Clyde Hertzman
Associate Faculty
Phone: 604-822-3002 |
Dr Hertzman has played a central role in creating a framework that links population health to human development, emphasizing the special role of early childhood development as a determinant of health. His research has contributed to international, national, provincial, and community initiatives for healthy child development.
His current work focuses on early child development as a lifelong determinant of health and the policy translations needed to fulfill Canada’s National Children's Agenda. To this end, he is carrying out province-wide research mapping children's development at kindergarten age.
Dr Hertzman’s research includes investigations into the determinants of health in Central and Eastern Europe and the Philippines, a historical cohort study of health, development and community change among 26,000 sawmill workers and their children, and the development of the BC Linked Health Database.
He received his MD, MSc in epidemiology, a fellowship in community health, and post-doctoral research training at McMaster University.
- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- Canada Research Chair, Population Health and Human Development
- Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Honorary professor, Institute for Child Health, University College, London
Publications
Asthma in British Columbia. McLeod CB, Bogyo T, Demers P, Edeer D, Hertzman C, Kennedy S, Koehoorn M, McGrail KM, Tamburic L. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 2007.Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action. Heymann J, Hertzman C, Barer ML, Evans RG (editors). New York: Oxford University Press; 2006 (417 p).
Beneath the Calm Surface: The Changing Face of Physician-Service Use in British Columbia, 1985/86 Versus 1996/97. Barer ML, Evans RG, McGrail KM, Green B, Hertzman C, Sheps SB. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2004 March 2;170(5):803-807.
Conspicuous Consumption: Characterizing High Users of Physician Services in One Canadian Province. Reid RJ, Evans RG, Barer ML, Sheps S, Kerluke K, McGrail K, Hertzman C, Pagliccia N. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2003 October;8(4):215-224.
Apocalypse No: Population Aging and the Future of Health Care Systems. Evans RG, McGrail KM, Morgan SG, Barer ML, Hertzman C. Canadian Journal on Aging. 2001;20(suppl. 1):160-191.
The Quick and the Dead: 'Managing' Inpatient Care in British Columbia Hospitals, 1969 to 1995/96. McGrail KM, Evans RG, Barer ML, Sheps SB, Hertzman C, Kazanjian A. Health Services Research. 2001 February;35(6):1319-1338. [Originally released as a discussion paper in 1998.]
The Case for an Early Childhood Development Strategy. Hertzman C. Canadian Journal of Policy Research. 2000 Autumn;1(2):11-18.
Hospital downsizing and trends in health care use among elderly people in British Columbia. Sheps SB, Reid RJ, Barer ML, Krueger H, McGrail KM, Green B, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2000 August 22;163(4):397-401.
Age, costs of acute and long-term care and proximity to death: evidence for 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia. McGrail K, Green B, Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C, Normand C. Age and Ageing. 2000;29:249-253.
Mortality Rates After Cataract Extraction. Meddings DR, Marion SA, Barer ML, Evans RG, Green B, Hertzman C, Kazanjian A, McGrail KM, Sheps SB. Epidemiology. 1999 May;10(3):288-293.
Summary Report of the Incidence and Prevalence of Worker Injury and Subject Outcome in British Columbia: A Record Linkage Study. Hertzman C, McGrail K, Hirtle R. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March 1999.
Does health care support independence or threaten it: A population based, person specific analysis of patterns of use by seniors Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Sheps SB, Kazanjian A. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 1998. [Final report to Health Canada Seniors Independence Research Program (SIRP). Ottawa: Health Canada. National Health Research and Development Program project no. 6610-2117-602.]
Lies, Damned Lies, and Health Care Zombies: Discredited Ideas that Will Not Die. Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C, Johri M. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March 1998 (78 pages). [This paper was also released as HPI Discussion Paper #10 by the Health Policy Institute, The University of Texas-Houston, Health Science Center.]
The Eyes Have It: Cataract Surgery and Changing Patterns of Outpatient Surgery. Meddings DR, McGrail KM, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Sheps SB, Evans RG, Kazanjian A. Medical Care Research Review. 1997 September;54(3):286-300.
Global Consumption from the Perspective of Population Health. Hertzman C, Kelly S. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 1997.
Socioeconomic Status, Mortality, and the Development of Cataract at a Young Age. Meddings DR, Hertzman C, Barer ML, Evans RG, Kazanjian A, McGrail K, Sheps SB. Social Science and Medicine. 1998 January 1;46(11):1451-57.
Creating a Population-Based Linked Health Database: A New Resource for Health Services Research. Chamberlayne R, Green B, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Lawrence WJ, Sheps SB. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 1998 July-August;89(4):270-273.
Population-Based Linked Health Data and Technology Assessment: An Emerging Evaluative Resource. Barer M, Bassett K, Hertzman C. International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care: 12th Annual Meeting (San Francisco).
What's Been Said and What's Been Hid: Population Health, Global Consumption, and the Role of National Health Data Systems. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; February 1996.
Environment and Health in the Phillippines. Hertzman C, Torres EB, Subida RD, Barroetavena M. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1995.
Environment& Health: In Central and Eastern Europe. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; August 1994.
Avalanche or Glacier? Health Care and the Demographic Rhetoric. Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 1995. Note: A revised version of this paper was published in the Canadian Journal on Aging. 1995;14(2):193-224.
Environment and Health: In Central and Eastern Europe. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 1993.
Trends and Determinants of Prescription Drug Expenditures in the Elderly: Data from the British Columbia Pharmacare Program. Anderson GM, Kerluke KJ, Pulcins IR, Hertzman C, Barer ML. Inquiry. Summer 1993;30:199-207.
A Compendium of Studies on Environmental Risk Perception in British Columbia. Hertzman C, Kelly S, Ostry AS, Sciarretta D, Teschke K. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; November, 1992.
Environment and Health in the Baltic Countries. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; April, 1992.
On Being Old and Sick: The Burden of Health Care for the Elderly in Canada and the United States. Barer ML, Hertzman C, Miller R, Pascali MV. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 1992 Winter;17(4):763-682.
Bulgaria: The Public Health Impact of Environmental Pollution. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; August, 1991.
Putting Up or Shutting Up: Interpreting Health Status Indicators From An Inequities Perspective. Hertzman C, Hayes M. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May, 1991.
Environment and Health in Czechoslovakia. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December, 1990.
Hungary Report. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; October, 1990.
The 20-Year Experiment: Accounting For, Explaining and Evaluating Health Care Cost Containment in Canada and the United States. Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C. Annual Review of Public Health. 12:481-518.
Poland: Health and Environment in the Context of Socioeconomic Decline. Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January, 1990.
Acute Care Hospital Utilization Under Canadian National Health Insurance: The British Columbia Experience from 1969 to 1988. Anderson GM, Pulcins IR, Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Inquiry. 27:352-358.
The Long Goodbye: The Great Transformation of the British Columbia Hospital System. Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Anderson GM, Pulcins IR, Lomas J. Health Services Research. 1989 October;24(4):435-459.
Trends in Use of Medical Services by the Elderly in British Columbia. Barer ML, Pulcins IR, Evans RG, Hertzman C, Lomas J, Anderson GM. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1989 July 1;141(1):39-45.
Flat on Your Back or Back to your Flat? Sources of Increased Hospital Services Utilization Among the Elderly in BC. Hertzman C, Pulcins IR, Barer ML, Evans RG, Anderson GM, Lomas J. Social Science and Medicine. 30(7):819-828.
