Rural and Urban Health

Villeneuve PJ, Gill GK, Cottagiri SA, Dales R, Rainham D, Ross NA, Dogan H, Griffith LE, Raina P, Crouse DL. Does urban greenness reduce loneliness and social isolation among Canadians? A cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Can J Public Health. 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.17269/s41997-023-00841-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38158519.

Jones CA, Jhangri GS, Yamamoto SS, Hogan DB, Hanson H, Levasseur M, Morales E, Légaré F. Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMC Geriatr. 2023 Jul 18;23(1):439. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04127-2. PMID: 37464306; PMCID: PMC10354920.

Song Y, Liu YS, Talarico F, Zhang Y, Hayward J, Wang M, Stroulia E, Dixon RA, Greiner R, Li X, Greenshaw A, Jie S, Cao B. Associations between differential aging and lifestyle, environment, current, and future health conditions: Findings from Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Gerontology. 2023 Sep 19. doi: 10.1159/000534015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37725932.

Quan S, Menec V, O’Connell M, Cloutier D, Newall N, Tate R, John PS. Prevalence of obesity and elevated body mass index along a progression of rurality: A cross-sectional study – The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Can J Rural Med. 2022 Oct-Dec;27(4):148-157. doi: 10.4103/cjrm.cjrm_55_21. PMID: 36254938.

Quick M, Rutter E, Tyas SL, Maxwell C, Law J, Oremus M. Urban-rural variation in the association between social support availability and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: Results from the baseline Tracking Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Health Place. 2022 Sep;77:102894. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102894. Epub 2022 Aug 17. PMID: 35986980.

St John PD, Menec V, Tate R, Newall NE, Cloutier D, O’Connell M. Depressive symptoms in adults in rural and urban regions of Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 3;11(12):e048090. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048090. PMID: 34862276.

St John PD, Menec V, Tate R, Newall N, Cloutier D, O’Connell ME. Life satisfaction in adults in rural and urban regions of Canada – the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Rural Remote Health. 2021 Aug;21(3):6631. doi: 10.22605/RRH6631. Epub 2021 Aug 28. PMID: 34454411.

John PS, Menec V, Tate R, Newall N, O’Connell M, Cloutier D. Functional status in rural and urban adults: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Rural Health. 2022 Sep;38(4):679-688. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12578. Epub 2021 Apr 22. PMID: 33886143.

Clark K, John PS, Menec V, Cloutier D, Newall N, O’Connell M, Tate R. Healthcare utilisation among Canadian adults in rural and urban areas – The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Can J Rural Med. 2021 Apr-Jun;26(2):69-79. doi: 10.4103/CJRM.CJRM_43_20. PMID: 33818534.

Norberg SJ, Toohey AM, Jones S, McDonough R, Hogan DB. Examining the municipal-level representativeness of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) cohort: an analysis using Calgary participant baseline data. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2021 Feb;41(2):48-56. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.41.2.03. PMID: 33599444; PMCID: PMC7923734.

Wey TW, Doiron D, Wissa R, Fabre G, Motoc I, Noordzij JM, Ruiz M, Timmermans E, van Lenthe FJ, Bobak M, Chaix B, Krokstad S, Raina P, Sund ER, Beenackers MA, Fortier I. Overview of retrospective data harmonisation in the MINDMAP project: process and results. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2021 May;75(5):433-441. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-214259. Epub 2020 Nov 12. PMID: 33184054.

Menec VH, Newall NE, Mackenzie CS, Shooshtari S, Nowicki S. Examining individual and geographic factors associated with social isolation and loneliness using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) data. PLoS One. 2019 Feb 1;14(2):e0211143. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211143. PMID: 30707719.