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Patricia O'Campo

Patricia O'Campo

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
99
Citations
31055
World Ranking
103
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Canada Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Patricia O'Campo is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple facets of health professions and social sciences, focusing on intersections between public health, sociology, and clinical psychology. Their work broadly addresses health disparities, social determinants of health, and public health policy.

The main fields of study in O'Campo's research include:

  • Health Professions
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their contributions extend particularly into subfields such as:

  • General Health Professions
  • Health
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Epidemiology

O'Campo's research addresses diverse social and health topics, including:

  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Migration, Health and Trauma

Frequent publication venues for O'Campo's work include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • PLoS ONE
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • BMC Public Health
  • International Journal for Equity in Health

Recent significant publications by O'Campo include:

  • "COVID-19 and Precarious Employment: Consequences of the Evolving Crisis" (2021), published in International Journal of Health Services
  • "Intersectoral and multisectoral approaches to health policy: an umbrella review protocol" (2022), published in Health Research Policy and Systems
  • "Trajectories and mental health-related predictors of perceived discrimination and stigma among homeless adults with mental illness" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "Experiences of everyday racism in Toronto's health care system: a concept mapping study" (2021), published in International Journal for Equity in Health
  • "Scoping review of the World Health Organization's underlying equity discourses: apparent ambiguities, inadequacy, and contradictions" (2021), published in International Journal for Equity in Health

O'Campo frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable co-authors include:

  • Carles Muntaner
  • Stephen W. Hwang
  • Virginia Gunn
  • Vicky Stergiopoulos
  • Arjumand Siddiqi

In recognition of their contributions to research, O'Campo was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018, under the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Intimate partner violence and physical health consequences

    Jacquelyn C. Campbell;Alison Snow Jones;Jacqueline Dienemann;Jacqueline Dienemann;Joan Kub

  • The Development of a Standardized Neighborhood Deprivation Index

    Lynne C. Messer;Lynne C. Messer;Barbara A. Laraia;Jay S. Kaufman;Janet Eyster

  • Socioeconomic Position and Major Mental Disorders

    Carles Muntaner;William W. Eaton;Richard Miech;Patricia O’Campo

  • Neighborhood risk factors for low birthweight in Baltimore: a multilevel analysis.

    Patricia O'Campo;Xiaonan Xue;Mei Cheng Wang;Margaret O. Brien Caughy

  • The Influence of Racial Socialization Practices on the Cognitive and Behavioral Competence of African American Preschoolers

    Margaret O Brien Caughy;Patricia J. O'Campo;Suzanne M. Randolph;Kim Nickerson

  • An Introduction to Concept Mapping as a Participatory Public Health Research Method

    Jessica G. Burke;Patricia J. O'Campo;Geri L. Peak;Andrea Carlson Gielen

  • Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up study

    Stephen W Hwang;Russell Wilkins;Michael Tjepkema;Patricia J O’Campo

  • When being alone might be better: neighborhood poverty, social capital, and child mental health.

    Margaret O Brien Caughy;Patricia J. O'Campo;Carles Muntaner

  • Invited Commentary: Advancing Theory and Methods for Multilevel Models of Residential Neighborhoods and Health

    Patricia O’Campo

  • Breast-feeding and infant illness: a dose-response relationship?

    J Raisler;C Alexander;P O'Campo

  • Violence by male partners against women during the childbearing year: a contextual analysis.

    Patricia J. O'Campo;Andrea Carlson Gielen;Ruth R. Faden;Xiaonan Xue

  • PSOC in community context: multi-level correlates of a measure of psychological sense of community in low-income, urban neighborhoods

    Anne E. Brodsky;Patricia J. O'Campo;Robert E. Aronson

  • Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention.

    Adam J. Wolfberg;Adam J. Wolfberg;Karin B. Michels;Karin B. Michels;Wendy Shields;Patricia O'Campo

  • Women's disclosure of HIV status: experiences of mistreatment and violence in an urban setting.

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Patricia O'Campo;Ruth R. Faden;Agatha Eke

  • Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Violence in China

    Xiao Xu;Fuchun Zhu;Patricia J. O'Campo;Michael A. Koenig

  • Quality of life among women living with HIV: The importance violence, social support, and self care behaviors

    A.C Gielen;K.A McDonnell;A.W Wu;P O’Campo

  • Neighborhood deprivation and preterm birth among non-Hispanic Black and White women in eight geographic areas in the United States.

    Patricia O'Campo;Jessica G. Burke;Jessica G. Burke;Jennifer Culhane;Irma T. Elo

  • Implementing successful intimate partner violence screening programs in health care settings: evidence generated from a realist-informed systematic review

    Patricia J. O'Campo;Maritt Kirst;Charoula Tsamis;Catharine Chambers

  • Neighborhood Matters: Racial Socialization of African American Children

    Margaret O'Brien Caughy;Saundra Murray Nettles;Patricia J. O'Campo;Kimberly Fraleigh Lohrfink

  • Interpersonal conflict and physical violence during the childbearing year

    Andrea Carlson Gielen;Patricia J. O'Campo;Ruth R. Faden;Nancy E. Kass

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Carlson Gielen
Andrea Carlson Gielen Johns Hopkins University
Carles Muntaner
Carles Muntaner University of Toronto
Stephen W. Hwang
Stephen W. Hwang University of Toronto
Jessica G. Burke
Jessica G. Burke University of Pittsburgh
Ruth R. Faden
Ruth R. Faden Johns Hopkins University
Flora I. Matheson
Flora I. Matheson University of Toronto
Nancy E. Kass
Nancy E. Kass Johns Hopkins University
Jacquelyn C. Campbell
Jacquelyn C. Campbell Johns Hopkins University
James R. Dunn
James R. Dunn McMaster University
Jay S. Kaufman
Jay S. Kaufman McGill University

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