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Flora I. Matheson

Flora I. Matheson

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
36
Citations
6485
World Ranking
6452
National Ranking
386

Overview

Flora I. Matheson is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to research at the intersection of psychology, medicine, and health professions. Their work spans multiple fields of study, including psychology, medicine, and health professions, with significant focus on clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, health, and emergency medicine.

The research topics that Flora I. Matheson addresses cover a range of issues related to social determinants of health and behavioral science. Major topics include homelessness and social issues, gambling behavior and treatments, criminal justice and corrections analysis, health disparities and outcomes, healthcare decision-making and restraints, sexuality, behavior and technology, and traumatic brain injury research.

Their scholarly output includes papers published in various venues known for addressing public health and social issues. Frequent publication venues for this researcher include the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Health Promotion International, PLoS ONE, Current Addiction Reports, and Scientific Reports.

Flora I. Matheson has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including Arthur McLuhan, Sarah Hamilton-Wright, Parisa Dastoori, Tara Hahmann, and Patricia O'Campo, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary cooperation.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • The 2011 and 2016 iterations of the Ontario Marginalization Index: updates, consistency and a cross-sectional study of health outcome associations (2021, Canadian Journal of Public Health)
  • Problem gambling within the context of poverty: a scoping review (2020, International Gambling Studies)
  • Association between traumatic brain injury and prison charges: a population-based cohort study (2020, Brain Injury)
  • Effect of Housing First on violence-related traumatic brain injury in adults with experiences of homelessness and mental illness: findings from the At Home/Chez Soi randomised trial, Toronto site (2020, BMJ Open)
  • "They're not doing enough.": women's experiences with opioids and naloxone in Toronto (2021, Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy)

Best Publications

  • A simulation study of sample size for multilevel logistic regression models

    Rahim Moineddin;Flora I Matheson;Flora I Matheson;Richard H Glazier

  • Development of the Canadian Marginalization Index: A New Tool for the Study of Inequality

    Flora I Matheson;James R Dunn;Katherine L W Smith;Rahim Moineddin

  • Urban neighborhoods, chronic stress, gender and depression.

    Flora I. Matheson;Rahim Moineddin;James R. Dunn;James R. Dunn;Maria Isabella Creatore

  • Association of Neighborhood Walkability With Change in Overweight, Obesity, and Diabetes

    Maria I. Creatore;Maria I. Creatore;Richard H. Glazier;Rahim Moineddin;Ghazal S. Fazli;Ghazal S. Fazli;Ghazal S. Fazli

  • Élaboration de l’indice de marginalisation canadien: un nouvel outil d’étude des inégalités

    Flora I. Matheson;Flora I. Matheson;James R. Dunn;Katherine L. W. Smith;Rahim Moineddin

  • Identifying mechanisms for facilitating knowledge to action strategies targeting the built environment

    Ghazal S. Fazli;Ghazal S. Fazli;Maria I. Creatore;Flora I. Matheson;Flora I. Matheson;Sara Guilcher;Sara Guilcher

  • Density, Destinations or Both? A Comparison of Measures of Walkability in Relation to Transportation Behaviors, Obesity and Diabetes in Toronto, Canada

    Richard H. Glazier;Maria I. Creatore;Maria I. Creatore;Jonathan T. Weyman;Ghazal Fazli

  • Where Did She Go? The Transformation of Self-Esteem, Self-Identity, and Mental Well-Being among Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence.

    Flora I. Matheson;Flora I. Matheson;Nihaya Daoud;Sarah Hamilton-Wright;Heidi Borenstein

  • The weight of place: a multilevel analysis of gender, neighborhood material deprivation, and body mass index among Canadian adults.

    Flora I. Matheson;Flora I. Matheson;Rahim Moineddin;Rahim Moineddin;Richard H. Glazier;Richard H. Glazier;Richard H. Glazier

  • Unwalkable Neighborhoods, Poverty, and the Risk of Diabetes Among Recent Immigrants to Canada Compared With Long-Term Residents

    Gillian L. Booth;Maria I. Creatore;Rahim Moineddin;Peter Gozdyra

  • Enriching qualitative research by engaging peer interviewers: a case study

    Kimberly Devotta;Julia Woodhall-Melnik;Cheryl Pedersen;Aklilu Wendaferew

  • Health status of prisoners in Canada: Narrative review

    Fiona Kouyoumdjian;Andrée Schuler;Flora I. Matheson;Stephen W. Hwang

  • A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions to Improve the Health of Persons During Imprisonment and in the Year After Release

    Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian;Kathryn E. McIsaac;Jessica Liauw;Samantha Green

  • Physical health and gender as risk factors for usage of services for mental illness

    Flora I Matheson;Flora I Matheson;Katherine L W Smith;Ghazal S Fazli;Rahim Moineddin

  • Pathways and trajectories linking housing instability and poor health among low-income women experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV): Toward a conceptual framework.

    Nihaya Daoud;Flora I. Matheson;Cheryl Pedersen;Sarah Hamilton-Wright

  • Neighbourhood chronic stress and gender inequalities in hypertension among Canadian adults: a multilevel analysis

    Flora I Matheson;Heather L White;Rahim Moineddin;James R Dunn

  • Drinking in context: the influence of gender and neighbourhood deprivation on alcohol consumption

    Flora I Matheson;Heather L White;Rahim Moineddin;James R Dunn

  • Gender, income and immigration differences in depression in Canadian urban centres

    Katherine L. W. Smith;Flora I. Matheson;Rahim Moineddin;Rahim Moineddin;Richard H. Glazier;Richard H. Glazier

  • Finding Their Way: Conditions for Successful Reintegration Among Women Offenders

    Sherri Doherty;Pamela Forrester;Amanda Brazil;Flora I. Matheson

  • Co-responding police-mental health programmes: Service user experiences and outcomes in a large urban centre.

    Denise Lamanna;Denise Lamanna;Gilla K. Shapiro;Maritt Kirst;Flora I. Matheson;Flora I. Matheson;Flora I. Matheson

  • Geographic methods for understanding and responding to disparities in mammography use in Toronto, Canada.

    Richard Henry Glazier;Maria Isabella Creatore;Piotr Gozdyra;Flora I. Matheson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rahim Moineddin
Rahim Moineddin University of Toronto
James R. Dunn
James R. Dunn McMaster University
Richard H. Glazier
Richard H. Glazier University of Toronto
Patricia O'Campo
Patricia O'Campo University of Toronto
Stephen W. Hwang
Stephen W. Hwang University of Toronto
Robert E. Mann
Robert E. Mann Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Hayley Hamilton
Hayley Hamilton Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
John Frank
John Frank University of Edinburgh
Anita J. Gagnon
Anita J. Gagnon McGill University
Ingrid A. Binswanger
Ingrid A. Binswanger Kaiser Permanente

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