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Geographies of Health An Introduction.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2014.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- 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