Isaac Luginaah, PhD

Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair

My broad area of research interest includes environment and health, population health and GIS applications in health. My work involves an integrative understanding of the broad determinants of the population health and the evidence of environment and health linkages. I am specifically interested in the human health impacts of environmental exposure and recent work in this area involves examining the links between ambient air quality and health in Southwestern Ontario. I am also involved in HIV/AIDS research in Africa, specifically Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria.

Department of Geography Western University London, ON, N6A 5C2 Office: 1409, Social Science Centre Tel: 519-661-2111; Ext. 86944 Fax: 519-661-3750 Email: iluginaa@uwo.ca

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 

 Taabazuing, J., Luginaah, I. N. and Djietror, G.  Mining, Conflicts and Livelihood Struggles in a Dysfunctional Policy Environment: The Case of Wassa West District, Ghana. African Geographical Review. Forthcoming.

 Armah, F. A., Luginaah, I. N. and Obiri, S. Assessing Environmental Exposure and Health Impacts of Gold Mining in Ghana. Toxicology & Environmental Chemistry. Forthcoming.

 Arku, G., Luginaah, I. and Mkandawire, P. “You Either Pay More Advance Rent or You Move”: Landlord and Tenants Dilemmas in Low-income Housing Market in Accra, Ghana. Urban Studies. Forthcoming.

Mkandawire, P., Tenkorang, E. and Luginaah, I. Orphanhood and time to first sex among adolescents in Malawi. AIDS & Behaviour. Forthcoming.

Luginaah, I. N., Gorey, K. M., Oiamo, T. H., Tang, K. X., Holowaty, E. J., Hamm, C. and Wright, F. C. A Geographical Analysis of Breast Cancer Clustering in Southern Ontario: Generating Hypotheses on Environmental Influences. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. Forthcoming.

Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I. and Tobias, J. Landscapes of economic deprivation and locally distilled liquor (kachasu): An emerging milieu of HIV/AIDS risk in urban Northern Malawi. Environment and Planning, A. Forthcoming.

Whaling, M., Luginaah, I., Reid, G., Hekmat, S., Thind, A., Mwanga, J. and Changalucha, J. Perceptions of Probiotics for Health and Nutrition in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. Forthcoming.

Armah, F., Luginaah, I., Kuitunen, M. and Mkandawire, P. (2012) Ecological Health Status of the Fosu Lagoon, Southern Ghana II: Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment. Ecosystem & Ecography, 2:1.

Armah, F., Kuitunen, M., Luginaah, I. and Mkandawire, P. (2012) Non Occupational Health Risk Assessment from Exposure to Chemical Contaminants in the Gold Mining Environment of Tarkwa, Ghana. Trends in Applied Sciences Research, 7(3): 181-185.

Miller, L., Xu, X., Wheeler, A., Atari, D. O., Grgicak-Mannion, A. and Luginaah, I. N. (2011) Spatial variability and application of ratios between BTEX in two Canadian cities. The Scientific World, 11: 2536-2549.

Dixon, J., Tenkorang, E. and Luginaah, I. (2011) Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: Helping the Poor or Leaving Them Behind? Environment and Planning, C: Government and Policy, 29: 1102-115.

Odoi, J.O., Armah, F. A., Luginaah, I. (2011) Assessment of spatial variability of heavy metals in soils under the influence of soap and detergent waste water discharge. International Journal of Research and Reviews in Applied Sciences, 9(2):322-329.

Oiamo, T. H., Luginaah, I. N., Atari, D. O. and Gorey, M. K. (2011) Air pollution and general practitioner access and utilization: A population based study in Sarnia, ‘Chemical Valley,’ Ontario. Environmental Health, 10: 71.

Arku, G., Luginaah, I. N., Mkandawire, P., Baiden, P. and Asiedu, A. B. (2011) Housing and Health in Three Contrasting Neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. Social Science and Medicine,72: 1864-1872.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Hamm, C., Balagurusamy, M., & Holowaty, E. J. (2011) Physician supplies and breast cancer care in Ontario and California, 1998 to 2006. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, 16(2): 47-54.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Bartfay, E., Fung, K. Y., Holowaty, E. J., Wright, F. C., Hamm, C., Kanjeekal, S. M. & Balagurusamy, M. (2011). Association of Physician Supply with Colon Cancer in Ontario and California. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 56: 523–531.

