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Spatial Health Inequalities - Adapting GIS Tools and Data Analysis (Hardcover)
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Spatial Health Inequalities - Adapting GIS Tools and Data Analysis (Hardcover)
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The neighborhoods and the biophysical, political, and cultural
environments all play a key role in affecting health outcomes of
individuals. Unequal spatial distribution of resources such as
clinics, hospitals, public transportation, fresh food markets, and
schools could make some communities as a whole more vulnerable and
less resilient to adverse health effects. This somber reality
suggests that it is rather the question of "who you are depends
upon where you are" and the fact that health inequality is both a
people and a place concern. That is why health inequality needs to
be investigated in a spatial setting to deepen our understanding of
why and how some geographical areas experience poorer health than
others. This book introduces how spatial context shapes health
inequalities. Spatial Health Inequalities: Adapting GIS Tools and
Data Analysis demonstrates the spatial health inequalities in six
most important topics in environmental and public health, including
food insecurity, birth health outcomes, infectious diseases,
children's lead poisoning, chronic diseases, and health care
access. These are the topics that the author has done extensive
research on and provides a detailed description of the topic from a
global perspective. Each chapter identifies relevant data and data
sources, discusses key literature on appropriate techniques, and
then illustrates with real data with mapping and GIS techniques.
This is a unique book for students, geographers, clinicians, health
and research professionals and community members interested in
applying GIS and spatial analysis to the study of health
inequalities.
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