Professor CIHR Chair in Maternal and Child Health Services and Policy Research
Research Interests
Dr. Macpherson’s research focuses on how to keep children healthy, active, and safe. She works in partnership with many people, organizations, and communities to help them prevent injuries and promote active play and transportation. The area of research she is most interested in is how policies and laws can work to achieve these goals. Some specific studies include body-checking and injury in ice hockey, the role of the built environment in promoting safe active transportation, and the differences in injury rates by socio-economic status. She is a senior adjunct scientist at IC/ES, and the Chair of Parachute’s Expert Advisory Board.
Contact
Department: School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Email address: alison3@yorku.ca
York U Profile link: https://health.yorku.ca/health-profiles/index.php?mid=427500
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Eyx5eV4AAAAJ
Research Gate Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alison_Macpherson
Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/dralisonmac
Published Manuscripts (Select Publications)
Hagel, B.E., Macpherson, A., Howard, A., Fuselli, P., Cloutier, M.S., Winters, M., Richmond, S.A., Rothman, L., Belton, K., Buliung, R. and Emery, C.A., The built environment and active transportation safety in children and youth: a study protocol. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-13.
Abdullah, P., Landy, C. K., McCague, H., Macpherson, A., & Tamim, H. (2019). Factors associated with the timing of the first prenatal ultrasound in Canada. BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 19(1), 164.
Wilkins, N.J., Zhang, X., Mack, K.A., Clapperton, A.J., Macpherson, A., Sleet, D., Kresnow-Sedacca, M.J., Ballesteros, M.F., Newton, D., Murdoch, J. and Mackay, J.M., (2019). Societal determinants of violent death: the extent to which social, economic, and structural characteristics explain differences in violence across Australia, Canada, and the United States. SSM-Population Health, 8, 100431.
Rothman, L., Cloutier, M. S., Manaugh, K., Howard, A. W., Macpherson, A. K., & Macarthur, C. (2020). Spatial distribution of roadway environment features related to child pedestrian safety by census tract income in Toronto, Canada. Injury Prevention, 26(3), 229-233.
Rothman, L., Macarthur, C., Wilton, A., Howard, A. W., & Macpherson, A. K. (2019). Recent trends in child and youth emergency department visits because of pedestrian motor vehicle collisions by socioeconomic status in Ontario, Canada. Injury prevention, 25(6), 570-573.
Matveev, R., Sergio, L., Fraser-Thomas, J., & Macpherson, A. K. (2018). Trends in concussions at Ontario schools prior to and subsequent to the introduction of a concussion policy-an analysis of the Canadian hospitals injury reporting and prevention program from 2009 to 2016. BMC public health, 18(1), 1-10.
Fridman, L., Fraser-Thomas, J. L., Pike, I., & Macpherson, A. K. (2018). Childhood road traffic injuries in Canada–a provincial comparison of transport injury rates over time. BMC public health, 18(1), 1348.
Audet, O., Hagel, B.E., Nettel-Aguirre, A., Mitra, T., Emery, C.A., Macpherson, A., Lavoie, M.D. and Goulet, C. (2019). What are the risk factors for injuries and injury prevention strategies for skiers and snowboarders in terrain parks and half-pipes? A systematic review. British journal of sports medicine, 53(1), 19-24.
Richmond, S. A., Clemens, T., Pike, I., & Macpherson, A. (2018). A systematic review of the risk factors and interventions for the prevention of playground injuries. Canadian journal of public health, 109(1), 134-149.
Fridman, L., Fraser-Thomas, J. L., Pike, I., & Macpherson, A. K. (2019). Canadian Child Safety Report Card: a comparison of injury prevention practices across provinces. Injury prevention, 25(4), 252-257.