Katherine Frohlich
- Professeure titulaire
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École de santé publique - Département de médecine sociale et préventive
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Research expertise
Mes intérêts de recherche sont la promotion de la santé, les déterminants sociaux de la santé, les inégalités sociales de santé, et la théorie sociale en santé publique.
Biography
- Ph.D. - Public Health, University of Montreal, 1996-2000. Supervisor: Dr. Louise Potvin
Thesis title: The collective lifestyles framework: A contextual analysis of social practices, social structure and disease. - M.Sc. - Community Health, University of Montreal, 1994-1996. Supervisor: Dr. Louise Fournier
Thesis title: Support and conflict within the social networks of the homeless population. - B.A. Honours - Political Science, McGill University, 1987-1991.
Awards and recognitions
- 2015 - Health and Place: Prize for Paper of the Year: Considering daily mobility for a more comprehensive understanding of contextual effects on social inequalities in health: A conceptual proposal.
- 2009-2010 - Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 48 000 $
- 2008-13 - CIHR (Canadian Institute of Health Research) New Investigator Award, 300 000 $
education
- 1996 — Ph.D. — Santé publique — Université de Montréal
- 1994 — M.Sc. — Médecine communautaire — Université de Montréal
- 1987 — B.A. Honours — Science politique — Université McGill
For more information…
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Les inégalités sociales de santé au Québec
Sous la direction de Katherine Frohlich, Maria De Koninck, Andrée Demers et Paul Bernard Collection « Paramètres », 408 pages • novembre 2008
- 01-05-2017 Jeunes fumeurs adultes: une démographie cachée
- 15-11-2017 L’UIPES installe son secrétariat international à Montréal
- 19-11-2018 Jamais trop de loisirs pour les enfants ?
- 16-12-2019 Le jeu libre de proximité pour contrer l’inactivité
- 29-01-2020 Des projets de recherche-action novateurs pour aider les jeunes
- 12-04-2019 Katherine Frohlich à la tête de la Chaire McConnell-Université de Montréal en Mobilisation des Connaissances Jeune
Affiliations and responsabilities
Research affiliations
Teaching and supervision
Teaching
Courses taught (current session only)
Programs
Student supervision
Theses and dissertation supervision (Papyrus Institutional Repository)
No smoking! A critical examination of how Quebec tobacco control discourse may affect social inequalities in smoking
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Overcoming conversion therapy : a qualitative investigation of experiences of survivors
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Understanding young adults’ socioeconomic circumstances and their contribution to social inequalities in smoking during the transition towards adulthood
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Statut d’immigrant et tabagisme dans l’étude des inégalités sociales de santé chez les jeunes adultes à Montréal
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Tabagisme et défavorisation de quartier : étude exploratoire des expériences de stigmatisation chez les jeunes femmes
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Développement des dimensions du capital culturel dans l'étude des inégalités sociales liées au tabagisme chez les jeunes adultes
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
“All work and no play … ?” : a critical investigation of an emerging public health discourse on children’s play.
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Considering daily mobility in contextual studies of social inequalities in health : conceptual and empirical insights
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
On the health and wellbeing of single working women without children : an analysis of scientific and lay discourse
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
Exploring food choice as social practice : appreciating the context of family feeding in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada
Cycle : Doctoral
Grade : Ph. D.
The role of gender and social context for men's and women's smoking behaviour
Cycle : Master's
Grade : M. Sc.
Projects
Research projects
Canada Excellence Research Chair in One Urban Health
Levelling the Playing Fields & Myriagone
National Active Schools Streets Initiative
Chemstory: community produced podcasts to broaden knowledge and spark conversations about sex, drugs, prevention, and community
Adaptation and mental health during the transition to adulthood: Evolution and determinants before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Projet Changer les règles du jeu – Phase 2
QUEST: Co-développer avec et pour les jeunes des connaissances sur la QUalité de leur Environnement psychoSocial de Travail
Cannapix 2.0 : Explorer les besoins et les désirs des jeunes des minorités sexuelles et de genre (18-24 ans) en termes d'interventions de prévention et de réduction des risques liés au cannabis
Levelling the Playing Fields: Creating the conditions for free-play to emerge in cities
Becoming an adult in changing times: Struggles and resilience among youth who entered adulthood without a high school diploma
Gestational exposure to chemicals related to hydraulic fracturing in Northeastern British Columbia, and their endocrine disrupting potential
MYRIAGONE - Chaire McConnell-Université de Montréal en mobilisation des connaissances jeunesse
Services et mesures de soutien facilitant les transitions post-secondaires réussies chez des jeunes hautement vulnérables : Un regard interdisciplinaire et longitudinal
ChemStory: community produced podcasts to spark conversations about Chemsex and HIV Prevention
Understanding stigma, minority stress and resilience among sexual and gender minority young adults attending college or university in Québec
Développement d'un portail pour soutenir l'engagement jeunesse : une démarche de mobilisation des connaissances
COVIDART: Partnerships for Mobilizing Youth Knowledge about the Pandemic through the Arts
Le mentorat virtuel au service de la persévérance scolaire et de l’orientation professionnelle chez les 15-18 ans issus des communautés Inuits et des Premières Nations du Québec.
