Peter Kitchen
Biographic Data
| ID | 96937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Kitchen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Kitchen |
| SIGNATURE | KITCHEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 212 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
A comparative analysis of carer-employees in Canada over time
Our study provides the evidence that CEs' health and well-being have worsened over time, especially for female CEs, indicating that the needs of CEs are growing at a faster rate than the supports available. The results are meaningful in informing and justifying the provision of CE supports at work in order to sustain CEs in the workplace, such as the carer-friendly workplace policies
Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on carer-employees’ well-being
The aim of this analysis is to assess the potential ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Canadian carer-employees (CEs) and identify the needs CEs feel is required for them to continue providing care. We assess the similarities and differences in the stresses CEs faced during COVID-19 globally across countries in the G7, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Taiwan, India, and China. We aim to compare Canada against global trends with respect to the …
The Rise of Big-City Hockey Players and Its Implication for Diversity in the National Hockey League
Canadian-raised players in the National Hockey League are increasingly coming from large cities with rising numbers of visible minority and immigrant youth. In this paper, we compare the demographic characteristics of recent big-city NHL players with those of their hometowns. We also examine which city-level characteristics are associated with the number of NHL players from the same hometown. Our analysis of publicly available hockey player data …
Social participation and depressive symptoms of carer-employees of older adults in Canada
The present study highlights the importance of social participation in reducing CEs' depressive symptoms. The findings provide support for innovative policy and intervention efforts to encourage and enhance social participation at work via carer-friendly workplace policies for CEs across Canada
Unintentional injury deaths among youth in Ontario, Canada from 2000 to 2015
Youth may be susceptible to certain types of unintentional injuries that place them at risk of death. The objective of this research was to study trends in these deaths among youth (age 15 to 24) in the Canadian province of Ontario between 2000 and 2015. It is the first study to directly assess intra‐provincial trends. Our analysis of Statistics Canada's Vital Statistics – Death Database from 2000 to 2015 finds unintentional injury death rates am…
It's cold and there's something to do
Set within the framework of the birthplace effect literature and the seminal work of Curtis and Birch, this paper draws information from the publicly available database www.hockeydb.com and from the Census to examine the hometowns of Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) players from 1970 to 2015. It found that from a regional perspective, the distribution of players' hometowns remained fairly stable over the 46-year period with Ontario and the t…
Sense of belonging to local community in small-to-medium sized Canadian urban areas
The paper concludes by offering several public health recommendations on how belonging can be enhanced among recent immigrants in smaller Canadian cities; these include improved coordination of services in order to contribute to a less overwhelming settlement process for immigrants
Impacts of care‐giving and sources of support
This is the second in a series of papers that deal with care-giving in Canada, as based on data available from the Canadian General Social Survey (2007). Building on the first paper, which reviewed the differences between short-term, long-term and end-of-life (EOL) caregivers, this paper uniquely examines the caregiver supports employed by EOL caregivers when compared to non-EOL caregivers (short-term and long-term caregivers combined). Both pape…
Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities
Key Messages The majority of immigrants in Canada live in the country's largest cities; however, many immigrants are choosing to reside in smaller centres, suggesting the need for further research regarding the immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study found that immigrants have lower perceptions of quality of life than Canadian‐born individuals, a finding that echoes research in first‐tier cities. Issues of emplo…
Immigrants, islandness and perceptions of quality-of-life on Prince Edward Island, Canada
This paper explores perceptions of immigrant quality-of-life (QOL) and islandness in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and compares these perceptions to those of Canadian-born residents of the same provincial capital. The study employed a mixedmethods approach, including a household telephone survey conducted in the summer of 2012 (n=302), focus group interviews with immigrants in late 2012 and observations on preliminary results by th…
Differential impacts of care‐giving across three caregiver groups in C anada
Using data from Statistic Canada's General Social Survey Cycle 21 (GSS 2007), this study explores whether differences exist in the impacts of care-giving among three groups of caregivers providing informal care either in the caregiver's or recipient's home, or in other locations within the community: (i) those providing end-of-life (EOL) care (n = 471); (ii) those providing long-term care (more than 2 years) for someone with a chronic condition o…
Introduction and Overview
Perceptions of Quality Life in Hamilton's Neighbourhood Hubs
Sense of Belonging and Mental Health in Hamilton, Ontario
Sense of Place and Health in Hamilton, Ontario
Air Quality in Hamilton
Measuring Social Capital in Hamilton, Ontario
Playground Accessibility and Neighbourhood Social Interaction Among Parents
Sense of Community Belonging and Health in Canada
Walking to work in Canada
A number of strategies can be followed to increase levels of walking in Canada. It is clear that for many people walking to work is not possible. However, strategies can be developed to encourage adults to incorporate walking into their daily work and commuting routines. These include mass transit walking and workplace walking programs
