Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Geographies of Health

An Introduction

Av Anthony C. Gatrell, Susan J. Elliott

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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 illustrationsUnique in its approach to health geography, as opposed to medical geographyNew chapters focus on contemporary concerns including neighborhoods and health, ageing, and emerging infectious diseaseOffers five new case studies and an fresh emphasis on qualitative research approachesWritten by two of the leading health geographers in the world, each with extensive experience in research and policy

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Utgivningsdatum: 2014-12-19
Mått: 170 x 246 x 21 mm
Vikt: 635 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 432
Upplaga: 3
Förlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9780470672877

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Anthony C. Gatrell 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 Distance and Space: A Geographical Perspective (1983), Interactive Spatial Data Analysis (with Trevor Bailey, 1995), GIS and Health (edited with Markku Löytönen, 1998), and Geographies of Health, second edition (Blackwell, 2011).Susan J. Elliott 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.

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