Baiden, P., Arku, G., Luginaah, I. and Asiedu, A. B. (2011) An Assessment of Residents' Housing Satisfaction and Coping in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Public Health, 19(1): 29-37.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Bartfay, E., Fung, K. Y., Holowaty, E. J., Wright, F., Hamm, C. and Kanjeekal, S. M. (2011) Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Colon Cancer Treatment Accessibility and Survival in Toronto, Ontario, and San Francisco, California, 1996-2006. American Journal of Public Health, 101: 112-119.

Atari, O., Luginaah, I. and Baxter, J. (2011) "This is the mess that we are living in”: Residents everyday life experiences of living in a stigmatized community. GeoJournal, 76: 483-450.

Luginaah, I. and Otiso, K. M. (2010) Football in Africa: The Impact of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Africa Geographical Review, 29(2): 5-11.Editorial

Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I. and Bezner-Kerr, R. (2010) Deadly Divide: Malawi's Policy Debate on HIV/AIDS and Condoms. Policy Sciences, 44(1): 81-102.

Gorey, K. M., Fung, K. Y., Luginaah, I. N., Holowaty, E. J. and Hamm, C. (2010) Income and Long-Term Breast Cancer Survival: Comparisons of Vulnerable Urban Places in Ontario and California. The Breast Journal, 16: 416-419.

Smith, K., Luginaah, I. and Lockridge, A. (2010) ‘Contaminated’ Therapeutic Landscape: The Case of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Ontario, Canada. Geography Research Forum, 30: 83-102. Forthcoming.

Luginaah, I. Arku, G. and Baiden, P. (2010) Housing and Health in Ghana: The Psychosocial Health Impacts of Renting a Home. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 7: 525-545.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Hamm, C., Fung, K. Y. and Holowaty, E. J. (2010) Breast Cancer Care in the United States and Canada: Ecological Comparisons of Relatively Impoverished and Affluent Urban Neighborhoods. Health & Place,16: 156–163.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Fung, K. Y., Bartfay, E., Hamm, C., Wright, F. C., Balagurusamy, M., & Holowaty, E. J. (2010). Association of physician supply with breast cancer survival in Ontario. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 23(1): 104-108.

Tomkpins, J. W., Luginaah, I. N., Booth, G. L. and Harris, S. B. (2010) The Geography of Diabetes in London, Canada: The Need for Local Level Policy for Prevention and Management. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 7: 2407-2422.

Luginaah, I., Smith, K. and Lockridge, A. (2010) Surrounded by Chemical Valley and “Living in a Bubble”: The Case of the of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Ontario. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 53(3): 353-370.

Atari, O., Luginaah, I. and Fung, K. (2009) The Relationship between Odour Annoyance Scores and Modelled Ambient Air Pollution in Sarnia, “Chemical Valley”, Ontario.  International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 6: 2655-2675.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Holowaty, E. J., Fung, K. Y. and Hamm, C. (2009) Wait times for initial surgical and adjuvant treatment of breast cancer in Canada and the United States: Evidence of greater socioeconomic inequity in America. Clinical and Investigative Medicine, 32 (3): E239-E249.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Holowaty, E. J., Fung, K. Y. and Hamm, C. (2009) Associations of Physician Supplies with Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival in Ontario, 1988 to 2006. Cancer, 115: 3563-3570.

Atari, O.and Luginaah, I. (2009) Assessing the distribution of volatile organic compounds using land use regression in Sarnia, "Chemical Valley", Ontario, Canada. Environmental Health, 8: 16.

Luginaah, I. (2009) Health Geography in Canada: Where are we headed? The Canadian Geographer, 53(1): 89-97.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Holowaty, E. J., Fung, K.Y. and Hamm, C. (2009) Breast cancer survival in  Ontario and California, 1998 to 2006: Socioeconomic inequality remains much greater in America. Annals of Epidemiology, 19: 121-124.

Miller, L., Xu, X. and Luginaah, I. (2009) Spatial Variability of VOC Concentrations in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 72: 1-15.

An, L., Nkurunziza, S., Fung, K. Y., Krewski, D. and Luginaah, I. (2009) Shrinkage Estimation in General Linear Models. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 53(7): 2537-2549.

Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., Schwartz, K. L., Fung, K. Y., Balagurusamy, M., Bartfay, E., Wright, F. C., Anucha, U. and Parsons, R  R. (2009) Increased racial group breast cancer care and survival differentials in America: Historical evidence consistent with a health insurance hypothesis, 1975 to 2001. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 113: 595-600.              

