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Dr Jamie Pearce

Position

Adjunct fellow, and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Hons) (Durham) M.Sc. (Leic.) Ph.D. (St Andrews)

Contact Details

jamie.pearce@ed.ac.uk

Research

My current interests focus on the social and spatial inequalities in health and policies to narrow these divides, as well as the role of context/local neighbourhood in shaping health outcomes and health-related behaviours. Recently published work has concentrated on the polarisation of health inequalities in New Zealand during the 1980s and 1990s, a period of rapid social and economic change, as well as developing new methods to understand the role of neighbourhood as a mediator in the relationship between poverty and health inequalities. I am the founding Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory at the University of Canterbury as well as an investigator on the Health Research Council-funded ‘Neighbourhoods and Health project’ (2004-07) and the Health Inequalities Research Program (from 2005). Current research projects include:

• Social and geographical polarisation in health
• Social inequality and health and health-related behaviours
• Environmental justice and air pollution
• Neighbourhoods and health: the role of geographical context

Involved in the following research projects:

• Air pollution and health
• Social inequality and smoking
• Social Dimensions of Cancer Incidence
• Neighbourhoods and Health

Selected Publications

• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2010. The influence of the selective migration patterns of smokers and non-smokers on geographical inequalities in health. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. In Press.
• Walton M, Pearce J, Day P, 2009. Examining the interaction between food outlets and outdoor food advertisements with primary school food environments. Health and Place, vol 15, pp 811-818
• Thompson L, Barnett R, Pearce J, 2009. Scared straight?: Fear-appeal anti-smoking campaigns, risk, self-efficacy and addiction. Health, Risk and Society. vol 11, pp 181-196.
• Pearce J, Hiscock R, Moon G, Barnett R, 2009. The neighbourhood effects of geographical access to tobacco retailers on individual smoking behaviour, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol 63, pp 69-77.
• Miller L, Pearce J, Barnett R, Willis J, Darlow B, Scott R, 2009. Is population mixing associated with childhood Type 1 diabetes in Canterbury, New Zealand? Social Science and Medicine, vol68, pp 625-630.
• Wilson JG, Kingham S, Pearce J, 2009. Air pollution and restricted activity days among New Zealand school children and staff. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. In Press.
• Barnett R, Pearce J, Moon G, 2009. Community inequality and smoking cessation in New Zealand, 1981-2006? Social Science and Medicine, vol 68, pp876-884
• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2009, Tackling global health inequalities: closing the health gap in a generation, Environment and Planning A, Vol 41, pp 1-6.
• Pearce J, Hiscock R, Blakely T, Witten K, 2009. A national study of the association between neighbourhood access to fast food outlets and the diet and weight of local residents, Health and Place, Vol 15, pp 193-197.  
• Pearce J, Tisch C, Barnett R, 2008. Have geographical inequalities in cause-specific mortality in New Zealand increased during the period 1980-2001? New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol 121 (1281), pp 15-27.
• Haynes R, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2008. Cancer survival in New Zealand: ethnic, social and geographical inequalities, Social Science and Medicine, Vol 67, pp 928-937
• Witten K, Hiscock R, Pearce J, Blakely T, 2008. Neighbourhood access to public open space and the physical activity of residents: a national study, Preventive Medicine, Vol 47, 299-303.
• Hiscock R, Pearce J, Blakely T, Witten K, 2008. Is neighbourhood access to health care provision associated with individual-level utilisation and satisfaction? Health Services Research, Vol 43, pp 2183-2200.
• Day P, Pearce J, Dorling D, 2008, Twelve worlds: A geo-demographic comparison of global inequalities in mortality, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol 62, pp 1002-101
• Pearce J, 2008, Regression, linear and non-linear. In: Thrift N, Kitchen R, The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. In Press.
• Pearce J, Mason K, Hiscock R, Day P, 2008. A national study of neighbourhood access to gambling opportunities and individual gambling behaviour, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol 62, pp 862-868.
  
