{"product_id":"geographies-of-health-isbn-9780470672877","title":"Geographies of Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eSetting 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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes international examples, drawn from a broad range of countries, and extensive illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnique in its approach to health geography, as opposed to medical geography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew chapters focus on contemporary concerns including neighborhoods and health, ageing, and emerging infectious disease\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers five new case studies and an fresh emphasis on qualitative research approaches\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by two of the leading health geographers in the world, each with extensive experience in research and policy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Describing and Explaining Health in Geographical Settings 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Introducing Geographies of Health 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth and Geography: Some Fundamental Concepts 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcepts of health 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographical concepts 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographies of Health: Five Case Studies 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhoods and obesity in New York City 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic places after the introduction of “smoke free” legislation 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe health of Aboriginal populations in Canada 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHabitus and heart health: The collision of place, body, and health 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMental health in Australian immigration detention centers 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Explaining Geographies of Health 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositivist Approaches to the Geography of Health 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositivist explanation 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther examples of positivist approaches 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Interactionist Approaches to the Geography of Health 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial interactionist explanation 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther examples of social interactionist approaches 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructuralist explanation 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther examples of structuralist or conflict-based approaches 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructurationist Approaches to the Geography of Health 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructurationist explanation 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther examples of structurationist approaches 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-structuralist explanation 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther examples of post-structuralist approaches 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Quantitative Methods and Geographical Information\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSystems (GIS) 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisualizing and Exploring Health Data in a Spatial Context 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModeling Health Data in a Spatial Setting 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographical Information Systems and Health 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Qualitative Approaches to Interpreting the Geography of Health 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterviews 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocus Groups 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Qualitative Methods 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQualitative Data Analysis 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRigor in Qualitative Research 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Health and the Social Environment 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Health Inequalities I: Global Patterns and Regional Contrasts 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Inequalities in the Global South 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth inequalities: Africa 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth inequalities: The BRIC countries 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Inequalities in the Global North 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional divides in the global north 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplaining inequalities in health outcomes in the global north 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Health Inequalities II: Neighborhoods and Health 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Chicago Story 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhood Context or Social Composition? 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Obesogenic Neighborhood 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychosocial Health and Well-being 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHousing and Health 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfectious Disease 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighborhoods and Access to Care 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Systems of Health Care 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrinciples of Health Service Delivery 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLevels and types of health care provision 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePromoting health, preventing illness 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Care Systems 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographies of rationing 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEfficiency and equity 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe need for health care 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInequalities in the Provision of Health Services 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth care provision in the global south 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth care provision in the global north 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeographies of Care 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Inequalities in the Utilization of Health Services 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of Primary Health Care Services 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of Secondary and Tertiary Health Care Services 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo Provision and Utilization Affect Outcome? 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Ageing and Place 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is Age? 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgeing Populations: Global and Regional Perspectives 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Distribution of Ill-Health and Disability Among Older Adults 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Inequalities in Older Adults 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealthy Ageing “In Place” 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere’s No Place Like Home 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 People on the Move: Migration and Health 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration, Disruption, and Health 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoluntary migration and mental health 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForced displacement 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Impact of Migration on the Spread of Disease 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration and the Incidence of Disease and Ill-health 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDirect effects 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLonger-term health impacts of migration 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration as a confounding variable 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpact of Health Status on Migration 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Relationship Between Migration and Access to Health Services 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Health and Human Modification of the Environment 307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 On Airs, Waters, Places 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArea sources 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinear sources 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoint sources 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCholera 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchistosomiasis 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGastroenteritis 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChemicals in drinking water 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Health Impacts of Global Environmental Change 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStratospheric Ozone Depletion 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Science of Climate Change and Its Role in Human Health 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth Impacts of Climate Change 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAir quality 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContamination of food and water 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTemperature extremes 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtreme weather events and natural hazards 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImpacts on infectious vector-borne disease 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Emerging, Re-emerging, and Neglected Infectious Diseases 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisease Transmission: The Role of Vectors 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Drivers of Emerging, Re-emerging, and Neglected Diseases 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcosystem change 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical upheaval, conflict, and disaster 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobilities of people and goods 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntimicrobial resistance 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocioeconomic determinants and consequences 388\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding Remarks 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 395\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony C. Gatrell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of the Geography of Health at Lancaster University. His research interests include applications of spatial analysis and GIS in health and medicine, health inequalities, and associations between mobility and health. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDistance and Space: A Geographical Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003eInteractive Spatial Data Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e (with Trevor Bailey, 1995), \u003ci\u003eGIS and Health\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Markku Löytönen, 1998), and \u003ci\u003eGeographies of Health, second edition\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan J. Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e is the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Waterloo, Canada where she is actively involved in research related to integrated knowledge translation in the area of environment and health research. She has published extensively around relationships between health and the built environment, health and the socially constructed environment, and health and the physical environment. Her research activities span the globe, with current activities related to access to safe water and sanitation in Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe best health\/medical geography textbook on the market. The adjustments, additions, and alterations in the third edition only heighten my enthusiasm. It is well organised, accessible, extremely well written and features a good range of international examples. I will certainly adopt this new edition.—\u003cb\u003eGraham Moon, University of Southampton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989281915109,"sku":"NP9780470672877","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470672877.jpg?v=1761783505","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/geographies-of-health-isbn-9780470672877","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}