1 / 13

Place and health

Place and health. Dahn Jeong 11 February, 2013 EPI6181 University of Ottawa. Illustration by Jason Blower, from Alberta Venture. So what about place and health?. Historically… In the “modern” epidemiology and public health… Different perspectives on health and place.

fell
Download Presentation

Place and health

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Place and health Dahn Jeong 11 February, 2013 EPI6181 University of Ottawa

  2. Illustration by Jason Blower, from Alberta Venture So what about place and health? Historically… In the “modern” epidemiology and public health… Different perspectives on health and place

  3. Conventional vs. Relational views of place Conventional view Relational view Adapted from Cummins S, Curtis S, Diez-Roux AV, Macintyre S. Understanding and representing 'place' in health research: a relational appraoch. Soc Sci Med 2007; 65: 1825-1838.

  4. Defining place • Murdoch (1998): • Spaces of prescription • Spaces of negotiation • Context and composition • Interdependent • Mutual reinforcement • Reciprocal relationship between people and place ©Jasper James, 2012

  5. Applications • Research • Cummins, Curtis, Diez-Roux, Macintyre (2007): • Relationship between specific features of places and health outcomes • Ex: place effects on health of immigrants • Multi-level models to assess different levels of risk factors in different settings • Ex: Shouls, Congdon, and Curtis (1996)

  6. Place in time and space • ‘Place’ varies in time and space • ‘Time-Space biographies’ • Movement and exposure: vary individually • Then, current measures of ‘neighbourhood’ exposures: an underestimation of the effect?  Varying contribution of different ‘contexts’ over time and space  Life-course factors • Individual life-course • Life-course of the ‘places’: changing composition of area • The role of research

  7. Public health programs and policies • Better identify areas in need of resources to improve the Quality of life • Health policy implementation and resource distribution • Reducing health inequities • Strengthening neighbourhood

  8. In Canada • Large land mass and low population density • Uneven distribution of population • Unequal distribution of health care resources • Difficulties accessing some health services

  9. Rural health in Canada • Rural Canada • Approximately 95% of Canada’s land mass • Almost 30% of the Canadian population • Unique characteristics and values • … • Indian reserves, Inuit and Métis communities form a significant proportion of Canada’s remote area

  10. Rural health: disparities • Rural Canadians in comparison to urban Canadians • Poorer health • Less healthy behaviours • Shorter life expectancies • Higher mortality rates • Determinant of health illustrating the disparity • Socio-economic status • Limited access to health care services • Distance to health care providers and facilities • Discrepancy between the proportion of rural residents and availability of health care services

  11. Rural health: possible solutions • Re-defining rural Canada • Developing a common definition of what constitutes “rural” • A common definition would… • New model centered around the sustainability • Community-based solutions • Approaches that involve strengthening the local forces • Community development • Rural incentive plans • Recruitment and retention • Telehealth

  12. In conclusion…

  13. References • Cummins S, Curtis S, Diez-Roux AV, Macintyre S. Understanding and representing 'place' in health research: a relational approach. Soc Sci Med 2007; 65: 1825-1838. • Dunn JR, Schaub P, Ross NA. Unpacking Income Inequality and Population Health: The Peculiar Absence of Geography. Can J of Public Health 2007; 98, S1: S10-S17. • Herbert R. Canada's Health Care Challenge: Recognizing and Addressing the Health Needs of Rural Canadians. LethbridgeUndergraduate Research Journal 2007; 2(1). • Lagacé C, Desmeules M, Pong RW, Heng D. Non-communicable Disease and Injury related Mortality in Rural and Urban Places of Residence. Can J of Public Health 2007; 98, S1: S62-S69. • Riva M, Gauvin L, Barnett TA. Toward the next generation of research into small area effects on health: a synthesis of multilevel investigations published since July 1998. J Epidemiol Community Health 2007; 61: 853-861. • Patychuk DL. Bridging place-based research and action for health. Can J Public Health 2007; 98 (July-August issue, Suppl 1), S70-S73. • Schuurman N, Bell N, Dunn JR, Oliver L. Deprivation indices, population health and geography: an evaluation of the spatial effectiveness of indices at multiple scales. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the NY Academy of Medicine 2007; 84(4): 591-603.

More Related