Helen Hazen, Peter Anthamatten

An Introduction to the Geography of Health (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this second edition, the authors explore the ways in which geographic ideas and approaches can inform our understanding of health. The 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429656811
• Artikelnr.: 58318790

Autorenporträt

Helen Hazen is a broadly trained geographer, who focuses on issues of health and environment. She is currently a teaching associate professor at the University of Denver, USA, where she teaches classes on health and sustainability, as well as other aspects of geography.

Peter Anthamatten studied geography and public health as a graduate student and is currently an associate professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, USA. His research interests are primarily around the geography of health, with a focus on children's behavioral and nutritional environments, but he also enjoys working on geographic education. Peter teaches the geography of health, cartography, and spatial statistics.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction Section I Ecological Approaches to Human Health
Introduction: Ecological Approaches to Human Health 2 Ecological Approaches
to Human Health 3 Population-scale Processes: Demographic Change and the
Evolution of Pathogens and Vectors 4 Environmental Change and Emerging
Infectious Diseases 5 Environmental Exposures 6 Cartography and Geospatial
Science in Health Section II Social Approaches to Health and Healthcare
Introduction: Social Approaches to Health and Healthcare 7 Socioeconomic
Environments 8 Culture and Identity 9 Power and Politics of Health 10
Geographies of Healthcare 11 Integrating Approaches to the Study of the
Geography of Health: Policymaking from Geographic Perspectives Glossary
Index