Quantifying the magnitude of environmental exposure misclassification when using imprecise address proxies in public health research

Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-67

  Healy, Martin A ^a   Gilliland, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Environmental health; Geocoding; Geographic information systems; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859216048     PISSN: 18775845     EISSN: 18775853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sste.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. Acharya A., Nyirenda J., Higgs G., Bloomfield M., Cruz-Flores S., Connor L., et al. Distance from home to hospital and thrombolytic utilization for acute ischemic stroke. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2011, 20(4):295-301.
2. Anselin L. How (not) to lie with spatial statistics. Am J Prev Med 2006, 30(2):S3-S6.
3. Apparicio P., Cloutier M., Shearmur R. The case of Montréal's missing food deserts: evaluation of accessibility to food supermarkets. Int J Health Geog 2007, 6(4):12.
4. Apparicio P., Abdelmajid M., Riva M., Shearmur R. Comparing alternative approaches to measuring the geographical accessibility of urban health services: distance types and aggregation-error issues. Int J Health Geogr 2008, 7(7).
5. Austin S., Melly S., Sanchez B., Patel A., Buka S., Gortmaker A. Clustering of fast-food restaurants around schools: a novel application of spatial statistics to the study of food environments. Am J Public Health 2005, 95(9):1575-1581.
6. Bjork J., Albin M., Grahn P., Jacobsson H., Ardo J., Wadbro J., et al. Recreational values of the natural environment in relation to neighbourhood satisfaction, physical activity, obesity and wellbeing. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008, 62(2).
7. Bonner M., Daikwon H., Nie J., Rogerson P., Vena J., Freudenheim J. Positional accuracy of geocoded addresses in epidemiologic research. Epidemiology 2003, 14:408-412.
8. Bow C., Jennifer D., Waters N., Faris P., Seidel J., Galbraith D., et al. Accuracy of city postal code coordinates as a proxy for location of residence. Int J Health Geogr 2004, 3(5).
9. Brownson R., Hoehner C., Day K., Forsyth A., Sallis J. Measuring the built environment for physical activity: state of the science. Am J Prev Med 2009, 36(S4):S99-S123.
10. Cayo M., Talbot T. Positional error in automated geocoding of residential addresses. Int J Health Geogr 2003, 2(10).
11. Parcels, buildings, address points, and health facilities GIS files [DVD] 2010, City of London, Geomatics Division, London (ON).
12. Cudnick M., Schmicke R., Vaillancourt C., Newgard C., Christenson J., Davis, et al. A geospatial assessment of transport distance and survival to discharge in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients: Implications for resuscitation centers. Resuscitation 2010, 81:518-523.
13. DMTI Spatial Inc. Database of postal code centroids and street centerline GIS files [Internet], Ottawa(On);2009. Available from. http://equinox.uwo.ca.
14. Fotheringham S. Scale-independent spatial analysis. Accuracy of spatial data 1989, 221-228. Taylor & Francis, London. M. Goodchild, S. Gopal (Eds.).
15. Gilliland J. The Built environment and obesity: trimming waistlines through neighbourhood design. In: Bunting, Filion, Walker, editors. Canadian cities in transition. 4th ed. Oxford Univ Press; 2010. p. 391-410.
16. Goldberg D. A Geocoding Best Practices Guide. Springfield, IL North Am Assoc Cent Cancer Registries;2008.
17. Henry K., Boscoe F. Estimating the accuracy of geographical imputation. Int J Health Geogr 2008, 7(3).
18. Jacquez G., Rommel R. Local indicators of geocoding accuracy (LIGA): theory and application. Int J Health Geogr 2009, 8(60).
19. Jones A., Bentham G., Horwell C. Health service accessibility and deaths from asthma in 401 local authority districts in England and Wales, 1988-92. Thorax 1997, 52:218-222.
20. Larsen K., Gilliland J. Mapping the evolution of 'food deserts' in a Canadian city: supermarket accessibility in London, Ontario, 1961-2005. Int J Health Geogr 2008, 7(16).
21. Larsen K., Gilliland J., Hess P., Tucker P., Irwin J., He M. The influence of the physical environment and sociodemographic characteristics on children's mode of travel to and from school. Am J Public Health 2009, 99(3):520-526.
22. Lee R., Cubbin C., Winkleby M. Contribution of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and physical activity resources to physical activity among women. J Epidemiol Community Health 2007, 61:882-890.
