Paul Peters
Professor
Faculty of Science
Department of Health Sciences
Clusters:
Health
Ottawa, Ontario
paul.peters@carleton.ca
Office:
(613) 520-2600 ext. 2134
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Bio/Research
Despite decades of universal healthcare in Canada and elsewhere, there still remains pronounced inequalities in the social determinants of health and in health outcomes. These inequalities are manifest between social groups across a range of factors, such as income, education, or ethnicity. At th...
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Despite decades of universal healthcare in Canada and elsewhere, there still remains pronounced inequalities in the social determinants of health and in health outcomes. These inequalities are manifest between social groups across a range of factors, such as income, education, or ethnicity. At the same time, these inequalities are spatially evident, with differences between provinces, regions, villages, and neighbourhoods. Perhaps counterintuitively, the patterns and processes of these inequalities can be measured using large data sources, sometimes termed “big data.” The focus of Peters' research is on these persistent social and structural inequalities of health in small places and small spaces.
His active research projects include: small-area rate variation for high health system users in rural areas, agent-based models of population change in rural and remote communities; and, data methods for modelling environmental health.
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His active research projects include: small-area rate variation for high health system users in rural areas, agent-based models of population change in rural and remote communities; and, data methods for modelling environmental health.
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