Socio-spatial patterns of home care use in Ontario, Canada
Sense of Place in Hamilton, Ontario
Although the concept of sense of place has a long history in the social sciences, relatively few studies have attempted a quantitative analysis of sense of place at the neighborhood level. This study reports on the empirical findings of a sense of place survey developed and tested in two contrasting neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Southwest Mountain, an upper-middle-class suburban neighborhood and Northeast Industrial, a lower-income,…
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon, Canada
Measuring Neighborhood Social Change in Saskatoon, Canada
The majority of research on neighborhood change in Canada has followed a cross-sectional approach and has relied on census tracts as the basic unit of geography. Due to concerns over methodology and data comparability, very few studies have attempted a direct analysis of change. In response, this article presents a protocol for measuring neighborhood social change applied to Saskatoon, Canada and employs census data for neighborhoods that have be…
Volunteerism and residential longevity in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Sense of Community Belonging and Health in Canada
Identifying and Measuring Dimensions of Urban Deprivation in Montreal
This paper uses data from the 1996 Canadian census to examine and measure the spatial structure and intensity of urban deprivation in Montreal. Urban deprivation emerged as an important theme in urban studies and urban geography during the 1990s. Since the early 1980s, the Montreal urban area, particularly the Island of Montreal, has experienced an increase in urban social problems, brought on largely by economic restructuring, recessions and the…
Sense of Place and Health in Hamilton, Ontario
Sense of Place in Hamilton, Ontario
Although the concept of sense of place has a long history in the social sciences, relatively few studies have attempted a quantitative analysis of sense of place at the neighborhood level. This study reports on the empirical findings of a sense of place survey developed and tested in two contrasting neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Southwest Mountain, an upper-middle-class suburban neighborhood and Northeast Industrial, a lower-income,…
Measuring Neighborhood Social Change in Saskatoon, Canada
The majority of research on neighborhood change in Canada has followed a cross-sectional approach and has relied on census tracts as the basic unit of geography. Due to concerns over methodology and data comparability, very few studies have attempted a direct analysis of change. In response, this article presents a protocol for measuring neighborhood social change applied to Saskatoon, Canada and employs census data for neighborhoods that have be…
Quality of life research
Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities
Key Messages The majority of immigrants in Canada live in the country's largest cities; however, many immigrants are choosing to reside in smaller centres, suggesting the need for further research regarding the immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study found that immigrants have lower perceptions of quality of life than Canadian‐born individuals, a finding that echoes research in first‐tier cities. Issues of emplo…
Immigrants, islandness and perceptions of quality-of-life on Prince Edward Island, Canada
This paper explores perceptions of immigrant quality-of-life (QOL) and islandness in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and compares these perceptions to those of Canadian-born residents of the same provincial capital. The study employed a mixedmethods approach, including a household telephone survey conducted in the summer of 2012 (n=302), focus group interviews with immigrants in late 2012 and observations on preliminary results by th…
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon, Canada
Sense of Belonging and Mental Health in Hamilton, Ontario
Measuring Social Capital in Hamilton, Ontario
Playground Accessibility and Neighbourhood Social Interaction Among Parents
Mobility, Perceptions of Quality of Life and Neighbourhood Stability in Saskatoon
An Approach for Measuring Urban Deprivation Change
The concept of urban deprivation has emerged as an important theme in urban geography and urban studies. In light of the significant problems and issues affecting cities in North America and Europe there is a growing need for researchers to acquire a better understanding of the process of urban social change. In this paper the author proposes a model of urban deprivation change and applies it with the use of census indicators to East Montréal, a …
Impacts of care‐giving and sources of support
This is the second in a series of papers that deal with care-giving in Canada, as based on data available from the Canadian General Social Survey (2007). Building on the first paper, which reviewed the differences between short-term, long-term and end-of-life (EOL) caregivers, this paper uniquely examines the caregiver supports employed by EOL caregivers when compared to non-EOL caregivers (short-term and long-term caregivers combined). Both pape…
Differential impacts of care‐giving across three caregiver groups in C anada
Using data from Statistic Canada's General Social Survey Cycle 21 (GSS 2007), this study explores whether differences exist in the impacts of care-giving among three groups of caregivers providing informal care either in the caregiver's or recipient's home, or in other locations within the community: (i) those providing end-of-life (EOL) care (n = 471); (ii) those providing long-term care (more than 2 years) for someone with a chronic condition o…
Perceptions of Quality Life in Hamilton's Neighbourhood Hubs
Changes in quality of life perceptions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Air Quality in Hamilton
Social participation and depressive symptoms of carer-employees of older adults in Canada
The present study highlights the importance of social participation in reducing CEs' depressive symptoms. The findings provide support for innovative policy and intervention efforts to encourage and enhance social participation at work via carer-friendly workplace policies for CEs across Canada
Introduction and Overview
