Spatial and Social Determinants of Health
Work in the Spatial Determinants Lab focuses on the study of health inequities in small places and small spaces. Despite decades of universal healthcare for many countries around the world, there still remain pronounced inequities in the social determinants of health and health outcomes. These differences are manifest between social groups and across a range of factors such as income, education, and ethnicity. At the same time, health inequities are spatially evident, with differences between countries, regions, communities, and neighbourhoods. Understanding the relationship between social processes, geography, and human health is the focus of our Lab.
Our lab has a dedicated group of scholars working on a diverse range of projects. These projects have a focus on social and health inequalities with projects on access to health and social services in rural Canada, migration and health, environmental exposures and neurodevelopmental disorders, multiple cause mortality, and interactive data visualization.
Students are using complex, confidential Statistics Canada micro data in the and developing new quantitative methods in health geography.
We support scholars at all stages in their academic careers 鈥 from undergraduate interns in their first or second years, directed studies projects, and senior honours theses 鈥 to graduate students in our Master鈥檚 in Health, Science, Technology, and Policy (HSTP), research-based Master鈥檚 of Science, and PhD programs. We also have several affiliated scholars from other departments and faculties on campus.
Research Updates
Preprint: Cause-Related Mortality in Canada by Income Quintile
A preprint of our work on multiple-cause mortality is now available. Peters, P. A.; Klym, M.; Lopez Barrios, M.; McGaughey, T. Cause-Related Mortality in Canada …
Place-Based Analysis to Understand Health Seeking Behavior
Presentation to Central OHT Collaborative June 13, 2024. The link between communities, places, and health is well-established in the scientific and public health literature. Differences in …
New Article: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Psychiatric Traits and Diagnoses within a Community-based Sample of Children and Youth
Dissanayake A, Dupuis A, Burton CL, Soreni N, Peters PA, Gajaria A, Arnold P, Crosbie J, & R Schachar. (2024) 鈥淩acial/Ethnic Disparities in Youth Mental …
New Article: Exploring the use of geographic methods to understand sexual- and gender-based violence: a scoping review
Sheppard-Perkins M, McGaughey T, Peters PA & F Darroch. (2024) 鈥淓xploring the Use of Geographic Methods to Understand Sexual- and Gender-based Violence: A Scoping Review.鈥 …
New Article | Health Service Implementation and Antifragile Characteristics: A Dirt Research Approach
Health Service Implementation and Antifragile Characteristics: A Dirt Research Approach Petrie S & PA Peters. (2023) 鈥淗ealth Service Implementation and Antifragile Characteristics in Rural Communities: …
Southlake OHT GeoAnalytics
Addressing Health Inequities and Enhancing Population Health Management Strategies Through GeoAnalytics The link between communities, places, and health is well established in the scientific and …