Atari, O., Luginaah, I., Xu, I. and Fung, K. (2008) Spatial Variability of Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulphur Dioxide in Sarnia, “Chemical Valley”, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 71: 1572-1581.

Luginaah I. N. (2008) Local Gin (Akpeteshie) and HIV/AIDS in the Upper West Region of Ghana: The Need for Preventive Health Policy. Health & Place, 14: 804-814.

Gorey, K. M., Fung, K. Y., Luginaah, I. N., Bartfay, E., Hamm, C., Wright, F. C.,  Balagurusamy, M., Mohammad, A., Holowaty, E. and Tang, K. X. (2008) Cancer Survival in Ontario, 1986 to 2003: Evidence of Equitable Advances Across Most Diverse Urban and Rural Places. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 99(1): 12-16.

Landry, T., Luginaah, I., Maticka-Tyndale, E. and Elkins, D. (2007) Orphans in Nyanza, Kenya: Coping with the Struggles of Everyday Life in the Context of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 8(1): 75-98.

Fung, K., Luginaah, I. and Gorey, K. (2007) Impact of air pollution on hospital admissions in Southwestern Ontario, Canada: Generating hypotheses in sentinel high-exposure places. Environmental Health, 6: 18.

Luginaah, I. N., Maticka-Tyndale, E., Kairi, W., Wildish, J. and Brouillard-Coyle, C. (2007) Extending HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts in Kenya: Primary Schools as Community-Based Organizations. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 25(3): 439-456.

Brophy, J. T., Keith, M. M., Gorey, K., Laukkanen, E., Luginaah, I., Abu-Zahra, H., Watterson, A. E., Hellyer, D. J., Reinhartz, A. and Park, R. M. (2007) Cancer and construction: what occupational histories in a Canadian community reveal. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 13(1): 33-38.

Luginaah, I. N., Xu, I., Fung^, K., Grgicak-Mannion, A., Wintermute, J., Amanda Wheeler, A. and Brook, J. (2006) Establishing the Spatial Variability of Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide in Windsor, Ontario. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 63(4): 487-500.

Brophy, J. T., Keith, M. M., Gorey, K. M., Luginaah, I. N., et al. (2006). Occupational and environmental histories of breast cancer patients: A Canadian case study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,1076: 765–777.

Luginaah, I. N., Fung, K., Gorey, K. and Khan, S. (2006) The Impact of 9/11 on the Association of Ambient Air Pollution With Daily Respiratory Admissions in Canada-US Border City, Windsor, Ontario. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 63(4): 501-514.

Luginaah, I., Yiridoe, E. and Taabazuing, M. (2005) From Mandatory Testing to Voluntary Testing: Balancing Human Rights, Religious and Cultural Values, and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Ghana.  Social Science and Medicine, 61: 1689-1700.

Fung K., Luginaah, I., Gorey K., and Webster, G. (2005) Air Pollution and Daily Hospitalization for Respiratory and Cardiovascular Diseases in London, Ontario. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 62: 677-685.

Luginaah, I., Fung K., Gorey K., Webster, G. and Wills. C. (2005) Association of ambient air pollution levels with respiratory hospitalization in Windsor, Ontario. Environmental Health Perspectives, 113(3): 1-7.

Luginaah, I., Elkins, D., Maticka Tyndale, E., Landry, T. and Muthui, M. (2005) Challenges of a Pandemic : HIV/AIDS Related Problems Affecting Kenyan Widows. Social Science and Medicine, 60: 1219-1228.

Fung K., Luginaah, I., Gorey K . and Webster, G. (2005) Air Pollution and Daily Hospital Admissions for Cardiovascular Diseases and Strokes in Windsor, Ontario. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 96(1): 29-33.

Veenstra, G., Luginaah, I., Wakefield, S., Birch, S., Eyles, J. and Elliott, S. (2005) Who you know, where you live: Social capital, neighbourhood and health. Social Science and Medicine, 60: 2799-2818.

Law, M., Wilson, K., Eyles, J., Elliott, S., Jerrett, M., Moffat, T. and Luginaah, I. (2005) Local level variations in unmet need and access to health care services in Hamilton, Canada. Health and Place, 11: 367-377.