Identifying and Measuring Dimensions of Urban Deprivation in Montreal
This paper uses data from the 1996 Canadian census to examine and measure the spatial structure and intensity of urban deprivation in Montreal. Urban deprivation emerged as an important theme in urban studies and urban geography during the 1990s. Since the early 1980s, the Montreal urban area, particularly the Island of Montreal, has experienced an increase in urban social problems, brought on largely by economic restructuring, recessions and the…
An Approach for Measuring Urban Deprivation Change
The concept of urban deprivation has emerged as an important theme in urban geography and urban studies. In light of the significant problems and issues affecting cities in North America and Europe there is a growing need for researchers to acquire a better understanding of the process of urban social change. In this paper the author proposes a model of urban deprivation change and applies it with the use of census indicators to East Montréal, a …
Volunteerism and residential longevity in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Quality of life research
Changes in quality of life perceptions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mobility, Perceptions of Quality of Life and Neighbourhood Stability in Saskatoon
Measuring Neighborhood Social Change in Saskatoon, Canada
The majority of research on neighborhood change in Canada has followed a cross-sectional approach and has relied on census tracts as the basic unit of geography. Due to concerns over methodology and data comparability, very few studies have attempted a direct analysis of change. In response, this article presents a protocol for measuring neighborhood social change applied to Saskatoon, Canada and employs census data for neighborhoods that have be…
Socio-spatial patterns of home care use in Ontario, Canada
Sense of Place in Hamilton, Ontario
Although the concept of sense of place has a long history in the social sciences, relatively few studies have attempted a quantitative analysis of sense of place at the neighborhood level. This study reports on the empirical findings of a sense of place survey developed and tested in two contrasting neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Southwest Mountain, an upper-middle-class suburban neighborhood and Northeast Industrial, a lower-income,…
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon, Canada
Walking to work in Canada
A number of strategies can be followed to increase levels of walking in Canada. It is clear that for many people walking to work is not possible. However, strategies can be developed to encourage adults to incorporate walking into their daily work and commuting routines. These include mass transit walking and workplace walking programs
Introduction and Overview
Perceptions of Quality Life in Hamilton's Neighbourhood Hubs
Sense of Belonging and Mental Health in Hamilton, Ontario
Sense of Place and Health in Hamilton, Ontario
Air Quality in Hamilton
Measuring Social Capital in Hamilton, Ontario
Playground Accessibility and Neighbourhood Social Interaction Among Parents
Sense of Community Belonging and Health in Canada
Differential impacts of care‐giving across three caregiver groups in C anada
Using data from Statistic Canada's General Social Survey Cycle 21 (GSS 2007), this study explores whether differences exist in the impacts of care-giving among three groups of caregivers providing informal care either in the caregiver's or recipient's home, or in other locations within the community: (i) those providing end-of-life (EOL) care (n = 471); (ii) those providing long-term care (more than 2 years) for someone with a chronic condition o…
Immigrants, islandness and perceptions of quality-of-life on Prince Edward Island, Canada
This paper explores perceptions of immigrant quality-of-life (QOL) and islandness in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and compares these perceptions to those of Canadian-born residents of the same provincial capital. The study employed a mixedmethods approach, including a household telephone survey conducted in the summer of 2012 (n=302), focus group interviews with immigrants in late 2012 and observations on preliminary results by th…
Sense of belonging to local community in small-to-medium sized Canadian urban areas
The paper concludes by offering several public health recommendations on how belonging can be enhanced among recent immigrants in smaller Canadian cities; these include improved coordination of services in order to contribute to a less overwhelming settlement process for immigrants
Impacts of care‐giving and sources of support
This is the second in a series of papers that deal with care-giving in Canada, as based on data available from the Canadian General Social Survey (2007). Building on the first paper, which reviewed the differences between short-term, long-term and end-of-life (EOL) caregivers, this paper uniquely examines the caregiver supports employed by EOL caregivers when compared to non-EOL caregivers (short-term and long-term caregivers combined). Both pape…
Immigrants' perceptions of quality of life in three second‐ or third‐tier Canadian cities
Key Messages The majority of immigrants in Canada live in the country's largest cities; however, many immigrants are choosing to reside in smaller centres, suggesting the need for further research regarding the immigrant experience in second‐ and third‐tier Canadian cities. This study found that immigrants have lower perceptions of quality of life than Canadian‐born individuals, a finding that echoes research in first‐tier cities. Issues of emplo…
It's cold and there's something to do
Set within the framework of the birthplace effect literature and the seminal work of Curtis and Birch, this paper draws information from the publicly available database www.hockeydb.com and from the Census to examine the hometowns of Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) players from 1970 to 2015. It found that from a regional perspective, the distribution of players' hometowns remained fairly stable over the 46-year period with Ontario and the t…
Sociology (25 works) · Geography (24 works) · Medicine (23 works) · Demography (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Population (15 works) · Demography (13 works) · Gerontology (13 works) · Socioeconomics (13 works) · Public health (12 works)