Publications by authors named "Kirk J Hepburn"

Background: Rising housing prices are becoming a top public health priority and are an emerging concern for policy makers and community leaders. This report reviews and synthesizes evidence examining the association between changes in housing price and health outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review by searching the SCOPUS and PubMed databases for keywords related to housing price and health.

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Neoliberal ideology is linked to poorer collective health and well-being. At the individual level, however, neoliberal beliefs may actually promote self-efficacy, self-esteem, and self-reliance. We examined the effects of three beliefs underlying neoliberalism-() Personal Wherewithal, () Natural Competition, and () Anti-Government Interference-to understand the unique pathways by which neoliberalism affects health and well-being at the individual level.

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This study examines encounters between youth and police to identify individual, contextual, and social factors that predict the outcome of these encounters. Young people aged 16-30 years were surveyed between May 2017 and June 2018 in three non-metropolitan cities across British Columbia, Canada. Outcomes were analysed using multinomial logistic generalized estimating equations.

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