Dr Amber Lee Pearson

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 4065
Office: Geography 343

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Fields of Research

• Health Inequalities
• Environmental and social deprivation
• Optimism, sense of belonging, sense of control over one's life
• Community cohesion
• Healthy places
• Resilience
• Material conditions

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Researcher Summary

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Subject Area: Disciplines

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Key Methodologies

• Development and testing of indices, regression analyses, spatial analyses, survey data, semi-structured interviews, oral histories, anthropometrics

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Publications

• Pearson, A.L. and Paige, S.B. (2012) Experiences and ethics of mindful reciprocity while conducting research in Sub-Saharan Africa. African Geographical Review 31(1): 72-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2012.679464. (Journal Article)

• Pearson, A.L. and Muchunguzi, C. (2011) Contextualizing privatization and conservation in the history of resource management in southwestern Uganda: Ethnicity, political privilege and resource access over time. International Journal of African Historical Studies 44(1): 113-140. (Journal Article)

• Faubion, T., Paige, S.B. and Pearson, A.L. (2011) Co-opting the Global Health Agenda: The Problematic Role of Partnerships and Foundations in Defining Priorities. In O. Williams and S. Rushton (Ed.), Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health: 209-227. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Chapter in Book)

• Pearson, A.L. and Faubion, T. (2011) Evidence of social determinants of health in the Global South: Why is this problematic for the mainstream global health agenda? Durham, UK: International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS), 10-15 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Pearson, A.L. (2011) Sanitary surveys for source water assessment in Nyabushozi County, southwestern Uganda. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury Development Symposium, 16 Feb 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Pearson, A.L., Pearce, J. and Kingham, S. (2011) Spaces of Resilience: Identifying and Understanding the Paradox of Good Health in Neighbourhoods of High Social Deprivation in New Zealand. Durham, UK: International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS), 10-15 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Tisch, C., Pearson, A.L., Griffin, E., Kingham, S. and Borman, B. (2011) Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure and Melanoma incidence: Evidence to Support their Inclusion as Novel Environmental Health Indicators in New Zealand. Durham, UK: International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS), 10-15 Jul 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Pearson, A.L. (2010) AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa. GeoJournal 75(2): 24-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10708-010-9351-0. Book Review. (Other)

• Pearson, A.L. (2010) Economic development on the periphery: health and social conditions of Ugandan pastoralist communities bordering Lake Mburo National Park. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK: EcoHealth 2010 Conference, 18-20 Aug 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Pearson, A.L. (2010) Environmental and Social Conditions of Health: Placing Development in a Ugandan Context. Washington, DC, USA: 2010 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG 2010), 14-18 Apr 2010. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Pearson, A.L. (2010) Vulnerability of Ugandan pastoralist communities bordering Lake Mburo National Park. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Geographical Society Conference (NZGS), 5-8 Jul 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Faubion, T., Paige, S. and Pearson, A. (2009) Co-opting the Global Health Agenda: The problematic role of partnerships and foundations in developing priorities. New York, NY, USA: ISA Annual Convention 2009, 15-18 Feb 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3858. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)

• Soge, O.O., Giardino, M.A., Ivanova, I.C., Pearson, A.L., Meschke, J.S. and Roberts, M.C. (2009) Low prevalence of antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria isolated from rural south-western Uganda groundwater. Water SA 35(3): 10-18. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3609. (Journal Article)

• Pearson, A.L., Faubion, C.T. and Paige, S.B. (2008) Exploring the Unity of Health and Development Studies in Geography. Boston, MA, USA: 2008 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG), Boston, MA, USA. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)

• Lovasi, G.S., Moudon, A.V., Pearson, A.L., Hurvitz, P.M., Larson, E.B., Siscovick, D.S., Berke, E.M., Lumley, T. and Psaty, B.M. (2008) Using built environment characteristics to predict walking for exercise. International Journal of Health Geographics 7(10): Online, 13pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-7-10. (Journal Article)

• Pearson, A.L., Roberts, M.C., Soge, O.O., Ivanova, I., Mayer, J.D. and Meschke, J.S. (2008) Utility of EC 3MTM petrifilmsTM and sanitary surveys for source water assessment in south-western Uganda. Water SA 34(2): 279-283. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3612. (Journal Article)

• Pearson, A.L. (2007) Rural water and the Millennium Development Goals: Uganda. African Journal of Health Sciences 14(3-4): 219. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3905. Letter to editor. (Other)

• Pearson, A.L., Long, V., Roberts, M.C., Mayer, J.D. and Meschke, J.S. (2007) Utility of EC 3M™ petrifilms™ for fecal assessment of surface drinking water sources in Southwestern Uganda. Toronto, Canada: 107th American Society for Microbiology Conference, 21-25 May 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3904. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)

• Pearson, A., Lovasi, G.D., Mayer, J.D. and Psaty, B.M. (2006) Walking for Physical Activity and Crime. Chicago, IL, USA: 2006 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, 7-11 Mar 2006. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)