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100 1 Gatrell, Anthony C
245 10 Geographies of Health :|bAn Introduction
250 3rd ed
264 1 Hoboken :|bJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,|c2014
264 4 |c©2013
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505 0 Intro -- Geographies of Health: An Introduction --
Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables
-- Preface -- Part I Describing and Explaining Health in
Geographical Settings -- Chapter 1 Introducing Geographies
of Health -- Health and Geography: Some Fundamental
Concepts -- Concepts of health -- Geographical concepts --
Geographies of Health: Five Case Studies -- Neighborhoods
and obesity in New York City -- Public places after the
introduction of "smoke free" legislation -- The health of
Aboriginal populations in Canada -- Habitus and heart
health: The collision of place, body, and health -- Mental
health in Australian immigration detention centers --
Concluding Remarks -- Further Reading -- References --
Chapter 2 Explaining Geographies of Health -- Positivist
Approaches to the Geography of Health -- Positivist
explanation -- Further examples of positivist approaches -
- Social Interactionist Approaches to the Geography of
Health -- Social interactionist explanation -- Further
examples of social interactionist approaches --
Structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health --
Structuralist explanation -- Further examples of
structuralist or conflict-based approaches --
Structurationist Approaches to the Geography of Health --
Structurationist explanation -- Further examples of
structurationist approaches -- Post-structuralist
Approaches to the Geography of Health -- Post-
structuralist explanation -- Further examples of post-
structuralist approaches -- Concluding Remarks -- Further
Reading -- References -- Chapter 3 Quantitative Methods
and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) -- Visualizing
and Exploring Health Data in a Spatial Context -- Modeling
Health Data in a Spatial Setting -- Geographical
Information Systems and Health -- Concluding Remarks --
Further Reading -- References
505 8 Chapter 4 Qualitative Approaches to Interpreting the
Geography of Health -- Interviews -- Focus Groups -- Other
Qualitative Methods -- Qualitative Data Analysis -- Rigor
in Qualitative Research -- Concluding Remarks -- Further
Reading -- References -- Part II Health and the Social
Environment -- Chapter 5 Health Inequalities I: Global
Patterns and Regional Contrasts -- Health Inequalities in
the Global South -- Health inequalities: Africa -- Health
inequalities: The BRIC countries -- Health Inequalities in
the Global North -- Regional divides in the global north -
- Explaining inequalities in health outcomes in the global
north -- Concluding Remarks -- Further Reading --
References -- Chapter 6 Health Inequalities II:
Neighborhoods and Health -- A Chicago Story --
Neighborhood Context or Social Composition? -- The
Obesogenic Neighborhood -- Psychosocial Health and Well-
being -- Housing and Health -- Infectious Disease --
Neighborhoods and Access to Care -- Concluding Remarks --
Further Reading -- References -- Chapter 7 Systems of
Health Care -- Principles of Health Service Delivery --
Levels and types of health care provision -- Promoting
health, preventing illness -- Health Care Systems --
Geographies of rationing -- Efficiency and equity -- The
need for health care -- Inequalities in the Provision of
Health Services -- Health care provision in the global
south -- Health care provision in the global north --
Geographies of Care -- Concluding Remarks -- Further
Reading -- References -- Chapter 8 Inequalities in the
Utilization of Health Services -- Use of Primary Health
Care Services -- Use of Secondary and Tertiary Health Care
Services -- Do Provision and Utilization Affect Outcome? -
- Concluding Remarks -- Further Reading -- References --
Chapter 9 Ageing and Place -- What is Age? -- Ageing
Populations: Global and Regional Perspectives
505 8 The Distribution of Ill-Health and Disability Among Older
Adults -- Health Inequalities in Older Adults -- Healthy
Ageing "In Place" -- There's No Place Like Home --
Concluding Remarks -- Further Reading -- References --
Chapter 10 People on the Move: Migration and Health --
Migration, Disruption, and Health -- Voluntary migration
and mental health -- Forced displacement -- The Impact of
Migration on the Spread of Disease -- Migration and the
Incidence of Disease and Ill-health -- Direct effects --
Longer-term health impacts of migration -- Migration as a
confounding variable -- Impact of Health Status on
Migration -- The Relationship Between Migration and Access
to Health Services -- Concluding Remarks -- Further
Reading -- References -- Part III Health and Human
Modification of the Environment -- Chapter 11 On Airs,
Waters, Places -- Air -- Area sources -- Linear sources --
Point sources -- Water -- Cholera -- Schistosomiasis --
Gastroenteritis -- Chemicals in drinking water --
Concluding Remarks -- Further Reading -- References --
Chapter 12 Health Impacts of Global Environmental Change -
- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion -- The Science of Climate
Change and Its Role in Human Health -- Health Impacts of
Climate Change -- Air quality -- Contamination of food and
water -- Temperature extremes -- Extreme weather events
and natural hazards -- Impacts on infectious vector-borne
disease -- Concluding Remarks -- Further Reading --
References -- Chapter 13 Emerging, Re-emerging, and
Neglected Infectious Diseases -- Disease Transmission: The
Role of Vectors -- The Drivers of Emerging, Re-emerging,
and Neglected Diseases -- Ecosystem change -- Political
upheaval, conflict, and disaster -- Mobilities of people
and goods -- Antimicrobial resistance -- Socioeconomic
determinants and consequences -- Concluding Remarks --
Further Reading -- References -- Index
505 8 End User License Agreement
520 Setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that
links health outcomes with social and physical
environments, this new edition of the well-established
text offers an accessible overview of the theoretical
perspectives, methodologies, and research in the field of
health geography Includes international examples, drawn
from a broad range of countries, and extensive
illustrations Unique in its approach to health geography,
as opposed to medical geography New chapters focus on
contemporary concerns including neighborhoods and health,
ageing, and emerging infectious disease Offers five new
case studies and an fresh emphasis on qualitative research
approaches Written by two of the leading health
geographers in the world, each with extensive experience
in research and policy
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