Documents about Medical Geography
mayer
Washington, SYMPOSIUM 2
Excerpt: ... Population Health, Place, and Space: Geographic Concepts Jonathan D. Mayer, PhD Professor, Geography Adjunct Professor, Medicine( Infectious Diseases), Health Services, Family Medicine, Epidemiology(?) Recent Recognition of Medical Geography in Health Sciences Largely due to: Methodological innovations and origins of Geographical Information Systems; Spatial modeling of disease Spatial statistics Less well known are conceptual understandings My own work is in ecology of infectious disease, spatial aspects of health service provision Traditions of Geographic Thought Human-Environment Locational Regional Physical Social Theoretic Sense of Place Human-Environment How do humans and physical environment interact? Mid to late 20th century hesitancy due to environmental determinism Manifestations in medical geography Disease ecology Climate change and effects on health Modeling environment-health interactions Locational Geography as applied geometry Spatial patterning and processes that generate them, e ...
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b19lec208
Allan Hancock College, BIAN 2119
Excerpt: ... f systems of the ill person), both together = sickness Medical anthropology: cultural focus 4 Disease patterns in populations Within a population, your disease risk depends on who you are Age, sex, economic status, ethnicity Patterns of disease occurrence vary from population to population Population perspective different from personal medical care but links to public health 5 In public health the old clich is true, and important Prevention is better than cure 6 1 Disease ecology, medical geography , epidemiology All study patterns of disease in populations Differences of emphasis: environmental impacts, spatial contrasts, statistical patterns All types of disease & injury are included: infectious, genetic, congenital, allergic, degenerative, poisoning, accidental . Data sources? Dedicated surveys, hospitals & clinics, death registers . 7 Some terms Endemic / epidemic / pandemic Incidence / prevalence Case-fatality Morbidity / mortality Zoonosis Reservoir Virgin-soil epidemic 8 Enormous vari ...
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SubSaharan Africa2
Laurentian, GEOG 200501
Excerpt: ... Subsaharan Africa Midterms Geography in the News Due in 44 days 15 sources? Subsaharan Africa Development colonial legacy Medical geography & disease Cultural patterns Colonial Legacy Boundaries & intertribal antagonism (e.g., Rwanda) Transportation network Interior to coastal ports Dual economy 70% of labour force in agriculture Cash crops for export: cocoa, coffee, tea, cotton Subsistence agriculture (maize, millet, sorghum, tubers, plantain) Land tenure issues, need for land reform Colonial institutions Government and legal framework Medical Geography Epidemiology Africa is uniquely vulnerable High disease incidence and diffusion Widespread nutritional deficiencies Vectors and hosts Spread of disease Endemic Epidemic Pandemic Medical Geography Endemic disease Infects large numbers without rapid death Equilibrium & persistent ill-health Typically endemic to a region Hepatitis STDs or STIs (formerly venereal diseases) Parasites ...
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FÁBIO SILVA LOPES_Resume
FIU, KCHAT 001
Excerpt: ... FBIO SILVA LOPES flopes@mackenzie.br http:/lattes.cnpq.br/2302666201616083 EDUCATION - PhD., Public Health, June 2006 - present, University of So Paulo, So Paulo, Brazil. - Master of Science, Public Health, August 2005, University of So Paulo, So Paulo, Brazil. - Bachelor of Science, Data Process, December 1991, Mackenzie University. So Paulo, Brazil. RELEVANT COURSES - Lato Sensu, Informatics, 1992. - Lato Sensu, Health Services Management, 1999. RELEVANT PROJECTS LOPES, Fbio Silva ; RIBEIRO, H. . The use of geographical information systems in the study of human beings exposed to burnt sugar-cane straw product in the So Paulo, Brazil. In: XII International Symposium in Medical Geography , 2007, Bonn. Changing Geographies of Public Health. Bonn : Universittsdruckerei, 2007. v. 1. p. 9191. LOPES, Fbio Silva ; RIBEIRO, H. . Mapeamento de internaes hospitalares por problemas respiratrios e possveis associaes exposio humana aos produtos da queima da palha de cana-de-a ...
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L1_Intro
Berkeley, WEEK 2
Excerpt: ... New Technologies for Understanding the Relationship between Health and Place The Study of Health & Place Spatial epidemiology Medical geography Geographic pathology Medical ecology Geographical epidemiology Geomedicine A Historical Perspective Public Health professionals have long recognized the importance of place in health. Hippocrates On Airs, Waters, and Places c. 400 BC A more modern, structured view of how place influences health is provided in Meades Medical Geography text: Population Health Habitat Behavior The Three Vertices Population Susceptibility age, race, and genetics Habitat Natural climate, vegetation, geology, hydrology Built buildings and patterns of settlement Behavior Exposure, culture, technology how we live and interact with each other and the environment affects our health Epidemiology From Lasts Dictionary of Epidemiology: Epidemiology is defined as the study of the distribution and deter ...
