Health, Science, and Place

The main focus of this monograph is synthesizing the importance of geographic approaches to public health and patient care. The chapters are organized into four themed sections: the role of geography in health care reform; the geographies of human health; geospatial data and technologies; and geography in medicine. It is a highly informative book, providing scientific insight for geographers with an interest in advanced geospatial applications and health research. The author is an international expert in geography, GIS, and public health, who recently co-edited a special issue on "Geospatial Applications in Disease Surveillance," published in the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research.

Autorentext
Amy Blatt, Ph.D., GISP, has over 15 years of research and teaching experience in geography, GIS, and public health, gained at the University of Cincinnati, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and other institutions. She operates as a consultant on advanced geospatial applications and visualizations, and her health research has been favorably reviewed in Nature. As a special theme co-editor of the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research and editorial board member of the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries since 2003, she brings numerous geospatial technologies and applications to a broad audience of professionals through featured articles, interviews, and columns.

Inhalt

Part I What is the Role Of Geography in Health Care Reform?.- Chapter 1 Health Care Reform and Disease Surveillance: Making the Connection.- Chapter 2 The Importance of Geography in Disease Surveillance.- Part II Geographies of Human Health.- Chapter 3 Using Geographic Information for Disease Surveillance at Mass Gatherings.- Chapter 4 Geographical Representations of Patients and Their Health Conditions.- Chapter 5 Data Privacy and Ethical Uses of Volunteered Geographic Information.- Part III Geospatial Data And Technologies.- Chapter 6 Collaborative Mapping.- Chapter 7 Geospatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.- Part IV Geography In Medicine.- Chapter 8 Geographic Medicine.- Chapter 9.- Geospatial Medicine.- Chapter 10 A New Model.