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K. Bruce Newbold

K. Bruce Newbold

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
7771
World Ranking
5017
National Ranking
301

Overview

K. Bruce Newbold is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and specializes primarily in social sciences. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including sociology and political science, transportation, general health professions, physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation, and physiology.

Their scholarly work covers main topics such as urban transport and accessibility, older adults driving studies, migration and labor dynamics, employment and welfare studies, transportation and mobility innovations, health disparities and outcomes, and physical activity and health.

Newbold has contributed extensively to academic literature, with numerous publications appearing frequently in venues such as:

  • Growth and Change (8 publications)
  • Journal of Transport Geography (4 publications)
  • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (3 publications)
  • Findings (3 publications)
  • Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes (3 publications)

They are also an author of a book published by Springer International Publishing titled The Economic Geography of Cross-Border Migration (2020), which has garnered citations within the academic community.

Among the recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Newbold are:

  • Understanding the Healthy Immigrant Effect in the Context of Mental Health Challenges: A Systematic Critical Review, 2021, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
  • To drive or not to drive: Driving cessation amongst older adults in rural and small towns in Canada, 2020, Journal of Transport Geography
  • Factors Associated with Travel Behavior of Millennials and Older Adults: A Scoping Review, 2020, Sustainability
  • 'Mobility work': Older adults' experiences using public transportation, 2021, Journal of Transport Geography
  • Older adults and their willingness to use semi and fully autonomous vehicles: A structural equation analysis, 2021, Journal of Transport Geography

Newbold frequently collaborates with several researchers who have co-authored multiple publications alongside them, including:

  • Shaila Jamal
  • Darren M. Scott
  • Rebecca Ganann
  • Ayse Kuspinar
  • Sarah Neil-Sztramko

Best Publications

  • Spatial analysis of air pollution and mortality in Los Angeles.

    Michael Jerrett;Richard T. Burnett;Renjun Ma;C. Arden Pope

  • Self-rated health within the Canadian immigrant population: risk and the healthy immigrant effect

    K. Bruce Newbold

  • Health status and Canada's immigrant population.

    K Bruce Newbold;Jeff Danforth

  • Transport mobility benefits and quality of life: A time-use perspective of elderly Canadians

    Jamie E.L. Spinney;Darren M. Scott;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Travel behavior within Canada’s older population: a cohort analysis

    K. Bruce Newbold;Darren M. Scott;Jamie E.L. Spinney;Pavlos Kanaroglou

  • Elderly Mobility: Demographic and Spatial Analysis of Trip Making in the Hamilton CMA, Canada:

    Antonio Paez;Darren M Scott;Dimitris Potoglou;Pavlos Kanaroglou

  • Understanding the Healthy Immigrant Effect in the Context of Mental Health Challenges: A Systematic Critical Review

    Sarah Elshahat;Tina Moffat;K Bruce Newbold

  • Exploring socio-cultural factors that mediate, facilitate, & constrain the health and empowerment of refugee youth

    Sara Edge;K. Bruce Newbold;Marie McKeary

  • Problems in Search of Solutions: Health and Canadian Aboriginals

    K. Bruce Newbold

  • Equitable access to health care: Methodological extensions to the analysis of physician utilization in Canada

    Stephen Birch;John Eyles;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Chronic Conditions and the Healthy Immigrant Effect: Evidence from Canadian Immigrants

    K. Bruce Newbold

  • Counting migrants and migrations: comparing lifetime and fixed-interval return and onward migration.

    K. Bruce Newbold

  • Cultural Dimensions of Food Insecurity among Immigrants and Refugees

    Tina Moffat;Charlene Mohammed;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Return and Onwards Migration in Canada and Australia: Evidence From Fixed Interval Data

    K. Bruce Newbold;Martin Bell

  • Forecasting Ontario's blood supply and demand.

    Adam Drackley;K. Bruce Newbold;Antonio Paez;Nancy Heddle

  • Equity in health care: Methodological contributions to the analysis of hospital utilization within Canada

    K.Bruce Newbold;John Eyles;Stephen Birch

  • Factors influencing commute distance: a case study of Toronto's commuter shed

    Jeffrey J. Axisa;Darren M. Scott;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Immigrant women and cervical cancer screening uptake: A multilevel analysis

    Kelly J. Woltman;K. Bruce Newbold

  • Health Care Use and the Canadian Immigrant Population

    K. Bruce Newbold

  • Transport policy and the provision of mobility options in an aging society: a case study of Ontario, Canada

    Ruben Mercado;Antonio Páez;K. Bruce Newbold

  • New Insights into Senior Travel Behavior: The Canadian Experience

    Darren M. Scott;Kenneth Bruce Newbold;Jamie E.L. Spinney;Ruben Mercado

Frequent Co-Authors

Darren M. Scott
Darren M. Scott McMaster University
Antonio Páez
Antonio Páez McMaster University
Stephen Birch
Stephen Birch University of Queensland
John Eyles
John Eyles University of the Witwatersrand
Allison Williams
Allison Williams McMaster University
Jan M. Sargeant
Jan M. Sargeant University of Guelph
Susan J. Elliott
Susan J. Elliott University of Waterloo
Michael Jerrett
Michael Jerrett University of California, Los Angeles
Caroline B. Moore
Caroline B. Moore University of Manchester
Eugenia E. Calle
Eugenia E. Calle American Cancer Society

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