| Autore |
Gatrell Anthony C.
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| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (424 p.)
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| Disciplina |
614.4/2
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| Soggetto topico |
Medical geography
Environmental health
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| Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
1-118-27486-5
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Geographies of Health: An Introduction; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Part I Describing and Explaining Health in Geographical Settings; Chapter 1 Introducing Geographies of Health; Health and Geography: Some Fundamental Concepts; Concepts of health; Geographical concepts; Geographies of Health: Five Case Studies; Neighborhoods and obesity in New York City; Public places after the introduction of "smoke free" legislation; The health of Aboriginal populations in Canada; Habitus and heart health: The collision of place, body, and health
Mental health in Australian immigration detention centers Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; References; Chapter 2 Explaining Geographies of Health; Positivist Approaches to the Geography of Health; Positivist explanation; Further examples of positivist approaches; Social Interactionist Approaches to the Geography of Health; Social interactionist explanation; Further examples of social interactionist approaches; Structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health; Structuralist explanation; Further examples of structuralist or conflict-based approaches
Structurationist Approaches to the Geography of Health Structurationist explanation; Further examples of structurationist approaches; Post-structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health; Post-structuralist explanation; Further examples of post-structuralist approaches; Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; References; Chapter 3 Quantitative Methods and Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Visualizing and Exploring Health Data in a Spatial Context; Modeling Health Data in a Spatial Setting; Geographical Information Systems and Health; Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; References
Chapter 4 Qualitative Approaches to Interpreting the Geography of Health Interviews; Focus Groups; Other Qualitative Methods; Qualitative Data Analysis; Rigor in Qualitative Research; Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; References; Part II Health and the Social Environment; Chapter 5 Health Inequalities I: Global Patterns and Regional Contrasts; Health Inequalities in the Global South; Health inequalities: Africa; Health inequalities: The BRIC countries; Health Inequalities in the Global North; Regional divides in the global north
Explaining inequalities in health outcomes in the global north Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; References; Chapter 6 Health Inequalities II: Neighborhoods and Health; A Chicago Story; Neighborhood Context or Social Composition?; The Obesogenic Neighborhood; Psychosocial Health and Well-being; Housing and Health; Infectious Disease; Neighborhoods and Access to Care; Concluding Remarks; Further Reading; References; Chapter 7 Systems of Health Care; Principles of Health Service Delivery; Levels and types of health care provision; Promoting health, preventing illness; Health Care Systems
Geographies of rationing
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460145003321 |
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Geographies of health : an introduction / / Anthony C. Gatrell and Susan J. Elliott