• Lake I, Pearce J, Saville M, 2008. The seasonal variations of Cryptosporidiosis in New Zealand. Epidemiology and Infection, Vol 136, pp 1383–1387.
• Pearce J, Kingham S, 2008. Environmental inequalities in New Zealand: a national study of air pollution and environmental justice. Geoforum, Vol 39, pp 980-993.
• Haynes R, Lake I, Kingham S, Sabel C, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2008. Influence of road curvature on fatal crashes in New Zealand, Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol 40, pp 843-850.
• Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R, Blakely T, 2008, Regional and urban-rural variations in the association of neighbourhood deprivation with community resource access: a national study, Environment and Planning A, Vol 40, pp 2469 – 2489
• Kingham S, Pearce J, Dorling D, Faulk M, 2008, The impact of the graduated driver license scheme on youth mortality in New Zealand, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol 16, pp 134–141.
• Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R, Blakely T, 2008, The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol 62, pp 198-201.
• Pearce J, Day P, Witten K, 2008, Neighbourhood provision of food and alcohol retailing and social deprivation in urban New Zealand, Urban Policy and Research, Vol 26, pp 213-227.
• Thompson L, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2007. Moralising geographies: Stigma, smoking islands and responsible subjects. Area, Vol 39, pp 508-517.
• Dorling D, Mitchell R, Pearce J, 2007. An observational study: the global impact of income inequality on health by age, British Medical Journal, Vol 335, pp 873-875.
• Pearce J, Barnett R, Jones I, 2007, Have urban/rural inequalities in suicide in New Zealand grown during the period 1980-2001? Social Science and Medicine, Vol 65, pp 1807-1819
• Pearce J, 2007, Incorporating geographies of health into public policy debates: The GeoHealth Laboratory. New Zealand Geographer, Vol 63, pp 149-153.
• Pearce J, 2007, Editorial: Investigating place effects on health: an Australasian perspective, Australasian Epidemiologist, Vol 14, pp 2-3.
• Miller L, Pearce J, Barnett R, 2007, The place of population mixing in the aetiology of disease: a New Zealand perspective, Australasian Epidemiologist, Vol 14, pp 12-15.
• Kingham S, Pearce J, Zawar-Reza P, 2007. Driven to injustice? Environmental justice and vehicle pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand. Transportation Research D: Transport and Environment, Vol 12, pp 254-263.
• Pearce J, Blakely T, Witten K, Bartie P, 2007. Neighborhood deprivation and access to fast food retailing: a national study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol 32, pp 375-382.
• Pearce J, Barnett R, Collings S, Jones I, 2007, Did geographical inequalities in suicide among males aged 15 to 44 in New Zealand increase during the period 1980-2001? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Vol 41, pp 359-365.
• Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R and Blakely T, 2007, Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources? International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 36, 348-355.
• Cupples J, Guyatt V, Pearce J, 2007. “Put on a jacket, you wuss”: Cultural identities and air pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand, Environment and Planning A, Vol 39, pp 2883 – 2898.
  
• Pearce J, Dorling D, Wheeler B, Barnett R, Rigby J, 2006, Geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001: the gap widens. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol 30, pp 461-466.
• Pearce J, Dorling D, 2006, The place of population change in explaining geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 35, pp 1099-1100.
• Barnett R, Pearce J, Howes P, 2006, ‘Help, educate, encourage?’: Geographical variations in the provision and utilisation of diabetes education in New Zealand, Social Science and Medicine. Vol 63, pp 1228-1243. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.044
• Pearce J and Dorling D, 2006, Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001, International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 35, pp 597-603. doi:10.1093/ije/dyl013.
• Barnett R, Barnett P, Pearce J, Howes P, 2006, Preventing the human time bomb? Barriers to utilising diabetes education in Christchurch, New Zealand, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Vol 30, pp 275-278.
• Pearce J, Kingham S and Zawar-Reza P, 2006, Every Breath You Take? Environmental Justice and Air Pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand, Environment and Planning A, Vol 38, pp 919-938. DOI:10.1068/a37446
• Pearce J, Witten K and Bartie P, 2006, Neighbourhoods and health: a GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol 60, pp 389-395. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.043281
• Pearce J, Barnett R and Kingham S, 2006, Slip! Slap! Slop! Cutaneous malignant melanoma incidence and social status in New Zealand, 1995-2000, Health and Place, Vol 12, pp 239-252. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.11.006
• Wilson J G, Kingham S, Pearce J and Sturman A P, 2005. A review of intraurban variations in particulate air pollution: implications for epidemiological research, Atmospheric Environment, Vol 39, pp 6444-6462. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.030
• Zawar-Reza P, Kingham S and Pearce J, 2005, Evaluation of a year-long dispersion modelling of PM10 using the mesoscale model TAPM for Christchurch, New Zealand, Science of the Total Environment, Vol 349, pp 249-259. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.037
• Pearce J and Boyle P, 2005, Is the urban excess in lung cancer in Scotland explained by patterns of smoking?, Social Science and Medicine, Vol 60, pp2833-2843. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.014
• Pearce J and Boyle P, 2005, Examining the relationship between lung cancer and radon in small areas across Scotland, Health and Place, Vol 11, pp 275-282. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.06.006
• Barnett R, Pearce J and Moon G, 2005, Does social inequality matter? Assessing the effects of changing ethnic socio-economic disparities on Maori smoking in New Zealand, 1981-96. Social Science and Medicine, Vol 60, pp 1515-1526. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.002
• Pearce J, Boyle P and Flowerdew R, 2003, Predicting smoking behaviour in census output areas across Scotland, Health and Place, Vol 9, pp 139-149.
• Pearce J, 2003, Emerging new research on the geography of health and impairment, Health and Place, Vol 9, pp 107-108. doi:10.1016/S1353-8292(03)00016-9
• Flowerdew R and Pearce J, 2001, Linking point and area data to model primary school performance indicators, Geographical and Environmental Modeling, Vol 5, No 1, pp 23-41.
• Pearce J, 2000, Techniques for defining school catchment areas for comparison with census data, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Vol 24, No 4, pp 283-303.