Browsing Health (Faculty of) by Author "Driezen, Pete"
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Contraband Cigarette Purchasing from First Nation reserves in Ontario and Quebec: Findings from the 2002–2014 ITC Canada Survey
Driezen, Pete; Guindon, G. Emmanuel; Hammond, David; Thompson, Mary E.; Quah, Anne C.K.; Fong, Geoffrey T. (Elsevier, 2020-01)Backround: The availability of contraband cigarettes provides incentives for price-sensitive smokers to reduce their monetary costs of smoking. The objectives of this study were to examine whether Canadian smokers’ geographic ... -
Forecasting the Local Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and the Effects of Prevention Programs Using Spatial Microsimulation: Development and Use of the TropISM Model
Driezen, Pete (University of Waterloo, 2017-01-17)Simulation modelling has become an important tool in social science research, though such models are less commonly used in population health. Spatial microsimulation models provide a unique way to estimate health outcomes ...