Spatial Health Inequalities

Spatial Health Inequalities

Author: Esra Ozdenerol

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-08-05

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1498701515

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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.


Novick and Morrow's Public Health Administration

Novick and Morrow's Public Health Administration

Author: James A. Johnson

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2013-07-12

Total Pages: 745

ISBN-13: 1449657427

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Under the direction of new lead editors Leiyu Shi and James Johnson, the new Third Edition of Public Health Administration examines the many events, advances, and challenges in the U.S. and the world since the publication of the last edition of the book. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.


Novick & Morrow's Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management

Novick & Morrow's Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management

Author: Leiyu Shi

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2020-10-05

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 1284195503

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Under the direction of lead editors, Leiyu Shi and James A. Johnson, the Fourth Edition of Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management examines the many events, advances, and challenges in the United States and the world since the publication of the prior edition. With contributions from experts in areas ranging from workforce to community-based prevention to emergency preparedness, this timely and thorough revision offers detailed, comprehensive coverage of current, relevant issues for students as well as practicing public health administrators. This edition also addresses new perspectives of evidence-based public health, systems thinking, accountable care organizations, social entrepreneurship, integrated information management, disaster preparedness and response, and social media.


Studies in Applied Geography and Spatial Analysis

Studies in Applied Geography and Spatial Analysis

Author: Robert Stimson

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 1781007969

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This timely and fascinating book illustrates how applied geography can contribute in a multitude of ways to assist policy processes, evaluate public programs, enhance business decisions, and contribute to formulating solutions for community-level problems. The book showcases studies by applied geographers from across the globe collaborating with the public sector, businesses, NGOs and communities to demonstrate how geography Ð with its space and place perspective and its explicitly spatial methods and tools Ð has been employed to address significant real-world issues. The 20 case studies have been conducted at a variety of levels of scale and situational contexts, and employ a range of quantitative and qualitative approaches including spatial and statistical modelling, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), impact analysis and action research. This enlightening and informative book will prove an invaluable reference tool for academics, students and practitioners with a specific interest in applied geography and spatial analysis.


Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management

Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management

Author: Lloyd F. Novick

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2008-03-03

Total Pages: 821

ISBN-13: 1449662722

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New Edition Available 8/15/2013 This shorter, more user-friendly edition of Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management will provide your students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles, practices, and skills essential to successful public health administration. The second edition has been thoroughly revised and includes new information on the Healthy People 2010 objectives as well as two new chapters on bioterrorism and emergency preparedness; and public health systems research. The chapter on public health law has been thoroughly revised by the nation’s top public health law expert. Other updates include coverage of the most recent reports issued by the Institute of Medicine as well as analysis on the relationships between public health and the healthcare services with a particular focus on the uninsured.


GIS And Health

GIS And Health

Author: Anthony Gattrell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0203212819

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The potential users of GIS for health related analysis and applications are legion. In this edited collection, there are extensive examinations of appropriate methodologies for spatial analysis and spatial statistics in analyzing health data. Chapters explore the links with GIS and consider some of the assumptions and problems associated with such analyses. A range of chapters explore the associations between, for example, air pollution and ill health, and between pesticide exposure and disease risk. The book also covers statistical and cartographic methods for analyzing data for small areas and methods for health assessment needs.


Environmental Impacts on Women’s Health Disparities and Reproductive Health: Advancing environmental health equity in clinical and public health practice

Environmental Impacts on Women’s Health Disparities and Reproductive Health: Advancing environmental health equity in clinical and public health practice

Author: Darlene Dixon

Publisher: Frontiers Media SA

Published: 2024-11-07

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 2832556469

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On April 27-28, 2022, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) hosted a workshop to examine the effects of chemical and non-chemical stressors on maternal and fetal adverse health outcomes, discuss diseases specific to women and individuals assigned female at birth, and to assess the role of racial and ethnic disparities in environmental exposures. The concepts of early and lifetime exposures and the correlation between socioeconomic status, hazardous exposures, and communities of color were explored with a focus on the synergistic impacts on women’s health. Current research and knowledge gaps in the context of environmental exposures and women’s reproductive health disparities were examined. This Research Topic reflects the work presented at the NIEHS 2-day workshop or work suggesting critical ways to advance environmental health disparities and women’s reproductive health research, or environmental health equity in public health and clinical practice.