Health and Medical Geography
by Michael Emch, Elisabeth Dowling Root, Margaret Carrel
4th Edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781462520060 |
| eText ISBN | 9781462528967 |
| Publisher | The Guilford Press |
| Publishing Year | 2017 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 517 |
Health and Medical Geography, 4th Edition, introduces foundational perspectives and questions in the geographic study of health, disease ecology, and global health promotion. The volume explores how genetic, environmental, behavioral, cultural, and socioeconomic factors intersect to shape patterns of wellness and illness across diverse settings.
Coverage spans spatial analytical approaches alongside thematic explorations of environmental hazards, dietary transitions, neighborhood contexts, and geographic disparities in healthcare access and delivery.
Pedagogical resources include chapter-opening overviews, within-chapter Quick Reviews of central concepts, bold key terms linked to an end-of-book glossary, end-of-chapter review questions, and suggestions for further reading.
Table of Contents
Chapter I: Introduction and Big Ideas
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter II: Maps and Methods
Chapter 5: Maps, GIS, and Spatial Analysis
- • Cartography of Health and Disease
- • Geographic Information Systems
- • Spatial Statistics
- • Conclusion
- • References
- • Review Questions
Chapter 6: Disease Diffusion
- • Diffusion Background
- • Epidemiological Background
- • Types of Diffusion
- • Networks and Barriers
- • Modeling Disease Diffusion
- • Influenzas
- • Conclusion
- • References
- • Review Questions
Chapter 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
Chapter III: What We Eat and Where We Live
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter IV: Environments and Climates
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter V: Health Care and Final Thoughts
Chapter 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
Chapter 14: Concluding Words
- • Review Questions
- • Glossary
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