An Introduction to the Geography of Health
Language: English Publication details: London Routledge 2020Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 362p. illISBN: 9781032295626 (PB)Subject(s): Medical Geography | Environmental Health | Politics of Health | General
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Includes Glossary and Index
Section I Ecological Approaches to Human Health
Introduction: Ecological Approaches to Human Health
Chapter 2 Ecological Approaches to Human Health
Chapter 3 Population-scale Processes: Demographic Change and the Evolution of Pathogens and Vectors
Chapter 4 Environmental Change and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chapter 5 Environmental Exposures
Chapter 6 Cartography and Geospatial Science in Health
Section II Social Approaches to Health and Healthcare
Chapter 7 Socioeconomic Environments
Chapter 8 Culture and Identity
Chapter 9 Power and Politics of Health
Chapter 10 Geographies of Healthcare
Chapter 11 Integrating Approaches to the Study of the Geography of Health: Policymaking from Geographic Perspectives
In the second edition of An Introduction to the Geography of Health, Helen Hazen and Peter Anthamatten explore the ways in which geographic ideas and approaches can inform our understanding of health. The book’s focus on a broad range of physical and social factors that drive health in places and spaces offers students and scholars an important holistic perspective on the study of health in the modern era.
In this edition, the authors have restructured the book to emphasize the theoretical significance of ecological and social approaches to health. Spatial methods are now reinforced throughout the book, and other qualitative and quantitative methods are discussed in greater depth. Data and examples are used extensively to illustrate key points and have been updated throughout, including several new extended case studies such as water contamination in Flint, Michigan; microplastics pollution; West Africa’s Ebola crisis; and the Zika epidemic. The book contains more than one hundred figures, including new and updated maps, data graphics, and photos.
The book is designed to be used as the core text for a health geography course for undergraduate and lower-level graduate students and is relevant to students of biology, medicine, entomology, social science, urban planning, and public health.
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