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COVID‐19 has caused enormous economic and social disruptions that may have lasting effects on employment, income, and working conditions. Critically, these disruptions often have a negative impact on mental health. While significant research has examined the relationship between COVID‐19 and mental health, most of these studies focus on urban centres. This paper presents results from a pilot study conducted in two rural counties in Ontario, Canada on the experiences of residents from small and rural communities related to COVID‐19. Based on 3496 survey results, this study quantifies the negative impact of COVID‐19 on overall mental health and the confounding role of gender, income, and age. Results must be used to expand the dialogue around rural mental health and to ensure appropriate programs and policies are developed. Key messages: COVID‐19 has had variable and significant impacts on residents in rural communities.Gender is a key characteristic, as self‐identifying females have experienced a greater decrease in self‐assessed mental health since the start of the pandemic.Governments must consider the "lived reality" that residents experience when they design and implement response plans; a one‐size‐fits‐all response to disruption is not sufficient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of Canadian Geographer is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Indeed, health geography scholars are in high demand for their capacity to think spatially and to acknowledge the broader determinants of health; the emphases on health, well-being, environments, and place mean that health geographers can deviate and pivot their acquired knowledge and skills to various career options and settings. Keywords: health geography; Canadian Association of Geography (CAG); Canada; géographie de la santé; Association canadienne des géographes (ACG) EN health geography Canadian Association of Geography (CAG) Canada FR géographie de la santé Association canadienne des géographes (ACG) 512 523 12 09/12/22 20220901 NES 220901 Introduction As a sub-discipline of human geography, health geography evolved from its initial construct of "medical geography", which focused on ecological perspectives of disease and in doing so, employed a heavily positivist approach. Given the diverse and evolving substantive, methodological, and theoretical approaches within health geography, this study explores the career aspirations and experiences of health geography graduates in relation to employment within this sub-discipline and aims to help inform the future direction of health geography. Other (25%) related fields that were identified include Indigenous health, immigrant health, climate change and health, non-communicable disease, injury, epidemiology, education, and determinants of health. [Extracted from the article]

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