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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299444703321

Autore

Blatt Amy J

Titolo

Health, Science, and Place : A New Model / / by Amy J. Blatt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-12003-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Collana

Geotechnologies and the Environment, , 2365-0575 ; ; 12

Disciplina

613

614.44

624.151

910

Soggetti

Geographical information systems

Health promotion

Geotechnical engineering

Geographical Information Systems/Cartography

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Part I What is the Role Of Geography in Health Care Reform? -- Chapter 1 Health Care Reform and Disease Surveillance: Making the Connection -- Chapter 2 The Importance of Geography in Disease Surveillance -- Part II Geographies of Human Health -- Chapter 3 Using Geographic Information for Disease Surveillance at Mass Gatherings -- Chapter 4 Geographical Representations of Patients and Their Health Conditions -- Chapter 5 Data Privacy and Ethical Uses of Volunteered Geographic Information -- Part III Geospatial Data And Technologies -- Chapter 6 – Collaborative Mapping -- Chapter 7 Geospatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery -- Part IV Geography In Medicine -- Chapter 8 Geographic Medicine -- Chapter 9 -- Geospatial Medicine -- Chapter 10 A New Model.

Sommario/riassunto

The main focus of this monograph is synthesizing the importance of geographic approaches to public health and patient care. The chapters



are organized into four themed sections: the role of geography in health care reform; the geographies of human health; geospatial data and technologies; and geography in medicine. It is a highly informative book, providing scientific insight for geographers with an interest in advanced geospatial applications and health research. The author is an international expert in geography, GIS, and public health, who recently co-edited a special issue on “Geospatial Applications in Disease Surveillance,” published in the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research.