Niko Yiannakoulias

Summary

Affiliation: McMaster University
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Using population attributable risk to understand geographic disease clusters
    N Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4K1
    Health Place 15:1142-8. 2009
  2. ncbi The effects of local and non-local traffic on child pedestrian safety: a spatial displacement of risk
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 80:96-104. 2013
  3. ncbi Mapping commuter cycling risk in urban areas
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Accid Anal Prev 45:164-72. 2012
  4. ncbi Understanding identifiability in secondary health data
    Niko Yiannakoulias
    Health Geomatics Lab, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
    Can J Public Health 102:291-3. 2011
  5. ncbi Spatial aberration vs. geographical substance: representing place in public health surveillance
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Health Place 17:1242-8. 2011
  6. ncbi Child pedestrian injuries and urban change
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Inj Prev 17:9-14. 2011
  7. ncbi Locating irregularly shaped clusters of infection intensity
    Niko Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Geospat Health 4:191-200. 2010
  8. ncbi Using administrative data to understand the geography of case ascertainment
    N Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
    Chronic Dis Can 30:20-8. 2009
  9. ncbi An integrated framework for the geographic surveillance of chronic disease
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, 1280 Main Street West, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 8:69. 2009
  10. ncbi Geographic hierarchies of diagnostic practice style in cerebrovascular disease
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    McMaster University, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, 120 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 68:1985-92. 2009

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Using population attributable risk to understand geographic disease clusters
    N Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4K1
    Health Place 15:1142-8. 2009
    ..These results illustrate the usefulness of attributable risk as a metric to help characterize and understand spatial clusters, which could be important for place-based public health interventions...
  2. ncbi The effects of local and non-local traffic on child pedestrian safety: a spatial displacement of risk
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 80:96-104. 2013
    ..Our results suggest that more attention needs to be paid to account for the externalization of harm experienced by children, particularly in low-income downtown neighbourhoods...
  3. ncbi Mapping commuter cycling risk in urban areas
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Accid Anal Prev 45:164-72. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi Understanding identifiability in secondary health data
    Niko Yiannakoulias
    Health Geomatics Lab, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
    Can J Public Health 102:291-3. 2011
    ..This commentary discusses the differences between identifiability and self-identification with the hope of contributing to a broader discussion establishing national guidelines for the use of secondary health data in research...
  5. ncbi Spatial aberration vs. geographical substance: representing place in public health surveillance
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Health Place 17:1242-8. 2011
    ..Geographers can make important contributions to public health practice by contributing to more meaningful definitions of place in the design and operation of public health surveillance systems...
  6. ncbi Child pedestrian injuries and urban change
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Inj Prev 17:9-14. 2011
    ..This study looks at the effects of urban change on the risk of child pedestrian injury in Edmonton, Alberta, a city that has experienced large economic and population growth following the expansion of the oil and gas industry in Canada...
  7. ncbi Locating irregularly shaped clusters of infection intensity
    Niko Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Geospat Health 4:191-200. 2010
    ..Collectively, our results show that the "greedy growth scan" is a suitable method for exploratory geographical analysis of infection intensity data when irregular shapes are suspected, especially at micro-geographical scales...
  8. ncbi Using administrative data to understand the geography of case ascertainment
    N Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
    Chronic Dis Can 30:20-8. 2009
    ..However, estimates of prevalence and incidence require careful consideration and validation against other data sources...
  9. ncbi An integrated framework for the geographic surveillance of chronic disease
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, 1280 Main Street West, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S4K1, Canada
    Int J Health Geogr 8:69. 2009
    ....
  10. ncbi Geographic hierarchies of diagnostic practice style in cerebrovascular disease
    Nikolaos Yiannakoulias
    McMaster University, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, 120 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 68:1985-92. 2009
    ....
  11. ncbi Differences between notifiable and administrative health information in the spatial-temporal surveillance of enteric infections
    N Yiannakoulias
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, General Science Building Room 204, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1
    Int J Med Inform 78:417-24. 2009
    ..The purpose of this study is to compare the spatial and temporal information generated from two distinct health data sources available for the surveillance of intestinal infections associated with Escherichia coli O157:H7...