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192_2004_lec15
UNC, GEOG 192
Excerpt: ... Lecture 15 Spatial Interaction 15-1 Intro to Spatial Interaction Modeling - Spatial diffusion ( Medical geography ) - Huff Model (Market Delineation) - Gravity Model ( Migration, transportation, etc.) Interaction (such as traffic flows between cities) can be modeled with gravity formula. 06/01/09 Jun Liang, Geography @ UNC 1 15-2 The Basic Gravity Model Two most obvious factors which affect the amount of flow or interaction between any two points: (1) Population / GDP (Weight) (2) Distance / Driving Time (Distance) And gravity model can take them as input to evaluate the interaction between two points. 06/01/09 Jun Liang, Geography @ UNC 2 15-2 The Basic Gravity Model (Cont.) 1,2,4 cities' population are 1000000. City 3's population is 500000. Which link has more traffic than the rest? 06/01/09 Jun Liang, Geography @ UNC 3 15-2 The Basic Gravity Model (Cont.) Generalizations: Expected interactions between an origin city i and a destination city j (I ) will vary directly with the population of the ...
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geography
The University of Oklahoma, LIS 5703
Excerpt: ... cal geography is further subdivided into geomorphology, climatology, biogeography, and hydrology. In this category particular attention has been paid to coastal areas, to water and mineral resources (including energy), and to natural hazards. Human geography includes historical geography, cultural and social geography, population geography, political geography, economic geography (including the study of agriculture, industry, trade, and transportation), and urban geography. Medical geography , environmental management, and conservation of resources fall between these two large fields. The scale of study in regional geography may range from worldwide http:/www.britannica.com/eb/print?eu=37167 3/25/2004 Encyclopdia Britannica Page 2 of 2 regionalization, to a continent, a major cultural area, a country, a subregion within a country, or a city. Geography utilizes a battery of methods and techniques. Particularly important are direct field observations and mapping. Methods of observation have been enhance ...
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what_is_geography
Maryland, GEOG 212
Excerpt: ... s, -9,000 deaths, -10,000 missing, -millions displaced, -thousand emigrated. (Hunt, 1999, p. A7) Human Geography Sub-fields Cultural Geography Population Geography Political Geography Urban Geography Economic Geography Medical Geography Historical Geography Social Geography Other fields Anthropology Demography Political Science Urban Studies Economics Medicine and Health History Sociology 8 Points to Ponder l l Why am I a Geographer? What area of geography I would like to concentrate? 9 ...
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Lecture_1_what_is_geography
Maryland, GEOG 212
Excerpt: ... teraction between Human and Physical Environment In what aspects would a Physical Geographer would be interested in a hurricane? - Force of the winds - Precipitation - Path of the hurricane - Atmospheric pressure - Water temperature In what aspects would a Human Geographer would be interested in a hurricane? - Property damages - Landfall - Fatalities - Migration - Economic effect Sub fields of Human Geography Cultural Geography Population Geography Political Geography Urban Geography Economic Geography Medical Geography Historical Geography Social Geography Anthropology Demography Political Science Urban Studies Economics Medicine and Health History Sociology Check the following website for additional specialty groups http:/www.aag.org/sg/sg_display.cfm Points to Ponder Why What What are you a Geographer? interests you? sub field of geography would like to concentrate? ...
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geog323_lecture1_what_is_geography
Maryland, GEOG 323
Excerpt: ... of rain in some areas devastating the Caribbean coast of CentralAmerica. Human affect: -$10 billion in total damages, -9,000 deaths, -10,000 missing, -millions displaced, -thousand emigrated. (Hunt, 1999, p. A7) Human Geography Sub-fields Cultural Geography Population Geography Political Geography Urban Geography Economic Geography Medical Geography Historical Geography Social Geography Other fields Anthropology Demography Political Science Urban Studies Economics Medicine and Health History Sociology ...
