Nancy A Ro
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1724640 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nancy A Ro |
| PRENOMES | Nancy A |
| SOBRENOME | Ro |
| ASSINATURA | RO N A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7147-1000 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 56 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 427 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1994 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
Between dispersion and recentring
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated debate over whether changes in work and travel behaviour have resulted in a lasting reconfiguration of residential location preferences. This study examines residential relocation behaviour before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic using a spatial multinomial logit model applied to mobility survey data from the Montréal metropolitan region. The model achieves strong explanatory power and enables assessmen…
Social well-being of Canadian adolescents
Adolescent social well-being assessed by community belonging and life satisfaction. • Integrating health and census data allows for national socioecological examination. • Younger age, better health, larger households linked to higher social well-being. • Rural, small-town, youth-dense areas linked to higher social well-being. • Places where adolescents live matter even in the age of online socializing. In an era of widespread online socializing,…
State-level association between income inequality and mortality in the USA, 1989–2019
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown a positive relationship between income inequality and population-level mortality. This study investigates whether the relationship between US state-level income inequality and all-cause mortality persisted from 1989 to 2019 and whether changes in income inequality were correlated with changes in mortality rates. METHODS: We perform repeated cross-sectional regressions of mortality on state-level inequality mea…
Associations of free sugars from solid and liquid sources with cardiovascular disease
Our findings suggest that from a CVD prevention standpoint in men 55 to 75 years of age, there may be benefits from consuming less than 5 TE% as free sugars from solid sources
Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Our findings suggest that urban greenness plays a role in reducing loneliness and social isolation among Canadian urbanites
Creating a Feminist Religious Counterpublic
The 1970s witnessed an efflorescence of religious feminism in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, particularly around the issue of women's ordination. We pose a model for understanding this development-the formation of publics/counterpublics-and explore how it illuminates our case study. Drawing upon oral history interviews and archival sources, we document how RLDS women created independent publications, grassroots consc…
An international comparative study of active living environments and hospitalization for Wales and Canada
Canadian respondents living in high ALE neighbourhoods that are understood to be favourable for active living had lower odds of all-cause hospitalization, whereas Welsh respondents living in high ALEs that were deemed favourable for active living exhibited higher odds of all-cause hospitalization. Environments which promote physical activity in one geographic context may not do so in another. There remains a need to identify relevant context-spec…
Rethinking walkability and developing a conceptual definition of active living environments to guide research and practice
We believe that this broader conceptualization allows for a more comprehensive understanding of how built, natural, and social environments can contribute to improved health for all members of the population
Does living near hospital obscure the association between active living environments and hospitalization
Income inequality and population health
There is more than 30 years of research on relationships between income inequality and population health. In this article, we propose a research agenda with five recommendations for future research to refine existing knowledge and examine new questions. First, we recommend that future research prioritise analyses with broader time horizons, exploring multiple temporal aspects of the relationship. Second, we recommend expanding research on the eff…
Are school-based measures of walkability and greenness associated with modes of commuting to school? Findings from a student survey in Ontario, Canada
Mormon Women in the Ministry
Katie Langston, Brittany Mangelson, Rachel Mumford, Jennifer Roach, Nancy Ross, Fatimah S. Salleh, Emily Clyde Curtis, Mormon Women in the Ministry, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring 2020), pp. 129-141
Moving to policy-amenable options for built environment research
The influence of low social support and living alone on premature mortality among aging Canadians
Assessing the micro-scale environment using Google Street View
Virtual-STEPS is a reliable tool. Tools that measure the micro-scale environment are important because changing this environment could be a relatively cost-effective method of creating environments that are conducive to active living
Enabling local public health adaptation to climate change
Laboratory-Assessed Markers of Cardiometabolic Health and Associations with GIS-Based Measures of Active-Living Environments
Active-living-friendly environments have been linked to physical activity, but their relationships with specific markers of cardiometabolic health remain unclear. We estimated the associations between active-living environments and markers of cardiometabolic health, and explored the potential mediating role of physical activity in these associations. We used data collected on 2809 middle-aged adults who participated in the Canadian Health Measure…
