Brendan T Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan T Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan T |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2785-1246 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Employment quality and mortality in Canada
BACKGROUND: Research has shown that workers in non-standard (eg, temporary and part-time) employment experience poorer health outcomes than their permanent, full-time counterparts. However, previous studies have overlooked important differences in the quality of non-standard employment. To address this gap, we examined associations between a diverse typology of employment quality and mortality in Canada. METHODS: The 2006 Canadian Health and Envi…
Public health unit funding per capita and seasonal influenza vaccination among youth and adults in Ontario, Canada in 2013/2014 and 2018/2019
BACKGROUND: Influenza vaccines are crucial in reducing the risk of influenza symptoms. We aimed to: (1) estimate the association between public health unit (PHU) funding per capita and influenza vaccination among individuals aged 12 and older in Ontario in 2013/2014 and 2018/2019 and (2) determine whether any observed associations were heterogeneous across household income groups, gender and age categories. METHODS: Cross-sectional studies were c…
Socioeconomic position, alcohol use and alcohol-attributable emergency department visits
BACKGROUND: Differential vulnerability to alcohol contributes to socioeconomic inequities in alcohol-attributable harm. This study aimed to estimate the sex-/gender-specific joint effects of socioeconomic position (SEP) and heavy episodic drinking or volume of alcohol use on 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits. METHODS: We conducted a cohort study among 36 900 men and 39 700 women current and former alcohol consumers aged 1…
Increase in alcohol outlets by neighbourhood socioeconomic status following the expansion of alcohol sales into convenience stores in Ontario, Canada
The association between public health unit funding and vegetable and fruit intake in Ontario
Machine learning and the labor market
ML exposure is segmented according to occupational and worker sociodemographic characteristics and has the potential to widen inequities in the working population. ML may have a gendered effect and disproportionately impact certain groups of women when compared to men. We provide a critical evidence base to inform strategic responses that ensure inclusion in a working world where ML is commonplace
Socio‐economic inequities in emergency department visits for wholly alcohol‐attributable acute and chronic harms in Canada, 2003–2017
The equitable impact of sugary drink taxation structures on sugary drink consumption among Canadians
Objective: Estimate the impact of 20 % flat-rate and tiered sugary drink tax structures on the consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100 % juice by age, sex and socio-economic position. Design: We modelled the impact of price changes – for each tax structure – on the demand for sugary drinks by applying own- and cross-price elasticities to self-report sugary drink consumption measured using single-day 24-h dietary recalls fr…
The association between off- and on-premise alcohol outlet density and 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department visits by neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status in Ontario, Canada
Alcohol availability is positively associated with alcohol use and harms, but the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on these associations is not well established. This population-based cross-sectional study examined neighbourhood-level associations between physical alcohol availability (measured as off- and on-premise alcohol outlet density) and 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits by neighbourhood SES in Ontario, Cana…
Variability in public health programming and priorities to address health inequities across public health units in Ontario, Canada
Income inequality and deaths of despair risk in Canada, identifying possible mechanisms
Trends in alcohol‐attributable hospitalisations and emergency department visits by age, sex, drinking group and health condition in Ontario, Canada
Bridging ethics and epidemiology
Health inequities are differences in health that are 'unjust'. Yet, despite competing ethical views about what counts as an 'unjust difference in health', theoretical insights from ethics have not been systematically integrated into epidemiological research. Using diabetes as an example, we explore the impact of adopting different ethical standards of health equity on population health outcomes. Specifically, we explore how the implementation of …
Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada
BACKGROUND: Deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and alcohol-related liver disease, collectively known as 'deaths of despair', have been markedly increasing since the early 2000s and are especially prominent in young Canadians. Income inequality has been linked to this rise in deaths of despair; however, this association has not yet been examined in a Canadian context, nor at the individual level or in youth. The study objective was to examine th…
Reimagining a population strategy for obesity control
Interrupted time series analysis of Canadian legal cannabis sales during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Income and neighbourhood deprivation in relation to obesity in urban dwelling children 0–12 years of age
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a major public health concern. This study evaluated the independent and joint associations of family-level income, neighbourhood-level income and neighbourhood deprivation, in relation to child obesity. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in children ≤12 years of age from TARGet Kids! primary care network (Greater Toronto Area, 2013-2019). Parent-reported family income was compared with median neighbour…
