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An Introduction to the geography of health/ Anthamatten Pete and Hazen Helen

By: Peter, Anthamatten Contributor(s): Hazen, Helen Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2011Description: xx, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN: 9780415498067Subject(s): Medical geography DDC classification: 614.42

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

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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

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