Contact Information
1301 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Geography of Health
Urban Geography
GIS and Spatial Analysis
Research Description
How do the places where we live, work and interact affect our well-being? This question underpins my work on topics ranging from spatial mismatch to access to health care to contextual influences on health. My current research investigates place-based inequalities in health and well-being and access to health services for women, immigrants and racial/ethnic minorities in the United States. My ongoing work examines the impacts of increasing economic inequality and residential segregation on women's commuting times and modes and on maternal and infant health outcomes. I also use and develop GIS and spatial analysis methods for examining health and social issues in cities and planning public health interventions. My books include GIS and Public Health (with Ellen Cromley), A Companion to Health and Medical Geography (with Tim Brown and Graham Moon), Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Health (with Juliana Maantay), Geographies of Women’s Health (with Isabel Dyck and Nancy Lewis), and Location Strategies for Retail and Service Firms (with Avijit Ghosh). I am currently an Associate Editor of Health and Place and serve on the editorial boards of Geographical Analysis, and Spatial and Spatiotemporal Epidemiology.
Education
Ph.D., University of Iowa
M.A., University of Iowa
B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University
Courses Taught
Recent Publications
Freeman, V. L., Naylor, K. B., Boylan, E. E., Booth, B. J., Pugach, O., Barrett, R. E., Campbell, R. T., & McLafferty, S. L. (2020). Spatial access to primary care providers and colorectal cancer-specific survival in Cook County, Illinois. Cancer medicine, 9(9), 3211-3223. https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.2957
McLafferty, S. (2020). Place and quantitative methods: Critical directions in quantitative approaches to health and place. Health and Place, 61, [102232]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102232
McLafferty, S., Schneider, D., & Abelt, K. (2020). Placing volunteered geographic health information: Socio-spatial bias in 311 bed bug report data for New York City. Health and Place, 62, [102282]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102282
Wong, S., McLafferty, S. L., Planey, A. M., & Preston, V. A. (2020). Disability, wages, and commuting in New York. Journal of Transport Geography, 87, [102818]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102818
Maciejewska, M., Mclafferty, S., & Preston, V. (2019). Women's changing commutes: The work trips of single mothers in the new york region, 2000-2010. Built Environment, 45(4), 544-562. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.45.4.544