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07_HealthData&GIS
UNC, ENVR 468
Excerpt: ... y Layers Roads Pumps Case event data (McLeod, K.S. Our sense of Snow: the myth of John Snow in medical geography . Social Science & Medicine. 2000;50:923-935.) ID Application of GIS "Continuum of diseases" Highly applicable to `environmental' diseases, such as malaria and other vectorborne diseases Limited applicability to noncommunicable diseases, such as MS, with weak or nonexistent environmental components In between are HIV and other STDs with moderately strong links to the environment (Tanser, F.C. et al. The application of geographical information systems to important public health problems in Africa. Int. J Health Geographics. 2002;1:4.) I95 Syphilis Study (Cook et al. What's driving an epidemic? The Spread of Syphilis Along an Interstate Highway in Rural North Carolina. Am. J of Public Health. 1999 Mar;89(3):369-373.) I95 Syphilis Study (Cook et al. What's driving an epidemic? The Spread of Syphilis Along an Interstate Highway in Rural North Carolina. Am ...
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07_HealthData&GIS
UNC, ENVR 468
Excerpt: ... se etiology Layers Roads Pumps Case event data (McLeod, K.S. Our sense of Snow: the myth of John Snow in medical geography . Social Science & Medicine. 2000;50:923-935.) ID Application of GIS "Continuum of diseases" Highly applicable to `environmental' diseases, such as malaria and other vectorborne diseases Limited applicability to noncommunicable diseases, such as MS, with weak or nonexistent environmental components In between are HIV and other STDs with moderately strong links to the environment (Tanser, F.C. et al. The application of geographical information systems to important public health problems in Africa. Int. J Health Geographics. 2002;1:4.) I95 Syphilis Study (Cook et al. What's driving an epidemic? The Spread of Syphilis Along an Interstate Highway in Rural North Carolina. Am. J of Public Health. 1999 Mar;89(3):369-373.) I95 Syphilis Study (Cook et al. What's driving an epidemic? The Spread of Syphilis Along an Interstate Highway in Rural North C ...
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07_HealthData&GIS
UNC, ENVR 468
Excerpt: ... ses. 1996;2(1):37-43.) GeographicalCorrelation Analysis (Glass, G.E. et al. Infectious Disease Epidemiology and GIS: A Case Study of Lyme Disease. Geo Info Systems. 1992;2(10):65-69.) DiseaseClustering GCAPointSourceStudy JohnSnows1854MapofCholeraandtheBroadStreetPump Hypothesisofdisease etiology Layers Roads Pumps Caseeventdata (McLeod, K.S. Our sense of Snow: the myth of John Snow in medical geography . Social Science & Medicine. 2000;50:923-935.) IDApplicationofGIS Continuumofdiseases Highlyapplicabletoenvironmentaldiseases,suchas malariaandothervectorbornediseases Limitedapplicabilitytononcommunicablediseases,such asMS,withweakornonexistentenvironmental components InbetweenareHIVandotherSTDswithmoderatelystrong linkstotheenvironment (Tanser, F.C. et al. The application of geographical ...
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AREA7HO 2001
Virginia Tech, ADVISING 7
Excerpt: ... NSC 3604 Fundamentals of Environmental Science (NOT CSES 3604) FIN 4144* International Financial Management FIW 2114* Prin. of Fisheries and Wildlife Management GEOG 1014 World Regions GEOG 2034 Geography of Global Conflict GEOG/IS/PSCI 2054 Introduction to World Politics GEOG 2134 Geography of Global Economy GEOG 3104 Environmental Problems, Populations and Development GEOG 4074* Medical Geography GEOG 4204 Geography of Resources GEOG/SOC/UAP 4764* International Development CONTINUED ON BACK F RB RB 2 F F RA RS RA F RA RB RB RB RA 2 2 2 RA RS RB RA F F RB RB RA RS RA RB Course has prerequisites - see the following url http:/www.provost.vt.edu/documents/cc_student_200607.pdf and course description in the Timetable of Classes or the Undergraduate Catalog. Revised February 20, 2007 RA GEOS 1024 Resources and the Environment F HD 2314 Human Sexuality F HIST 1214 History of Modern World F HIST 1224 Introduction to Latin America 2 HIST/STS 2054 Engineering Cultures F HIST 2124 Critical Issues in World Hi ...
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ho.part3-2008
CUNY Baruch, GEOG 101
Excerpt: ... Hunter College of the City University of New York GEOG 101 Part Three: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY I. Introduction to Human Geography A. Environmental perception (recognition and use) B. Cultural landscape (human imprint on the Earth's surface) II. Living on the Earth (Ch. 6 all and the following pages of Ch. 8: 11th ed., 280-91; 10th ed., pp. 281-91; 9th ed., pp. 292-302) A. Sub-disciplines of Study B. Earth as a Home for People (habitat; perception; push-pull factors; carrying capacity) C. Demography (population data and growth rates) D. Medical Geography (well-being and habitat; health and nutrition; age and sex make up) E. Dealing with Population Growth III. Cultural Geography (Ch. 7: 11th ed., pp.216-33; 10th ed., pp. 218-38; 9th ed., pp. 226-50) A. Cultural diversity: spatial expression of human differentiation (language, religion, clothing style, architecture, field patterns, etc.) 1. Cultural traits (technology, sociology, ideology) 2. Cultural hearths (source regions) 3. Cultural diffusion (spread from the hear ...
