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100			_aPeter, Anthamatten. _94821
245		3	_aAn Introduction to the geography of health/ _cAnthamatten Pete and Hazen Helen
260			_aLondon: _bRoutledge, _c2011.
300			_axx, 273 p. : _bill., maps ; _c26 cm.
505			_a1. 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
650			_aMedical geography _94822
700			_aHazen, Helen. _94823
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