23. Maroko A., Maantay J., Sohler N., Grady K., Arno P. The complexities of measuring access to parks and physical activity sites in New York city: a quantitative and qualitative approach. Int J Health Geogr 2009, 8(34).
24. Middlesex County. Database of parcels, address point, aerial photos, and health facilities GIS files [DVD]. London (ON): Middlesex County Planning Dept.;2011.
25. Middlesex-London Health Unit. Database of food retailers [DVD].London (ON): Middlesex County Food Inspection Dept.;2010.
26. Morland K., Evenson K. Obesity prevalence and the local food environment. Health Place 2009, 15:491-495.
27. Muller S., Tscharaktschiew S., Haase K. Travel-to-school mode choice modelling and patterns of school choice in urban areas. J Transport Geog 2008, 16:342-357.
28. Nicholl J., West J., Goodacre S., Turner J. The relationship between distance to hospital and patient mortality in emergencies: an observational study. Emerg Med J 2007, 24:665-668.
29. Panter J., Jones A., van Sluijs E., Griffin S. Attitudes, social support and environmental perceptions as predictors of active commuting behaviour in school children. J Epidemiol Community Health 2009, 61:389-395.
30. Pearce J., Hiscok R., Blakely T., Witten K. The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption. J Epidemiol Community Health 2008, 62:198-201.
31. Rushton G., Armstrong M., Gittler J., Greene B., Pavlik C., West M., Zimmerman D. Geocoding in Cancer Research. Am J Prev Med 2006, 30(2):S16-S24.
32. Sadler R., Gilliland J., Arku G. An application of the edge effect in measuring accessibility to multiple food retailer types in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Int J Health Geogr 2011, 10:34.
33. Sarmiento O.L., Schmid T.L., Parra D.C., Diaz-del-Castillo A., Gomez L.F., Pratt M., Jacoby E., Pinzon J.D., Duperly J. Quality of life, physical activity, and built environment characteristics among Columbian adults. J Phys Act Health 2010, 2010 7(S2):S181-S195.
34. Schlossberg M., Greene J., Phillips P., Johnson B., Barker B. School trips: effects of urban form and distance on travel mode. Am Plann Assoc: J Am Plann Assoc 2006, 72(3):337-346.
35. Schootman M., Sterling D., Struthersa J., Yan Y., Laboubea T., Emo B., et al. Positional accuracy and geographic bias of four methods of geocoding in epidemiologic research. Ann Epidemiol 2007, 17(6):464-470.
36. Sharkey J. Measuring potential access to food stores and food-service places in rural areas in the US. Am J Prev Med 2009, 36(4):S151-S155.
37. Statistics Canada. Census boundary files [Internet]. Ottawa (On); Data Liberation Initiative;c2006. Available from. http://equinox.uwo.ca.
38. Statistics Canada. Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin 2011. Available from. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/.
39. Strickland M., Siffel C., Gardner B., Berzen A., Correa A. Quantifying geocode location error using GIS methods. Environ Health 2007, 6:10.
40. Talen E. Neighborhoods as service providers: a methodology for evaluating pedestrian access. Environ Plann B Plann Des 2003, 30(2):181-200.
41. Tucker P., Irwin J., Gillliland J., Larsen K., He M., Hess P. Environmental influences on physical activity levels in youth. Health Place 2008, 15(1):357-363.
42. Wang M., Kim S., Gonzalez A., MacLeod K., Winkleby M. Socioeconomic and food-related physical characteristics of the neighbourhood environment are associated with body mass index. J Epidemiol Community Health 2007, 61:491-498.
43. Ward M., Nuckols J., Giglierano J., Bonner M., Wolter C., Airola M., et al. Positional accuracy of two methods of geocoding. Epidemiology 2005, 16(4):542-547.
44. Wolch J., Jerrett M., Reynolds K., McConnell R., Chang R., Dahmann N., Brady K., Gilliland F., Su J.G., Berhane K. Childhood obesity and proximity to parks and recreational resources: a longitudinal cohort study. Health Place 2010, 17(1):207-214.
45. Zandbergen P., Green J. Error and bias in determining exposure potential of children at school locations using proximity-based GIS techniques. Environ Health Perspect 2007, 115(9):1363-1370.
46. Zandbergen P. A comparison of address point, parcel and street geocoding techniques. Comput Environ Urban Syst 2008, 32(3):214-232.