Intergovernmental relations for public health adaptation to climate change in the federalist states of Canada and Germany
Lexical neutrality in environmental health research
Neighbourhood environments have important implications for human health. In this piece, we reflect on the environments and health literature and argue that precise use of language is critical for acknowledging the complex and multifaceted influence that neighbourhood environments may have on physical activity and physical activity-related outcomes. Specifically, we argue that the term "neighbourhood walkability", commonly used in the neighbourhoo…
How seasonality and weather affect perinatal health
Neighbourhood walkability and home neighbourhood-based physical activity
Higher neighbourhood walkability is associated with higher home neighbourhood-based PA but not with higher overall PA. Other factors will need to be leveraged to facilitate meaningful increases in overall PA among adults with type 2 diabetes
Neighborhood Walkability and Body Mass Index Trajectories
Objectives. To assess the impact of neighborhood walkability on body mass index (BMI) trajectories of urban Canadians. Methods. Data are from Canada’s National Population Health Survey (n = 2935; biannual assessments 1994–2006). We measured walkability with the Walk Score. We modeled body mass index (BMI, defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters [kg/m 2 ]) trajectories as a function of Walk Score and sociodemograph…
A call for caution and transparency in the calculation of land use mix
Neighbourhood immigrant concentration and hospitalization
The Contribution of Neighbourhood Material and Social Deprivation to Survival
Living in socially and materially deprived Canadian neighbourhoods was associated with elevated mortality risk while we noted a "healthy immigrant neighbourhood effect". For those with low family incomes, living in socially and materially deprived areas negatively affected survival beyond their individual circumstances
Neighbourhood influences on health in Montréal, Canada
The determinants of First Nation and Inuit health
Psychosocial and neo-material dimensions of SES and health revisited
Metropolitan Income Inequality and Working-Age Mortality
Social support, material circumstance and health behaviour
Social Support and Thriving Health
Objectives. We examined the importance of social support in promoting thriving health among indigenous Canadians, a disadvantaged population. Methods. We categorized the self-reported health status of 31625 adult indigenous Canadians as thriving (excellent, very good) or nonthriving (good, fair, poor). We measured social support with indices of positive interaction, emotional support, tangible support, and affection and intimacy. We used multivar…
Dimensions and dynamics of residential segregation by income in urban Canada, 1991–1996
This paper examines the trends in residential segregation by income (post‐transfer, pretax income) in the thirty‐nine largest Canadian urban areas between 1991 and 1996. The study is motivated by the relative lack of attention paid to residential segregation by income in the Canadian context and by conceptual arguments linking compromised life chances and increased social tensions for the populations of highly segregated cities. We investigated s…
Double burden of deprivation and high concentrations of ambient air pollution at the neighbourhood scale in Montreal, Canada
Body Mass Index in Urban Canada
Objectives. We investigated the influence of neighborhood and metropolitan area characteristics on body mass index (BMI) in urban Canada in 2001. Methods. We conducted a multilevel analysis with data collected from a cross-sectional survey of men and women nested in neighborhoods and metropolitan areas in urban Canada during 2001. Results. After we controlled for individual sociodemographic characteristics and behaviors, the average BMIs of resid…
Opportunities for Video Lottery Terminal Gambling in Montréal
Geographical variation in attitudes towards smoking
Income segregation, income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areas
Video Lottery Terminal Access and Gambling Among High School Students in Montréal
Income-Related Health Inequalities in Canada and the United States
Objectives. We examined income-related inequalities in self-reported health in the United States and Canada and the extent to which they are associated with individual-level risk factors and health care system characteristics. Methods. We estimated income inequalities with concentration indexes and curves derived from comparable survey data from the 2002 to 2003 Joint Canada–US Survey of Health. Inequalities were then decomposed by regression and…
Enabling local public health adaptation to climate change
Exploring the material basis for health
Intergovernmental relations for public health adaptation to climate change in the federalist states of Canada and Germany
A call for caution and transparency in the calculation of land use mix
Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal
Contradictions in women's health care provision
Mitigating effect of immigration on the relation between income inequality and mortality
BACKGROUND: The relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada is unclear, and modifying effects of characteristics such as immigration have not been examined. METHODS: Using a cohort of 2 million Canadians followed for mortality from 1991-2001, we calculated HRs and 95% CIs for income inequality of 140 urban areas (Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, coefficient of variation; expressed as continuous variables) and working age (25-64 y)…
Without tiendas it’s a dead neighbourhood”