Socioeconomic position and consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% juice among Canadians
Social inequities in sugary drink consumption exist in Canada. The associations differed by SEP indicator. Equitable interventions to reduce consumption are warranted
Changes in the dollar value of per capita alcohol, essential, and non-essential retail sales in Canada during Covid-19
During the first 9 months of the pandemic, per capita alcohol sales were moderately elevated in Canada. In contrast, non-essential sales were lower than prior years, driven by large decreases during the initial months of the pandemic. These findings suggest that the pandemic was associated with increased population-level alcohol consumption, which may lead to increased alcohol-related harms. Ongoing research is needed to examine how factors, incl…
"Thanks Amazon for Scarring Me for Life"
Infamous for their highly exploitative, algorithmically-managed labour regimes, Amazon fulfillment centers are sites of continual breakdown and disrepair for the bodies and minds of its workers. From a methodological approach via workers’ inquiry and content analysis, this paper aims to theoretically frame the effects (and affects) resulting from Amazon’s strategy of augmented despotism, which engenders new forms of domination mediated and augmen…
Is another public health crisis brewing beneath the Covid-19 pandemic
Simulation modeling to enhance population health intervention research for chronic disease prevention
Reducing social inequalities in health
Reducing health inequalities has become a major public health priority internationally. However, how best to achieve this goal is not well understood. Population health intervention research has the potential to address some of this knowledge gap. This review argues that simulation studies can produce unique evidence to build the population health intervention research evidence base on reducing social inequalities in health. To this effect, the a…
Overqualification and Risk of All-cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
Looking Backward
Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada
BACKGROUND: Deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and alcohol-related liver disease, collectively known as 'deaths of despair', have been markedly increasing since the early 2000s and are especially prominent in young Canadians. Income inequality has been linked to this rise in deaths of despair; however, this association has not yet been examined in a Canadian context, nor at the individual level or in youth. The study objective was to examine th…
Income inequality and deaths of despair risk in Canada, identifying possible mechanisms
Is another public health crisis brewing beneath the Covid-19 pandemic
Socioeconomic position and consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% juice among Canadians
Social inequities in sugary drink consumption exist in Canada. The associations differed by SEP indicator. Equitable interventions to reduce consumption are warranted
The association between off- and on-premise alcohol outlet density and 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department visits by neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status in Ontario, Canada
Alcohol availability is positively associated with alcohol use and harms, but the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on these associations is not well established. This population-based cross-sectional study examined neighbourhood-level associations between physical alcohol availability (measured as off- and on-premise alcohol outlet density) and 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits by neighbourhood SES in Ontario, Cana…
Overqualification and Risk of All-cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
Socioeconomic position, alcohol use and alcohol-attributable emergency department visits
BACKGROUND: Differential vulnerability to alcohol contributes to socioeconomic inequities in alcohol-attributable harm. This study aimed to estimate the sex-/gender-specific joint effects of socioeconomic position (SEP) and heavy episodic drinking or volume of alcohol use on 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits. METHODS: We conducted a cohort study among 36 900 men and 39 700 women current and former alcohol consumers aged 1…
Globalizing Worker Rights
Looking Backward
Overqualification and Risk of All-cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
Reducing social inequalities in health
Reducing health inequalities has become a major public health priority internationally. However, how best to achieve this goal is not well understood. Population health intervention research has the potential to address some of this knowledge gap. This review argues that simulation studies can produce unique evidence to build the population health intervention research evidence base on reducing social inequalities in health. To this effect, the a…
Simulation modeling to enhance population health intervention research for chronic disease prevention
"Thanks Amazon for Scarring Me for Life"
Infamous for their highly exploitative, algorithmically-managed labour regimes, Amazon fulfillment centers are sites of continual breakdown and disrepair for the bodies and minds of its workers. From a methodological approach via workers’ inquiry and content analysis, this paper aims to theoretically frame the effects (and affects) resulting from Amazon’s strategy of augmented despotism, which engenders new forms of domination mediated and augmen…
Is another public health crisis brewing beneath the Covid-19 pandemic
Changes in the dollar value of per capita alcohol, essential, and non-essential retail sales in Canada during Covid-19
During the first 9 months of the pandemic, per capita alcohol sales were moderately elevated in Canada. In contrast, non-essential sales were lower than prior years, driven by large decreases during the initial months of the pandemic. These findings suggest that the pandemic was associated with increased population-level alcohol consumption, which may lead to increased alcohol-related harms. Ongoing research is needed to examine how factors, incl…
