An introduction to the geography of health /
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction. What is the geography of health?
- What is health?
- Evolving approaches to health geography
- Structure of this book
- Section I. ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN HEALTH . 2. Ecological Approaches to Human Health and Environmental Change
- Ecology of human health
- Cultural ecology of disease
- Disease cycles
- Landscape epidemiology
- Environmental change
- Conclusion
- 3. Demographic Change and Emerging and Resurgent Infectious Diseases
- The demographic and epidemiologic transitions
- Pathogen and vector populations
- Emerging and resurgent infectious diseases
- Case studies of emerging and resurgent infectious diseases
- Conclusion
- 4. Environmental Exposures
- Non-living agents of disease
- Assessing environmental exposures
- Environmental justice
- Conclusion
- Section II. SOCIAL APPROACHES TO HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE . 5. Social and Economic Environments
- Health and wealth
- The social and economic environment
- Sense of place and health
- Vulnerability and environmental hazards
- Socioeconomic environments and obesity
- Conclusion
- 6. Culture and Identity
- Culture
- Identity
- Conclusion
- 7. Power and Politics of Health
- Structural approaches to power
- Politics and health
- "New" geographies of power
- Fertility policy
- Conclusion
- 8. Geographies of Healthcare
- Foundations of medical thought and practice
- Alternative medical systems
- Healthcare provision and access
- Geographies of care
- Therapeutic landscapes
- Conclusion
- Section III. SPATIAL APPROACHES TO HUMAN HEALTH. 9. Cartography and Visualization of Health Data
- Origins of health mapping
- Reading maps
- Cartographic concepts
- Maps as a tool for displaying data
- Mapping as a tool for exploring spatial patterns in health
- Mapping as an analytical tool
- Visualizing health patterns: The Atlas of United States Mortality
- Sources of data and data quality
- Conclusion
- 10. Health and Gis
- GIS concepts and terminology
- GIS applications in health studies
- Challenges in GIS and health
- Conclusion
- 11. Integrating Approaches to the Study of the Geography of Health
- Global infectious disease campaigns
- Conclusion.