industry

This is another article in a large series of papers done using the 1991 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC), making use of the linkage to the Canadian Cancer Database... More

Monday, January 22, 2018

Alcohol distribution reforms and school proximity to liquor sales outlets in New Brunswick

This paper was done using widely available geographic data, and in addition to the findings of proximity to liquor store sales, shows how... More

Monday, December 18, 2017

Population Change and Population Health: A Spatio-temporal Analysis of New Brunswick Communities

This article was recently published in the Journal of New Brunswick Studies, in their special issue on the health of New Brunswickers. In... More

Friday, October 6, 2017

Urban Greenness and Mortality

In a recent article, we investigated the potential links between green space and cause-specific mortality. We found that higher levels of urban greenness were associated with reduced risk of mortality for several causes of death. This... More

Friday, August 18, 2017

Sedentary work and the risks of colon and rectal cancer by anatomical sub-site in the Canadian census health and environment cohort (CanCHEC)

M Pahwa, MA Harris, J MacLeod, M Tjepkema, PA Peters, PA Demers Cancer epidemiology 49, 144-151 Background... More

Sunday, June 18, 2017

The emotional health and well‐being of Canadians who care for persons with mental health or addictions problems

AK Slaunwhite, ST Ronis, Y Sun, PA Peters Health & social care in the community 25 (3), 840-847 The purpose of this project was to... More

Saturday, March 11, 2017

‘To Everything There is a Season’: Mental Health-Related Hospitalizations by Youth and Adults

Scott T Ronis, Amanda K Slaunwhite, Paul A Peters, David AA Miller. (2017) Journal of Adolescent Health. 60(2): S23. (Conference... More

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Postal Codes and research

Given a recent thread on the Canadian Association of Geographers listserv I thought I'd put up a post about doing research with Postal Codes. For background, I recently worked at Statistics Canada, where I was responsible for the... More

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

The end of the parking lot?

Mother Jones ran an interesting think-piece by Clive Thompson on how "robot cars" may fundamentally change cities, not just when they're moving, but when they're sitting. Cars are sitting idle for about 95% of the time, whether at... More

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Clear the Way for More Good Teachers

This article has some great food for thought regarding university student success, retention, and attraction. In too many universities the focus has been (primarily) on marketing and recruitment, on the administrative side. I've seen... More

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Jointly Estimate the Mortality Risk of Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter

A New Method to Jointly Estimate the Mortality Risk of Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and its Components Nature.com -... More

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Multi-pollutant exposure and mortality

Ambient PM2.5, O3, and NO2 Exposures and Associations with Mortality over 16 Years of Follow-Up in the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) Environmental Health Perspectives Background: Few studies examining the... More

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Urban smellscapes

Other, more ephemeral elements of the urban landscape are beginning to gain more attention. In this article, The Guardian overviews the work of an urban "smellscape" researcher, Kate McLean. It may seem self evident the cities such as... More

Monday, October 5, 2015

A Nation of Foresters

In a study released in Nature on Wednesday, September 30th, a team of researchers has further refined the number of trees via estimates of tree density. The new estimates indicate that there are approximately 3.04 trillion trees,... More

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Policies based on evidence needed to improve health

I must commend Health Minister Bou­dreau for recognizing the need to ad­dress issues of population health in New Brunswick (Daily Gleaner, June 2015). This province has some of the... More

Monday, July 27, 2015

Reblog of Reform(atting) CIHR

The following post describes the changes to CIHR and the associated difficulties.... More

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Maternal and community predictors of gastroschisis and congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Canada

Purpose The incidence of gastroschisis (GS) has increased globally. Maternal age and smoking are risk factors and aboriginal communities... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Social Determinants of Health in New Brunswick

I must commend the Hon. Minister Boudreau for recognizing the need to address issues of population health in New Brunswick (behind a paywall, sorry). This province has some of the highest rates of chronic disease in Canada,... More

Friday, June 19, 2015

Geography of Maternal and Newborn Health

The health of women and newborn babies is a key public health concern and is a major component of health resources in developed and developing nations. A recent article in the International Journal of Health Geographics... More

Thursday, June 18, 2015

John Snow in Space and Time

The cholera maps of John Snow have long captured health geographers and epidemiologists. Much has been written on this in recent years, most notably the superb book by Steven Johnson, Ghost Map. An upcoming article in the... More

Monday, June 15, 2015

Social determinants of lung cancer incidence in Canada: a 13-year prospective study

Background: The risk of lung cancer has been shown to be related to socioeconomic status (SES). Because the Canadian Cancer Registry does... More

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Tree of Life

The tree of life doesn't actually look like a tree. It looks like a galaxy spiraling out from the beginning of the Earth. That at least is how it appears in a new evolutionary timeline. It's based on research that documents the... More

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Mapping migration

Migration patterns are a very difficult thing to visualize. This interactive map from the minds at Upshot is a great way of showing where people come from,... More

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

When mapping doesn’t need maps

The latest Guardian interactive on voting rights in the US is a fantastic example of how data can interface with maps, while not only using maps. The main interface to explore the data is a series of equal-sized boxes organised... More

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Socia media maps

One of the interesting things about the new social media environment is the ability to map different elements. These maps can be used for understanding political preferences, language usage, corporate alliances, or in this case - NCAA... More

Friday, October 17, 2014

How Ebola compares

David McCandless has produced a great visualisation of how Ebola compares to other infectious diseases in terms of infectiousness and deadliness. it is available on informationisbeautiful and on the Guardian... More

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Spatial Determinants

This blog is about the spatial and social determinants of health. As a recently minted Canada Research Chair at the University of New Brunswick, I found that I have needed a way to get my ideas outside of the academic arena. This blog... More

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