Unpacking Income Inequality and Population Health
Moving to policy-amenable options for built environment research
State-level association between income inequality and mortality in the USA, 1989–2019
BACKGROUND: Prior studies have shown a positive relationship between income inequality and population-level mortality. This study investigates whether the relationship between US state-level income inequality and all-cause mortality persisted from 1989 to 2019 and whether changes in income inequality were correlated with changes in mortality rates. METHODS: We perform repeated cross-sectional regressions of mortality on state-level inequality mea…
Siting a Women's Health Facility
Women's health care has been a neglected area of study in geography. Access to health care has generally been treated as gender‐neutral in the medical geography literature. In this paper, access to a women's health care service is examined using a location‐allocation approach. We argue for the utility of a location‐allocation approach to the informed siting of breast‐screening facilities for two reasons. First, the readily available sex‐ and age‐…
Contradictions in women's health care provision
The Ecosystem Health Metaphor in Science and Policy
Ecosystem health' is an increasingly common metaphor in the langauge of science and policy. Given the prominence of both the ecosystem and health concepts within geography, this paper examines the meanings generated by the adoption of the metaphor for scientific research and for environmental policy on the North American Great Lakes. ‘Ecosystem' can be characterized as an entity, an abstract concept, or a perspective. As perspective, ecosystem sh…
Geographical variation in attitudes towards smoking
Relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States
OBJECTIVE: To compare the relation between mortality and income inequality in Canada with that in the United States. DESIGN: The degree of income inequality, defined as the percentage of total household income received by the less well off 50% of households, was calculated and these measures were examined in relation to all cause mortality, grouped by and adjusted for age. SETTING: The 10 Canadian provinces, the 50 US states, and 53 Canadian and …
Income segregation, income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areas
Dimensions and dynamics of residential segregation by income in urban Canada, 1991–1996
This paper examines the trends in residential segregation by income (post‐transfer, pretax income) in the thirty‐nine largest Canadian urban areas between 1991 and 1996. The study is motivated by the relative lack of attention paid to residential segregation by income in the Canadian context and by conceptual arguments linking compromised life chances and increased social tensions for the populations of highly segregated cities. We investigated s…
Neighbourhood influences on health in Montréal, Canada
US regional and national cause-specific mortality and trends in income inequality
We examined the concordance of income inequality trends with 30-year US regional trends in cause-specific mortality and 100-year trends in heart disease and infant mortality. The evidence suggests that any effects of income inequality on population hea
Exploring the material basis for health
Metropolitan Income Inequality and Working-Age Mortality
Opportunities for Video Lottery Terminal Gambling in Montréal
Health disparities in Canada today
Video Lottery Terminal Access and Gambling Among High School Students in Montréal
Psychosocial and neo-material dimensions of SES and health revisited
Dwellings, crowding, and tuberculosis in Montreal
Social Support and Thriving Health
Objectives. We examined the importance of social support in promoting thriving health among indigenous Canadians, a disadvantaged population. Methods. We categorized the self-reported health status of 31625 adult indigenous Canadians as thriving (excellent, very good) or nonthriving (good, fair, poor). We measured social support with indices of positive interaction, emotional support, tangible support, and affection and intimacy. We used multivar…
Body Mass Index in Urban Canada
Objectives. We investigated the influence of neighborhood and metropolitan area characteristics on body mass index (BMI) in urban Canada in 2001. Methods. We conducted a multilevel analysis with data collected from a cross-sectional survey of men and women nested in neighborhoods and metropolitan areas in urban Canada during 2001. Results. After we controlled for individual sociodemographic characteristics and behaviors, the average BMIs of resid…
Unpacking Income Inequality and Population Health
The determinants of First Nation and Inuit health
Without tiendas it’s a dead neighbourhood”
Social support, material circumstance and health behaviour
Place, gender and the appeal of video lottery terminal gambling
Income-Related Health Inequalities in Canada and the United States
Objectives. We examined income-related inequalities in self-reported health in the United States and Canada and the extent to which they are associated with individual-level risk factors and health care system characteristics. Methods. We estimated income inequalities with concentration indexes and curves derived from comparable survey data from the 2002 to 2003 Joint Canada–US Survey of Health. Inequalities were then decomposed by regression and…
Double burden of deprivation and high concentrations of ambient air pollution at the neighbourhood scale in Montreal, Canada
Medicine (39 obras) · Geography (28 obras) · Sociology (28 obras) · Environmental health (27 obras) · Population (27 obras) · Health disparities and outcomes (26 obras) · Demography (25 obras) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (20 obras) · Demography (18 obras) · Gerontology (18 obras)