background - issues

When the right to privacy interferes with the right to health, we have a substantial issue on our hands. The question then becomes one of context-specific prioritisation. Not only do solutions for transforming data need to be explored and implemented, but guidance on when to use them is also required; in some situations, they may actually impede action instead of facilitating it. In others, they may be the only way to move forward.

Publications

(Methods of Information in Medicine, 2011)

A Method for Managing Re-Identification Risk from Small Geographic Areas in Canada
(BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 2010)

Musings on Privacy Issues in Health Research Involving Disaggregate Geographic Data About Individuals (Int J Health Geogr, 2009)

Evaluating Predictors of Geographic Area Population Size Cut-offs (JAMIA, 2009)

The Perceived Impact of Location Privacy
(BMC Public Health, 2008)