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| James R DunnSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Paternal psychosocial work conditions and mental health outcomes: a case-control studyStefania Maggi
Department of Psychology and Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University, Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Canada
BMC Public Health 8:104. 2008..However, the degree to which parental working conditions may impact on developmental psychopathology has not been thoroughly studied...- The impact of fathers' physical and psychosocial work conditions on attempted and completed suicide among their childrenOstry Aleck
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
BMC Public Health 6:77. 2006..However, virtually no research has been conducted on the trans-generational impact of parental working conditions on attempted or completed suicide among their children... - Sampling 'hard-to-reach' populations in health research: yield from a study targeting Americans living in CanadaDanielle A Southern
Centre for Health and Policy Studies and Dept, of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 8:57. 2008..Here, we present a methodological "case-report" of the yield of a multi-step survey study assessing views on health care among American emigres to Canada, a hard-to-reach population... - Speaking theoretically about population healthJames R Dunn
Centre for Research on Inner-City Health, St Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 60:572-3. 2006 
Unpacking income inequality and population health: the peculiar absence of geographyJames R Dunn
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Can J Public Health 98:S10-7. 2007..We argue that there has been a peculiar absence of geography in studies of the relationship between income inequality and population health and that explanations for the mixed results have been hampered by an inattention to geography...- Psychosocial and neo-material dimensions of SES and health revisited: predictors of self-rated health in a Canadian national surveyJames R Dunn
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, and Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Canada
Soc Sci Med 62:1465-73. 2006.... - Income distribution, public services expenditures, and all cause mortality in US StatesJames R Dunn
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:768-74. 2005.... - Gender differences in the relationship between housing, socioeconomic status, and self-reported health statusJames R Dunn
Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Rev Environ Health 19:177-95. 2004..Future research should focus on the health effects of gendered differences in domestic and paid work, and on home and family roles and the interaction among gender, household crowding, and health... - Housing as a socio-economic determinant of health: findings of a national needs, gaps and opportunities assessmentJames R Dunn
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 97:S11-5, S12-7. 2006..Recent reviews of the literature point to a dearth of research on the socio-economic dimensions of housing and health, despite its potential for promoting health... - Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up studyStephen W Hwang
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
BMJ 339:b4036. 2009..To examine mortality in a representative nationwide sample of homeless and marginally housed people living in shelters, rooming houses, and hotels... 
Drinking in context: the influence of gender and neighbourhood deprivation on alcohol consumptionFlora I Matheson
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:e4. 2012....- Influence of neighborhood deprivation, gender and ethno-racial origin on smoking behavior of Canadian youthFlora I Matheson
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prev Med 52:376-80. 2011..This study explored the relationship between deprivation and youth smoking to examine whether this association differs by gender and ethno-racial origin... - Health status, quality of life, residential stability, substance use, and health care utilization among adults applying to a supportive housing programStephen W Hwang
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Urban Health 88:1076-90. 2011..Nonetheless, this study shows that highly disadvantaged individuals with a high prevalence of poor physical and mental health and substance use can achieve stable housing... - Neighbourhood chronic stress and gender inequalities in hypertension among Canadian adults: a multilevel analysisFlora I Matheson
Department of Health Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5R 2M4, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:705-13. 2010..The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in the association between neighbourhood deprivation and the prevalence of hypertension among non-institutionalised Canadian adults... - Neighbourhood deprivation and regional inequalities in self-reported health among Canadians: Are we equally at risk?Heather L White
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Ontario, Canada Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health Place 17:361-9. 2011..21; 1.28). By failing to explore regional variations in risk, we could fail to identify areas where provincial policies may interact with neighbourhood factors to reinforce health inequalities amongst deprived communities... - The effects of housing status on health-related outcomes in people living with HIV: a systematic review of the literatureChad A Leaver
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
AIDS Behav 11:85-100. 2007.... - Rethinking measurement of neighborhood in the context of health researchNicole Schaefer-McDaniel
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Soc Sci Med 71:651-6. 2010..We especially differentiate between limitations related to the methodology itself and challenges the approach presents for researchers in the field. We conclude by offering directions for future research utilizing this technique... - Services for seniors in small-town Canada: the paradox of communityMark W Skinner
Department of Geography, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Can J Nurs Res 40:81-101. 2008..The authors challenge rural health policy decision-makers, researchers, and providers to debunk assumptions about services for seniors in rural Canada... - Inequalities in determinants of health among Aboriginal and Caucasian persons living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario: results from the Positive Spaces, Healthy Places StudyLaverne E Monette
Ontario Aboriginal HIV AIDS Strategy, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 102:215-9. 2011..This study sought to understand the differences in the determinants of health and housing-related characteristics between samples of Aboriginal and Caucasian adults living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario... - Urban neighborhoods, chronic stress, gender and depressionFlora I Matheson
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Soc Sci Med 63:2604-16. 2006..However, we did not find random variation in depression by gender across neighborhoods... - An ecological study of regional variation in work injuries among young workersF Curtis Breslin
Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Public Health 7:91. 2007.... - Effects of housing circumstances on health, quality of life and healthcare use for people with severe mental illness: a reviewTania Kyle
Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Health Soc Care Community 16:1-15. 2008..Housing that offers an unlimited length of stay is recommended because SPMI is a chronic and fluctuating condition that requires stable surroundings to maintain health... - Deprivation indices, population health and geography: an evaluation of the spatial effectiveness of indices at multiple scalesNadine Schuurman
Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, RCB 7123, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
J Urban Health 84:591-603. 2007..The results of our analysis confirm the influence of spatial extent and scale on mapping population health-with potential implications for health policy implementation and resource distribution... - Understanding place and health: a heuristic for using administrative dataKatherine L Frohlich
GRIS Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Health Place 13:299-309. 2007.... - Swimming upstream. Access, health outcomes, and the social determinants of healthArlene S Bierman
J Gen Intern Med 21:99-100. 2006 - Metropolitan income inequality and working-age mortality: a cross-sectional analysis using comparable data from five countriesNancy A Ross
Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Urban Health 82:101-10. 2005.... - Telling stories: news media, health literacy and public policy in CanadaMichael Hayes
Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
Soc Sci Med 64:1842-52. 2007..Canadian newspapers rarely report on socio-economic influences frequently cited in the research literature (and reflected in TAHF) as being most influential in shaping population health outcomes...