Although health equity and diversity-focussed research has begun to
gain momentum, there is still a paucity of research from health
geographers that explicitly explores how geographic factors, such
as place, space, scale, community, and location, inform multiple
axes of difference. Such axes can include residential location,
age, sex, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, religion, socio-economic
status, marital status, sexual orientation, education level, and
immigration status. Specifically focussing on Canada's rapidly
changing society, which is becoming increasingly pluralized and
diverse, this book examines the place-health-diversity intersection
in this national context. Health geographers are well positioned to
offer a valuable contribution to diversity-focussed research
because place is inextricably linked to differential experiences of
health. For example, access to health care and health promoting
services and resources is largely influenced by where one is
physically and socially situated within the web of diversity.
Furthermore, applying geographic concepts like place, in both the
physical and social sense, allows researchers to explore multiple
axes of difference simultaneously. Such geographic perspectives, as
presented in this book, offer new insights into what makes diverse
people, in diverse places, with access to diverse resources
(un)healthy in different ways in Canada and beyond.
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