Interrupted time series analysis of Canadian legal cannabis sales during the Covid ‐19 pandemic
Income and neighbourhood deprivation in relation to obesity in urban dwelling children 0–12 years of age
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a major public health concern. This study evaluated the independent and joint associations of family-level income, neighbourhood-level income and neighbourhood deprivation, in relation to child obesity. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in children ≤12 years of age from TARGet Kids! primary care network (Greater Toronto Area, 2013-2019). Parent-reported family income was compared with median neighbour…
Socioeconomic position and consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% juice among Canadians
Social inequities in sugary drink consumption exist in Canada. The associations differed by SEP indicator. Equitable interventions to reduce consumption are warranted
Trends in alcohol‐attributable hospitalisations and emergency department visits by age, sex, drinking group and health condition in Ontario, Canada
Bridging ethics and epidemiology
Health inequities are differences in health that are 'unjust'. Yet, despite competing ethical views about what counts as an 'unjust difference in health', theoretical insights from ethics have not been systematically integrated into epidemiological research. Using diabetes as an example, we explore the impact of adopting different ethical standards of health equity on population health outcomes. Specifically, we explore how the implementation of …
Investigating the association between income inequality in youth and deaths of despair in Canada
BACKGROUND: Deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and alcohol-related liver disease, collectively known as 'deaths of despair', have been markedly increasing since the early 2000s and are especially prominent in young Canadians. Income inequality has been linked to this rise in deaths of despair; however, this association has not yet been examined in a Canadian context, nor at the individual level or in youth. The study objective was to examine th…
Reimagining a population strategy for obesity control
Socio‐economic inequities in emergency department visits for wholly alcohol‐attributable acute and chronic harms in Canada, 2003–2017
The equitable impact of sugary drink taxation structures on sugary drink consumption among Canadians
Objective: Estimate the impact of 20 % flat-rate and tiered sugary drink tax structures on the consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100 % juice by age, sex and socio-economic position. Design: We modelled the impact of price changes – for each tax structure – on the demand for sugary drinks by applying own- and cross-price elasticities to self-report sugary drink consumption measured using single-day 24-h dietary recalls fr…
The association between off- and on-premise alcohol outlet density and 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department visits by neighbourhood-level socioeconomic status in Ontario, Canada
Alcohol availability is positively associated with alcohol use and harms, but the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) on these associations is not well established. This population-based cross-sectional study examined neighbourhood-level associations between physical alcohol availability (measured as off- and on-premise alcohol outlet density) and 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits by neighbourhood SES in Ontario, Cana…
Variability in public health programming and priorities to address health inequities across public health units in Ontario, Canada
Income inequality and deaths of despair risk in Canada, identifying possible mechanisms
Public health unit funding per capita and seasonal influenza vaccination among youth and adults in Ontario, Canada in 2013/2014 and 2018/2019
BACKGROUND: Influenza vaccines are crucial in reducing the risk of influenza symptoms. We aimed to: (1) estimate the association between public health unit (PHU) funding per capita and influenza vaccination among individuals aged 12 and older in Ontario in 2013/2014 and 2018/2019 and (2) determine whether any observed associations were heterogeneous across household income groups, gender and age categories. METHODS: Cross-sectional studies were c…
Socioeconomic position, alcohol use and alcohol-attributable emergency department visits
BACKGROUND: Differential vulnerability to alcohol contributes to socioeconomic inequities in alcohol-attributable harm. This study aimed to estimate the sex-/gender-specific joint effects of socioeconomic position (SEP) and heavy episodic drinking or volume of alcohol use on 100% alcohol-attributable emergency department (ED) visits. METHODS: We conducted a cohort study among 36 900 men and 39 700 women current and former alcohol consumers aged 1…
Increase in alcohol outlets by neighbourhood socioeconomic status following the expansion of alcohol sales into convenience stores in Ontario, Canada
The association between public health unit funding and vegetable and fruit intake in Ontario
Machine learning and the labor market
ML exposure is segmented according to occupational and worker sociodemographic characteristics and has the potential to widen inequities in the working population. ML may have a gendered effect and disproportionately impact certain groups of women when compared to men. We provide a critical evidence base to inform strategic responses that ensure inclusion in a working world where ML is commonplace
Medicine (22 works) · Environmental health (19 works) · Population (14 works) · Demography (13 works) · Political science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (8 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (7 works) · Business (7 works)