GeoHealth Laboratory

GeoHealth Laboratory

Peter Day

Qualifications

  • BSc - University of Canterbury
  • MPH (Hons) - University of Sydney

Previous Experience

Food deserts and the social gradient associated with access to healthy eating options. The analysis of cancer and child and maternal health population datasets and the undertaking of evidence-based evaluations of the safety and effectiveness of health care technologies and service interventions. 

Research Interests

Health geography, inequalities in health, epidemiological methods, evidence-based health care evaluation, GIS applications in health research.

Current research projects:

Food deserts and the social gradient associated with access to healthy eating options. The role of neighbourhood context in explaining patterns of problem gambling. Geo-demographic comparisons of global inequalities in mortality. Measures of Neighbourhood access to obescogenic environments. Alcohol outlet density and alcohol related harm.

Crime, social deprivation and health

Recent Publications/Reports

Please see UC Research Profile for list of publications.

Contact Details

Room: 343
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 4049
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
Email:peter.day@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address: GeoHealth Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand