Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Geography, University of Canterbury
Co-Director
GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury
Reader in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jamie's 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. He has expertise in GIS and spatial analytical methods, and applies these to key public health issues such as smoking, nutrition, physical activity and problem gambling. 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. Jamie has also completed work in the field of environmental justice. He is the founding Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory at the University of Canterbury.
Pearce J, Mason K, Hiscock R, Day P
A national study of neighbourhood access to gambling opportunities and individual gambling behaviour.
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Vol 62, pp 862-868. (2008)
Pearce J, Kingham S
Environmental inequalities in New Zealand: a national study of air pollution and environmental justice.
Geoforum, Vol 39, pp 980-993. (2008)
Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R, Blakely T
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. (2008)
Pearce J, Day P, Witten K
Neighbourhood provision of food and alcohol retailing and social deprivation in urban New Zealand.
Urban Policy and Research, Vol 26, pp 213-227. (2008)
Dorling D, Mitchell R, Pearce J
An observational study: the global impact of income inequality on health by age.
British Medical Journal, Vol 335, pp 873-875. (2007)
Pearce J, Blakely T, Witten K, Bartie P
Neighborhood deprivation and access to fast food retailing: a national study.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Vol 32, pp 375-382. (2007)
Pearce J, Witten K, Hiscock R and Blakely T
Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources?
International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 36, 348-355. (2007)
Pearce J and Dorling D
Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001.
International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 35, pp 597-603. doi:10.1093/ije/dyl013. (2006)
