Paul Kershaw, University of British Columbia

Research

Health In All Policies Social Determinants Of Health Advocacy Coalition Framework Covid Recovery Health Political Science Healthy Public Policy Quality Of Life Frameworks Social-To-Medical Spending Ratio

Latest papers

Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study.
BMJ public health · 2024
Framing climate change as a human health issue: enough to tip the scale in climate policy?
The Lancet. Planetary health · 2021 · senior author
A "health in all policies" review of Canadian public finance.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2020 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Applying Research about the Social/Medical Spending Ratio to Federal and Provincial Budget Allocations Between Ministries
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$684,675
Applying "Health in All Policies" to Federal & Provincial Government Budget Allocations Between Ministries
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$315,563
Uncovering political knowledge-to-action strategies to improve ecological determinants of health
CIHR · 2019 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 7 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study.

MacLellan C, Kershaw P, Kneebone RD, McLaren L, Reiman T, Urquhart R, Dutton DJ

BMJ public health2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000858 PMID: 40018099

02

Framing climate change as a human health issue: enough to tip the scale in climate policy?

Rossa-Roccor V, Giang A, Kershaw P

The Lancet. Planetary health2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(21)00113-3 PMID: 34390673

03

A "health in all policies" review of Canadian public finance.

Kershaw P

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-019-00291-4 PMID: 32077002

04

The reallocation challenge: Containing Canadian medical care spending to invest in the social determinants of health.

Smith N, Mitton C, Kershaw P

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2016Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/cjph.107.5184 PMID: 27348100

05

Selection of area-level variables from administrative data: an intersectional approach to the study of place and child development.

Kershaw P, Forer B

Health & place2010First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.008 PMID: 20089438

Applying Research about the Social/Medical Spending Ratio to Federal and Provincial Budget Allocations Between Ministries

Nominated PICIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kershaw, Paul W; Hennessy, Trish

Keywords: Advocacy Coalition Framework; Covid Recovery; Health In All Policies; Health Political Science; Healthy Public Policy; Knowledge To Action; Quality Of Life Frameworks; Social Determinants Of Health; Social-To-Medical Spending Ratio; Wellbeing Budgets

$684,675

Applying "Health in All Policies" to Federal & Provincial Government Budget Allocations Between Ministries

Nominated PICIHR2022Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kershaw, Paul W; Hennessy, Trish

Keywords: Advocacy Coalition Framework; Covid Recovery; Health In All Policies; Health Political Science; Healthy Public Policy; Knoweldge To Action; Quality Of Life Frameworks; Social Determinants Of Health; Social-To-Medical Spending Ratio; Wellbeing Budgets

$315,563

Uncovering political knowledge-to-action strategies to improve ecological determinants of health

SupervisorCIHR2019Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Rossa-Roccor, Verena

Keywords: Ecological Determinants Of Health; Health Political Science; Knowledge Mobilization Scholarship

$105,000

CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Generational Equity & Health

Nominated PICIHR2013Applied Public Health Chair - LOI

Principal investigators: Kershaw, Paul W

Keywords: Children; Citizen Engagement; Generational Equity; Health Equity Over The Lifecourse; Health In All Policies; Including Healthy Aging; Inequitable Distribution Of Political Power; Knowledge Translation; Mentoring; Population And Public Health Economics; Social Determinants Of Health; Youth And Families

A Canada that works for all generations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Public Outreach Grant Open Category

Principal investigators: Kershaw, Paul W.

Keywords: intergenerational equity; Canadian family policy in international perspective; citizen engagement

$140,280

Canadian family benefit packages in international context

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kershaw, Paul W.

Keywords: canadian federal and provincial family policy; international welfare regimes; social care; labour supply; gender equality; child development

$89,970

Community-level determinants of early development: a cross-national study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007International Opportunities Fund

Principal investigators: Kershaw, Paul W.

Keywords: international comparative family policy; neighbourhood effects; child development

$65,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

School of Population and Public Health
Community Health Sciences
Medicine
Oncology
Other

Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Tony Reiman

Oncology

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Tony Reiman

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Craig Mitton

School of Population and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Lindsay Mclaren

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Robin Urquhart

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health In All Policies Dear Professor Kershaw, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Applying Research about the Social/Medical Spending Ratio to Federal and Provincial Budget Allocations Between Ministries" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]