Programme de partenariat - UdeM_MEES - Concours de novembre 2019 - Changer les règles du jeu : Créer les conditions pour favoriser le jeu libre en milieu urbain
Levelling the Playing Fields: Creating the conditions for outdoor free-play to emerge in cities
La classe enchantée: Évaluation des impacts sur l'ajustement scolaire et psychosocial
Exploring the effects of Quebec's legislation " An Act to Bolster Tobacco Control" in social inequalities in smoking.
Navigating the transition to adulthood: Stressors, resources and adjustment among urban and rural high school dropouts, high school graduates and college-bound youth
Développement d’outils communicationnels en santé et en sécurité agricole chez les jeunes de la relève dans le secteur porcin
Creating the conditions for outdoor free-play to emerge in cities
Connecting educational and health reseachers to tackle the co-emergency of health and inequities at a crucial junction of the like course
Rapport sur les effets potentiellement régressifs pour les populations plus vulnérables des interventions visant à reduire la consommation de boisson sucrées au Québec.
Appui à l'écriture - Chaire - Réseau de recherche sur la jeunesse du Québec
La classe enchantée: Évaluation des impacts sur l'ajustement scolaire et psychosocial
COmprehending the MEchanisms behind Tobacco cessation in adolescents in the context of assisted decision-making: the COMET project.
Healthy Cities Think Tank - Travel Award / Bourse de voyage pour le laboratoire d'idées sur les villes en santé.
SOCIAL INEQUALITY IN SMOKING ACROSS MONTREAL NEIGHBOURHOODS : PARTICIPANTS EXPERIENCES FROM THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING (ISIS)
THE SOCIAL CULTURAL STUDY OF THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPES OF PLAY IN CHILDREN'S LIVES : DISCOURSE, NEGOTIATION, PARTICIPATION AND PLEASURE
Interdisciplinary Study of Inequalities in Smoking (ISIS)
CENTRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE QUEBECOIS DE STATISTIQUES SOCIALES (CIQSS)
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING (ISIS)
REDUCING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING
REDUCING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING
REDUCING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING
DIFFERENT SMOKES: CREATING A REFLEXIVE SPACE FOR TOBACCO CONTROL WITH YOUTH
THE INTERSECTION OF GENDER AND SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION (SEP) FOR SMOKING ADDRESSING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN SMOKING WITH YOUTH SMOKERS
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN YOUTH SMOKING AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
BUILDING COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PROPITIOUS TO HEALTH AND WELL-BEING: HOW LOCAL HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTITIONERS WORK TOWARDS THE CREATION OF SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
Research exploitation
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Outreach
Publications and presentations
Publications
Published articles
Gagne, T., Ghenadenik, A., Abel, T., & Frohlich, K.L. Social inequalities in health information seeking profiles among young Montreal adults. Forthcoming with Health Promotion International doi: 10.1093/heapro/daw094.
Gagne, T., Ghenadenik, A., Shareck, M., & Frohlich, K.L. (2017). Expected or completed? Comparing two measures of educational attainment and their influence on the study of social inequalities in health among young adults. Social Indicators Research. doi:10.1007/s11205-016-15. 17-9
Herring Holt, D., Frohlich, K.L., Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, T., Clavier, C. (2017). Intersectoriality in Danish municipalities: Corrupting the social determinants of health? Health Promotion International. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daw020
2017
Glenn, N.M., Lapalme, J., McCready, G., & Frohlich, K.L. (2017). Young adults’ experiences of neighbourhood smoking-related norms and practices: A qualitative study exploring place-based social inequalities in smoking. Social Science and Medicine, 189, 17-24. https:33doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.07.021.
Frohlich, K.L , Shareck, M., Vallée, J, Abel, T., Agouri, R., Cantinotti, M., Daniel, M., Dassa, C., Datta, G., Gagné, T., Leclerc, B-S., Kestens, Y, O’Loughlin, J., Potvin, L. (2017). Cohort Profile: The Interdisciplinary Study of Inequalities in Smoking (ISIS). International Journal of Epidemiology. 10.1093/ije/dyv036
Bisset, S., Tremblay, M-C., Wright, M., Poland, B., & Frohlich, K.L. (2017). Can reflexivity be learned? An experience with tobacco control practitioners in Canada. Health Promotion International,32 (1): 167-176.
