Browsing École de santé publique – Travaux et publications by Subject "Neighborhood"
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The added value of accounting for activity space when examining the association between tobacco retailer availability and smoking among young adults
(2016)Background: Despite a declining prevalence in many countries, smoking rates remain consistently high among young adults. Targeting contextual influences on smoking, such as the availability of tobacco retailers, is one promising avenue of intervention. ... -
Considering daily mobility for a more comprehensive understanding of contextual effects on social inequalities in health : a conceptual proposal
(2014)Despite growing interest in integrating people’s daily mobility into contextual studies of social inequalities in health, the links between daily mobility and health inequalities remain inadequately conceptualized. This conceptual proposal anchors ... -
Improving the measurement of neighbourhood characteristics through systematic observation: Inequalities in smoking as a case study
(2012-05)Systematic observation is increasingly used as a method to measure neighbourhood characteristics thought to influence health inequalities. This article reports on the theory-driven development of a new observation tool composed of ... -
Moving beyond the residential neighbourhood to explore social inequalities in exposure to area-level disadvantage: Results from the Interdisciplinary Study on Inequalities in Smoking
(2014-05)The focus, in place and health research, on a single, residential, context overlooks the fact that individuals are mobile and experience other settings in the course of their daily activities. Socioeconomic characteristics are associated with activity ...