Luginaah I. N., Eyles J. D. and Elliott S. J. (2004) Informing the Development of Decision Support Tools for Risk Management: The Case of Electrical and Magnetic Fields. Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, 47(4): 601-621.

Gorey K. M., Holowaty E. J., Laukkanen E. & Luginaah I. N. (2003) Social Prognostic and Therapeutic Factors Associated With Cancer Survival: A Population Based Study in Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 14(4): 478-488.

Luginaah I. N. and Dakubo C. (2003) Consumption and Impacts of Local Brewed Alcohol (Akpeteshie) in the Upper West Region of Ghana: A Public Health Tragedy. Social Science and Medicine, 57: 1747-1760.

Luginaah I. N., Taylor S. M., Elliott S. J. and Eyles J. D. (2002) Community Reappraisal of the Perceived Health Effects of a Petroleum Refinery. Social Science and Medicine, 55: 47-61.

Luginaah I. N., Taylor S. M., Elliott S. J. and Eyles J. D. (2002) Community Responses and Coping Strategies in the Vicinity of a Petroleum Refinery. Health & Place, 8: 177-190.

Luginaah, I. N., Jerrett, M., Elliott, S., Eyles, J., Parizeau, K., Birch, S., Abernathy, T., Veenstra, G., Hutchinson, B., Giovis, C (2001) Health Profiles of Hamilton: Spatial Characterisation of Neighbourhoods for Health Investigations. GeoJournal, 53: 135-147.

Luginaah I. N., Taylor S. M., Elliott S. J. and Eyles J. D. (2000) A Longitudinal Study of the Community Health Impacts of a Refinery. Social Science and Medicine, 50: 1155-1166.

Luginaah I. N., Kyong-Soon L., Abernathy T. J., Sheehan D. and Webster G. (1999) Variations in perinatal mortality and low birth weight: the contribution of socioeconomic risk factors to outcomes. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 90(6): 377-381.

BOOKS / BOOK CHAPTERS

Luginaah, I. N. and Yanful, E. K. (eds). (2009) Environment and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Managing an Emerging Crisis.  Springer: London.

Luginaah, I. N., Weis, T., Galaa, S., Nkrumah, M. K., Bezner-Kerr, R. and Bagah, D. (2009) Environment, Migration, and Food Security in the Upper West Region of Ghana. In Luginaah, I. N. and Yanful, E. K. (eds). Environment and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Managing an Emerging Crisis (pp. 25-38). Springer: London.

Luginaah I. N. (2005) Coping with the Health Impacts of a Petrochemical Refinery in Oakville, Ontario: The Need for Addressing Residents’ Multiple Layers of Psychosocial Concerns. In Lee, A. V. (Ed.) Psychology of Coping (pp. 169-193). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M., Tang, K. and Oiamo, T. (2011) Developing a Walkability Index based on the Spatial Distribution of Nitrogen Dioxide in Ottawa, Ontario. Submitted to: Health Canada.

 Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M., Tang, K. and Oiamo, T. (2011) Assessing the Distribution of Nitrogen Dioxide Using Land Use Regression in Ottawa, Ontario. Submitted to: Health Canada.

Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M., Tang, K. and Oiamo, T. (2011) Assessing the Distribution of Nitrogen Dioxide Using Land Use Regression in London, Ontario. Submitted to: Health Canada.

Luginaah, I., Buzzelli, M., Mates, A. and Xu, I. (2010) London Spring 2010 NO₂ and SO₂ Monitoring Report. Submitted to: Health Canada.

Luginaah, I. N., Buzzelli, M., Atari, D. O. and Brook, Jeff. (2008) Establishing the Locations for Spatial Air Pollution Monitors in London, Ontario. Submitted to: Health Canada.

Wintermute, J., Grgicak-Mannion, A., Xu, I., and Luginaah, I. N. (2006) City of Windsor Air Quality Study: Four Season Land Use Regressions. Submitted to: Health Canada.

Luginaah, I. N., Xu, I., Fung^, K., Grgicak-Mannion, A. and Wintermute, J. (2005) Establishing the Spatial Variability of Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide in Windsor, Ontario. Submitted to: Health Canada.

Luginaah, I. N. and Maticka-Tyndale E. (2004) Primary Schools as Community Based Organizations. Submitted to: Centre for British Teachers (CfBT). Nairobi Office. Kenya. July.

 Luginaah, I., Maticka‑Tyndale, E., Brouillard-Coyle, C. (2004) Determinants of Schools acting as Community Based Organizations. Submitted to: Centre for British Teachers, Nairobi Office. January 2004.

Luginaah, I. N. (2003) Community-Based Strategies for HIV/AIDS Care and Support in Nyanza,Kenya. Submitted to: Futures Group Europe, Nairobi Office. March.

Taylor S. M., Luginaah I. N., Elliott S. J., Eyles J. D., Walter S. and Streiner D. (1999) A Follow-up Study of Community Health Effects in the Vicinity of Petro Canada Oakville Refinery. Submitted to Halton Region Health Department, Halton, Ontario. June.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Presentations at professional meetings/workshops and others

Kuuire, V. K., Luginaah, I. and Arku, G. "Farming in a strange land": Migrant farmers in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana and their struggles for sustainable livelihood. . Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Dixon, J. and Luginaah, I. "We pay for ourselves and our children": Women's experiences with accessing health care in Ghana's Upper West Region. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Oiamo, T. H., Luginaah, I. and Parr, J. Social sustainability in borderland environments of mobility: a case study in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Luginaah, I. Non-Timber Forest Products, Human Health and Environmental Change: The Case of Ghana. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Le, V. and Luginaah, I. Diffusion of Health Innovations in Under-resourced Communities: Probiotic Yogurt in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Mkandawire, P., Baiden, P. and Asiedu, A. B. Does Housing Demand and Control Predict Self-Reported and Mental Health? Evidence from Accra, Ghana. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Baiden, P. and Kuuire, V. The Psychosocial Stress of Renting a Home in Accra, Ghana. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New York, NY, Feb 24-28, 2012.

Luginaah, I. Emerging landscapes of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 14 February, 2012.

Luginaah, I. Non-Timber Forest Products, Human Health and Environmental Change: The Case of Ghana. UNU-INWEH - Global Environmental Change and Human Health: Healthy Forests for Life Symposium. Verbania, Lake Maggiore, Italy, 19-21 September, 2011.

Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I. and Baxter, J., Growing up alone: Vulnerability of adolescent orphans to HIV/AIDS in Northern Malawi. International Medical Geography Symposium, Durham, UK. 10-15 July 2011.

Kuuire, V. K., Luginaah, I. and Arku, G. Migrant Farmers in Ghana and Challenges to Meeting Food Remittance Obligations. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. May 31 -June 4, 2011.

Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I. and Baxter, J. Orphan Status and Sexual Risk‐Taking among Adolescents in Northern Malawi. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. May 31 -June 4, 2011.

Kuuire, V. K., Arku, G. and Luginaah, I. Keeping with Traditions and Family Responsibilities: The Role of the Food Remittance Process in North-Western Ghana. Canadian Association of African Studies Conference. York University, Toronto, ON. May 5-7, 2011.

Luginaah, I. Environmental Health Challenges in Southern Ontario. Canada Research Chair Lecture Series. Faculty of Social Science, The University of Western Ontario. 21 April, 2011.

Andoniou, E. and Luginaah, I. Women's Empowerment through a Community-based Probiotic Food Project in Rachuonyo District, Kenya. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.

Oiamo, T. H. and Luginaah, I. N. Susceptibility and Air Pollution in Sarnia, Ontario: A Gender Analysis. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.

Dixon, J., Tenkorang, E. and Luginaah, I. Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: Helping the Poor or Leaving them Behind? Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.

Mkandawire, P., Tenkorang, E. and Luginaah, I. Orphan status and time to first sex among adolescents in northern Malawi. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.

Luginaah, I. and Galaa, S. Abandoning the farms in search of food: A Dysfunctional Agricultural/Food Security Policy In Ghana? Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.

Kuuire, V. K., Luginaah, I. and Arku, G. Migration and Food Remittance - A Strategy for Ensuring Household Food Security in Ghana. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 12-16, 2011.

Luginaah, I. Investigating Environment and  Health Linkages in Vulnerable Communities. Dala Lama School of Public Health, University of Toronto, November 1, 2010.

Oiamo, T. H., Atari, D. O. and Luginaah, I. N. Examining health care needs and utilization in Chemical Valley, Ontario. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington DC, April 14-18, 2010.

Dixon, J., Luginaah, I. N. and Mkandawire, P. Green-light, Yellow-light: HPV Vaccinations and Ontario Public Policy. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington DC, April 14-18, 2010.

