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Health and Medical Geography, Fourth Edition

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Why are rainfall, carcinogens, and primary care physicians distributed unevenly over space? The fourth edition of the leading text in the field has been updated and reorganized to cover the latest developments in disease ecology and health promotion across the globe. The book accessibly introduces the core questions and perspectives of health and medical geography and presents cutting-edge techniques of mapping and spatial analysis. It explores the intersecting genetic, ecological, behavioral, cultural, and socioeconomic processes that underlie patterns of health and disease in particular places, including how new diseases and epidemics emerge. Geographic dimensions of health care access and service provision are addressed. More than 100 figures include 16 color plates; most are available as PowerPoint slides at the companion website. New to This Edition: *Chapters on the political ecology of health; emerging infectious diseases and landscape genetics; food, diet, and nutrition; and urban health. *Coverage of Middle East respiratory syndrome, Ebola, and Zika; impacts on health of global climate change; contaminated water crises in economically developed countries, including in Flint, Michigan; China's rapid industrial growth; and other timely topics. *Updated throughout with current data and concepts plus advances in GIS. Pedagogical Features: *End-of-chapter review questions and suggestions for further reading. *Section Introductions that describe each chapter. *"Quick Reviews"--within-chapter recaps of key concepts. *Bold-faced key terms and an end-of-book glossary.
I. Introduction and Big Ideas 1. What Is Health and Medical Geography? - What's in a Name? - A Brief History of Health and Medical Geography - Definitions and Terminology - The Challenge of Health Geography - References - Review Questions 2. Ecology of Health and Disease - Disease Agents and Transmission Processes - The Triangle of Human Ecology - Landscape Epidemiology and Vectored Diseases - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 3. Expanding Disease Ecology - Political Ecology - The Poverty Syndrome - Race in the Study of Health Risks - Gender and Sex: Women's Health - Causal Reasoning and Epidemiological Design - HIV and AIDS: Gender, Mobility, and Political Ecology - The Precautionary Principle and Some Political Ecology of Research - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 4. Transitions and Development - Ecologies of Population Change: Multiple Transitions - Major Impacts of Population Change - Environmental Exposures, the Mobility Transition, and Time-Space Geography - Disease Ecologies of the Agricultural Frontier - Other Development Impacts on Rural Ecologies - Globalization of Movements - Conclusion: Emerging Diseases in Your Future - References - Review Questions II. Maps and Methods 5. Maps, GIS, and Spatial Analysis - Cartography of Health and Disease - Geographic Information Systems - Spatial Statistics - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 6. Disease Diffusion - Diffusion Background - Epidemiological Background - Types of Diffusion - Networks and Barriers - Modeling Disease Diffusion - Influenzas - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 7. Emerging Infectious Diseases and Landscape Genetics - What's in a Name? Emerging, Reemerging, or Always There - Why Do Diseases Emerge, Reemerge, or Persist? - Where Can We Expect These Diseases to Emerge/Reemerge? - How Will These Diseases Behave? - Landscape Genetics - Conclusion - References - Review Questions III. What We Eat and Where We Live 8. Food, Diet, and the Nutrition Transition - From Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers - The Columbian Exchange - Modern Agricultural Systems - The Green Revolution - The Nutritional Transition - Commercial Agriculture and the Nutrition Transition - Direct and Indirect Health Effects of Agricultural and Dietary Changes - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 9. Neighborhoods and Health - The Concept of Neighborhood Health - Social Context and Health - Effects of the Built Environment on Health - Opportunities and Challenges in Neighborhood Effects Studies - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 10. Urban Health - Cities and Urbanization - A Brief History of Cities - Large Cities in the Modern Era - Developing World Cities: Dickens or a Dream? - Traffic - Disappearing Cities? - Conclusion - References - Review Questions IV. Environments and Climates 11. Environment and Health - Toxic Hazards - Outdoor Air Pollution - Indoor Air Pollution - Water Pollution - Sources and Health Effects of Lead - Risk Assessment and Prevention - Globalization and the Perception of Health Hazards - Hazards, Power, Policy, and Environmental Justice - Healthy Environments - Conclusion - References - Review Questions 12. Climate and Health - Direct Biometeorological Influences - The Influences of the Weather - Seasonality of Death and Birth - Physical Zonation of Climates and Biomes - Climate Change and Health - Conclusion - References - Review Questions V. Health Care and Final Thoughts 13. Health Services and Access to Care - What Is Access? - The Provision of Medical Care - Cultural Alternatives and Perceptions - Conclusion: Transforming the Health Service Landscape - References - Review Questions 14. Concluding Words - Review Questions - Glossary
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