2016
Di Ruggiero, E., Potvin, L., Allegrante, J.P., Dawson, A., Verweij, M., De Leeuw, E., Dunn, J.R., Franco, E., Frohlich, K.L., Geneau, R., Jackson, S., Kaufman, J.S., Morabia, A., McLeroy, K.R., Ridde, V. (2016). Ottawa Statement from the Sparking Solutions Summit on Population Health Intervention Research. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 107(6),e492-e493.
Shareck, M., Kestens, Y., Vallée, J, Datta, G. & Frohlich, K.L. (2016). The added value of accounting for activity space when examining the association between tobacco retailers and smoking among young adults. Tobacco Control, 25, 406–412.
Ghenadenik, A., Frohlich, K.L., Gauvin, L. (2016). Scale matters: The variability of associations between neighbourhood exposures and changes in smoking status among young adults.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13, 106.
2015
Gagné, T., Frohlich, K.L., & Abel, T. Cultural capital and smoking in young adults: applying new
indicators to explore social inequalities in health behaviour. European Journal of Public Health, 25(5), 818-823.
Alexander, S.A.C., Frohlich, K.L., Fusco. (2015) “You have to do 60 minutes of physical activity per day! I saw it on TV.” Children’s experiences of playing within the context of the public health discourse of playing for health. Sociology of Health and Illness, 37(2), 227-240.
2014
Alexander, S.A.C., Frohlich, K.L., Fusco, C. (2014). “Active play may be lots of fun....but it’s certainly not frivolous”. The emergence of active play as a health practice in Canadian public health. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(8), 1188-1204
Alexander, S.A.C., Frohlich, K.L., Fusco. C. (2014). Problematizing ‘Play for Health’ Discourses through children’s photo-elicited narratives. Qualitative Health Research, 24(10),1329–1341.
Shareck, M., Frohlich, K.L., & Kestens, Y. (2014). Considering daily mobility for a more comprehensive understanding of contextual effects on social inequalities in health: A conceptual proposal. Health and Place, 29, 154-160. Awarded Paper of the Year 2015.
Vallée, J., Frohlich, K.L., Shareck, M., Kestens, Y. (2014). “Accès aux ressources et santé mentale à Montréal. L’importance de la mobilité quotidienne», Métropolitiques, 2 juin. URL http://www.metropolitiques.eu/Acces-aux-ressources-et-sante.html
Shareck, M. Kestens, Y., & Frohlich, K.L. (2014). Exploring social isolation beyond the residential neighbourhood: Results from the ISIS study. Social Science and Medicine,108,106-114.
Gagne, T, Cantinotti, M., Boubaker, A., Agouri, R, Frohlich, K.L. (2014). How important are paper copies of questionnaires? Testing Web-only and Mixed-mode invitations when studying social inequalities in smoking among young adults. International Journal of Public Health, 59, 207-210.
Frohlich, K. L., Abel, T. (2014) Environmental justice and health practices: Understanding how inequities in health arise at the local level. Sociology of Health and Illness, 36(2), 199-212.
Alexander, S.A.C., Frohlich, K.L., & Fusco, C. (2014). Playing for health? Revisiting health promotion to examine the emerging public health position on children’s play. Health Promotion International, 29(1), 155-164.
2013
Shareck, M., Frohlich, K.L., Poland, B. (2013). Reducing social inequities through the settings approach: a conceptual framework. Global Health Promotion, 20(2), 39-52..
Frohlich, K.L., Alexander, S.A.C., & Fusco, C. (2013). All work and no play? The nascent discourse on play in health research. Social Theory and Health, 11 (1), 1-18.
2012
Frohlich, K.L., Mykhalovskiy, E., Poland, B., Haines-Saah, R., Johnson, J. (2012).‘Creating’ the socially marginalized smoker: The role of tobacco control. Sociology of Health and Illness, 34(7), 978-993.
Shareck, M., Dassa, C. & Frohlich, K.L. (2012). Improving the measurement of neighbourhood attributes contributing to social inequalities in health. Health and Place, 18, 671-682.
Abel, T., & Frohlich, K.L. (2012). Capitals and capabilities: Linking structure and agency to reduce health inequalities. Social Science and Medicine, 74 (2), 236-244.
Disciplines
- Preventive Medicine
- Community medicine
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Areas of expertise
- Teenager
- Multilevel analysis
- Health determinants
- Social determinants
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social epidemiology
- Social inequality
- Youths
- Health Promotion
- Neighborhoods (Urbanism)
- Population’s health
- Sociology of health
- Smoking
- Social theory
- Sociological theories
- COVID-19
- COVID19
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