Tenkorang, E., Luginaah, I. N. and Maticka-Tyndale, E. Determinants of condom use among rural youth in Edo State, Nigeria: Does the school environment matter? Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington DC, April 14-18, 2010.

Tobias, J., Luginaah, I. N. and Richmond, C. Recipe for Disaster - Illicit Alcohol Misuse and Infectious Disease in Ghana's Upper West. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington DC, April 14-18, 2010.

Luginaah, I. Investigating Environment and  Health Linkages in Vulnerable Communities. Dala Lama School of Public Health, University of Toronto, October 26, 2009.

Luginaah, I., Fung, K., Atari, O., Xu, I. and Gorey, K. A Comparison of Odour Annoyance Scores to Estimated Ambient Air Pollution in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. XIIIth International Symposium in Medical Geography. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 12-17 July, 2009.

Andoniou, E., Luginaah, I., Hemsworth, J., Reid, G., Hekmat, S. and Changalucha, J.  

The Impact of Community Produced Probiotic Yoghurt on Health and Nutrition in Mwanza, Tanzania. XIIIth International Symposium in Medical Geography. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 12-17 July, 2009.

Wasley, R. V. and Luginaah, I. HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ukraine: Examining the Attitudes and Perceptions among 'State' Orphans in Internaty. XIIIth International Symposium in Medical Geography. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. 12-17 July, 2009.

Luginaah, N. I. Probiotic Yogurt for Health and Nutrition in Mwanza, Tanzania. Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Summer Institute. Hamilton, Ontario. 9-12 July, 2009

Baiden, P., Luginaah, I., Aseidu, A. B. and Arku, G. Housing and Health in Three Contrasting Neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. Canadian Association of African Studies. May 4 - May 7, 2009. Queens University , Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Mkandawire, P., Tobias, J., Luginaah, I. and Bezner-Kerr, R. Incivility or Masculinity? Illicit Alcohol Consumption and Vulnerability of Youths to HIV Infection in Northern Malawi Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Las Vegas, Nevada. 22-27 March, 2009

Wasley, R. V. and Luginaah, I. HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ukraine: Examining the Attitudes and Perceptions among 'State' Orphans in Internaty. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Las Vegas, Nevada. 22-27 March, 2009

Mkandawire, P., Luginaah, I. and Tobias, J. Dialogue of the Deaf: HIV/AIDS Policy Debate in the Malawi National Assembly. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Las Vegas, Nevada. 22-27 March, 2009

Arku, G., Luginaah, I., Baiden, P. and Aseidu, A. B. Housing and Health in Three Contrasting Neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Las Vegas, Nevada. 22-27 March, 2009

Luginaah, I. Abandoning the farms in search of food: Distress migration from the Upper West Region of Ghana. March 4, 2009. UN-McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Luginaah, I., Weis, A., Galaa, S., Bezner Kerr, R. and Bagah, D. Abandoning the farms in search of food: Distress migration from the Upper West Region of Ghana. International EcoHealth Forum. Merida, Mexico. December 1-5 2008.

Luginaah, I., Atari, O., Xu, I., Miller, I. L. and Fung, K. The relationship between exposure and health effects in “Chemical Valley”, Sarnia, Ontario. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. University of Laval, Quebec City. May 20 – May 24, 2008.

Luginaah, I., Weis, A., Galaa, S., Bezner Kerr, R. and Bagah, D. Abandoning the farms in search of food: Distress migration from the Upper West Region of Ghana. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, MA. Forthcoming: 15-19 April, 2008 

Atari, O., Luginaah, I. Residents’ everyday lives and copying strategies in Sarnia, ‘Chemical Valley’, Ontario. Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) Conference. June 1 – 4^th 2008. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

Atari, O., Luginaah, I., Xu, I. and Fung, K. Association between estimated ambient air pollution and health effects in Sarnia, "Chemical Valley", Ontario. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, MA. Forthcoming: 15-19 April, 2008 

Whaling, M. and Luginaah, I. Determinants of Project Implementation Using the Community Readiness Theoretical Model in the Nyakato (Mahina) District, Mwanza Tanzania. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, MA. Forthcoming: 15-19 April, 2008 

Bhoi, N., Baxter, J., Gilliland, J., Luginaah, I. and Buzzelli, M. Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Equity in five major Census Metropolitan Areas in Canada. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, MA. Forthcoming: 15-19 April, 2008 

Luginaah, I. Investigating environment and health linkages in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. Aamjiwnaang Environmental Health Symposium, Sarnia, Ontario. March 25 to 27, 2008. 

Luginaah, I. Investigating environment and health linkages in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. January 18, 2008.

Isaac Luginaah, Odwa Atari, Iris Xu, Karen Fung. Environment and Health in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. XII^th International Medical Geography Symposium, Bonn, Germany, July 9-13, 2007.

Isaac N. Luginaah, Tony Weis, Sylvester Galaa, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Matthew Nkrumah, Daniel Bagah. Environment, Migration, Health and Food Security in the Upper West Region of Ghana. First International Conference on Environment Research, Technology and Policy. Accra, Ghana. July 16-19, 2007

Isaac Luginaah, Odwa Atari, Iris Xu, Karen Fung. Investigating Environment and Health Linkages in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. University of Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK. May 29 -June 2, 2007.

Isaac Luginaah, Jason Gilliland, Kathy Tang. GIS-based Floating Catchment Method to Measure Potential Spatial Access to Family Physicians in London, Ontario. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 17-11 April 2007.

Isaac N. Luginaah, Tony Weis, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Sylvester Galaa, Matthew Nkrumah, Daniel Bagah. Environment, Migration, Health and Food Security in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 17-11 April 2007.

Odwa D. Atari, Isaac N. Luginaah, Iris Xu, Karen Fung, Kevin Gorey, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale. Spatial Variability of Ambient SO2 and NO2 in Sarnia, Ontario. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. 17-11 April 2007.

Odwa Atari and Isaac Luginaah.  Community Health Study in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. May 29 -June 2, 2006.

Ellena Andoniou and Isaac Luginaah. Sexual Behaviour Change: In the Context of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Nigeria. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. May 29 -June 2, 2006.

Odwa D. Atari, Isaac Luginaah, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Xiaoong Xu, Karen Fung, Kevin Gorey, Margaret Ketih and Abe Reinhartz. Environment and Health in Sarnia's 'Chemical Valley'. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. 7-11 March 2006.

Kevin Smith and Isaac Luginaah. ‘Living in aBubble’: Perceptions and Coping Strategies Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Ontario, Canada. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. 7-11 March 2006.

Isaac Luginaah. Community Health Study in “Chemical Valley”, Sarnia, Ontario. Yi-Fu Tuan Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, November 11, 2005.

Isaac Luginaah. Theoretical and Methodological Trends in Health Geography: Where are we Heading? Yi-Fu Tuan Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin, Madison, November 11, 2005.

Dominic Atari, Isaac Luginaah, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Xiaoong Xu, Karen Fung, Kevin Gorey, Margaret Keith, Abe Reinhartz. 2005. A Community Health Study in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario. The 4th International Conference on Urban Health. October 26–28, 2005. Toronto, Canada.

Amanda J. Wheeler, Marc Smith-Doiron, Xiaohong Xu, Isaac Luginaah, Karen Fung, Alice Grgicak-Mannon, Jason Wintermute, Stan Judek and Jeffrey Brook, Characterization of Spatial Variability of Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide in Windsor, Ontario using Ordinary Kriging and Land Use Regression Models. The 15^th Annual Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis. Nov, 2005. Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Isaac Luginaah, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, Wambui Kairi, Janet Waldish, Chris Brouillard-Coyle.  Extending HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts in Kenya: Primary Schools as Community-Based Organizations. Canadian Association of Geographers 2005 Annual Meeting. The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. May 31-June 5, 2005.

Kevin Smith and Isaac Luginaah. Contaminated Therapeutic Landscape: Perceptions of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Canadian Association of Geographers 2005 Annual Meeting. The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. May 31-June 5, 2005.

Tamara Landry, Isaac Luginaah, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, David Elkins. Orphanhood and Informal Orphan Caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS in Nyanza, Kenya. Canadian Association of Geographers 2005 Annual Meeting. The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario. May 31-June 5, 2005.

Isaac Luginaah.McMaster Institute of Environment and Health, McMaster University Canada-Ontario Agreement Focus Group to Develop a Framework for Environmental Health Risk Management. , March 8, 2005. Hamilton, Ontario.

Gorey KM, Luginaah IN, Schwartz KL, Bartfay E, Wright FC, Parsons RR. Increasing racial group breast cancer survival differentials in America (1973 to 2003): Observational evidence consistent with a health insurance hypothesis. American Association of Public Health 132nd Annual Meeting. November 6-10, 2004. Washington, D.C.

Isaac Luginaah. Panelist: Climate Change and Air Quality Impacts. Your Health and a Changing Climate – Forum to Discuss Solutions to Climate Change and Air Quality Impacts in Community and Human Health. October 22, 2004. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.

Isaac Luginaah, Karen Fung, Kevin Gorey, Greg Webster & Chris Wills. The Association Between Air Quality and Health in a Designated ‘Area of Concern’: The Case of Windsor, Ontario. Association of American Geographers Centennial Annual Meeting. New York, NY. 14-19 March 2004.

Isaac Luginaah, Karen Fung, Kevin Gorey, Greg Webster & Chris Wills. The Association Between Air Quality and Health in a Designated ‘Area of Concern’: The Case of Windsor, Ontario. School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, February 10, 2004. Hamilton, Ontario.

Isaac Luginaah, Tamara Landary, Eleanor Maticka Tyndale, David Elkins & Mercy Muthui. Challenges of a Pandemic: HIV/AIDS‑Related Problems Affecting Kenyan Widows. The 13th International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Sept. 21-26, 2003.

Isaac Luginaah, Tamara Landary, Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale, David Elkins & Mercy Muthui. Challenges of a Pandemic: HIV/AIDS‑Related Problems Affecting Kenyan Widows. Canadian Association of Geographers 2003 Annual Meeting. University of Victoria, BC. May 27-June 1, 2003.

Isaac Luginaah, Michael Jerrett, Susan Elliott, John Eyles,  Kate Parizeau, Stephen Birch, Tom Abernathy, Gerry Veenstra, Brian Hutchinson, Chris Giovis. Health Profiles of Hamilton: Spatial Characterisation of Neighbourhoods for Health Investigations.  GIS and Population Health Workshop - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. October 28-31, 2002.

Isaac N. Luginaah, Kathi Wilson, Susan J. Elliott, Eyles John, Sue Olaman. Deconstructing the Determinants of Health at the Local Level. Canadian Association of Geographers 2000 Annual Meeting. York University, Ontario. May 28-June 1, 2002.

Isaac N. Luginaah,  John Eyles, Susan Elliott, Michael Jerrett, Stephen Birch, Brain Hutchinson. Deconstructing the Determinants of Health at the Local Level. Association of American Geographers 96th Annual Meeting. New York, NY. February 27-March 3, 2001.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. Determinants of community health impact of a petrochemical refinery. IXTH  International Symposium in Medical Geography. Montreal, Canada. July, 3-7, 2000.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. Environmental Exposure: The Case of Community Health Impacts of a Petrochemical Refinery. Canadian Association of Geographers 2000 Annual Meeting. Brock University, Ontario. May 31-June 3, 2000.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. Community Responses and coping strategies in the vicinity of a petrochemical refinery. Association of American Geographers 96th Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. April 2000.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. An Integrated Methodology for Analysing Odor Complaints and Symptom Reporting in the Vicinity of a Petrochemical Refinery. Canadian Association of Geographers Ontario Division.  Hamilton, Ontario.  October 1999.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. An Integrated Methodology for Analysing Odor Complaints and Symptom Reporting in the Vicinity of a Petrochemical Refinery. Association of American Geographers 95th Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii. March 1999.

 Martin S. Taylor, Isaac N. Luginaah, Susan J. Elliott, John D. Eyles, Stephen Walter and David L. Streiner. A Follow-up Study of Community Health Effects in the Vicinity of Petro Canada Oakville Refinery. Monthly Session of the Community Advisory Committee to Petro Canada Refinery. Oakville, Ontario. September1999.

 Martin S. Taylor, Isaac N. Luginaah, Susan J. Elliott, John D. Eyles, Stephen Walter and David L. Streiner. A Follow-up Study of Community Health Effects in the Vicinity of Petro Canada Oakville Refinery. Halton Regional Council Meeting. Halton Region, Ontario. July 1999.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. A Longitudinal Study of the Community Health Impacts of a Refinery. VIII International Symposium in Medical Geography. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. July 16, 1998.

Isaac N. Luginaah, S. Martin Taylor, Susan J. Elliott, John Eyles. Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Investigate Environment and Health Relationships. Association of American Geographers 94th Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. March 1998.