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ho.part3-2007
CUNY Baruch, GEOG 101
Excerpt: ... Hunter College of the City University of New York GEOG 101 Part Three: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY I. Introduction to Human Geography A. Environmental perception (recognition and use) B. Cultural landscape (human imprint on the Earth's surface) II. Living on the Earth (Ch. 6 all and parts of Ch. 8: 11th ed., 280-91; 10th ed., pp. 281-91; 9th ed., pp. 292-302) A. Sub-disciplines of Study B. Earth as a Home for People (habitat; perception; push-pull factors; carrying capacity) C. Demography (population data and growth rates) D. Medical Geography (well-being and habitat; health and nutrition; age and sex make up) E. Dealing with Population Growth III. Cultural Geography (Ch. 7: 11th ed., pp.216-33, 241-43, 257-63; 10th ed., pp. 218-38, 242-45, 25764; 9th ed., pp. 226-50, 253-56, 268-76) A. Cultural diversity: spatial expression of human differentiation (language, religion, clothing style, architecture, field patterns, etc.) 1. Cultural traits (technology, sociology, ideology) 2. Cultural hearths (source regions) 3. Cultura ...
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Outline11SubAfricaDisease
UCCS, GES 198
Excerpt: ... n Geography Characteristics/Issues A. religion: competition Islam/Christian/traditional B. high rate of population growth C. celebrating cultural differences Infectious Diseases - Subdisciplines in Geography A. cultural geography 1. spatial diffusion: how phenomena spread through a population across space and time B. medical geography 1. study of people's health in a spatial context a. source areas b. diffusion 2. maps C. disease terminology 1. disease agent: pathogen or illness-causing organism itself II. III. IV. Sub-Saharan Africa: Intro and Disease - p. 1 V. VI. VII. 2. disease vector: intermediate transmitter of the disease 3. disease reservoir: animate or inanimate sources which harbor disease-causing organisms and can serve as potential sources of disease outbreaks 4. epidemic: local or regional outbreak affecting many people 5. pandemic: worldwide epidemic 6. endemic: disease carried by a large number of people in a region Disease throughout history B. pre-20th century C. late 19th/early 20th ...
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Geography 19-20
Tampa, STA 2023
Excerpt: ... Program 19- Strength to Overcome Apartheid - homelands - land reform - GPA Global Positioning System April 1994- 1st democratic election South Africa- AParheid- blacks Minimal rainfall White minority controlled 85% of the land Land reform brought rabrantic times 1995, 396 Africans purchased this land Poverty, underdevelopment Kenya -hiv/aids Medical geography Disease diffusion Migration to urban areas 2 million in Kenya HIV 100,000 children HIV Mid 20's to mid 40's Malaria 300 million on continent Sahara,Africa (up) 1994, 40 million world hiv/aids/ 28 million sub-sarharen 75-80% Southern Africa highest rate Kenya 1987, Mombesa, Kismu, Naiobi 1990, rate rised, climbed in rural areas 1993 rate grew Passed to unborn children 15% 60-49 years lifespan in Kenya,2000 Ukweli Juu ya Ukmwi 1999 national disaster Uganda 13% worlds in africa 70% Program 20- Developing Countries Ivy coast Cote d'lvoire - climatic and ecological zones - agricultural commodities - ethnic and religious conflicts 100,000 people in Yamo ...
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Sub-Saharan Africa
, GEOG 200
Excerpt: ... Sub-Saharan Africa 15/03/2007 12:41:00 Africa the Dark Continent mysterious and unknown U.S. into sub Saharan Africa 2.5 times 65% grassland, 25% desert, 10% rainforest Since 1900, 99% of animal population have been wiped out. Poaching, hunting Population explosion Farm land Over 700 different cultures in Africa that still exist, though many were decimated by colonialism 2 seasons dry season, wet season Wealthy land but wealth is in the elite whites The Nile river is the longest river in the world Population 714.3 M Pop Density 85.5/1273.6 o US 79.9/447 BR 41/1000 DR 16/1000 Nat. Increase 2.5 IMR 95 Life Expectancy M-47 F-50 % Urban 33 GNI $320-$15,960 Medical Geography Epidemic: a sudden outbreak leading to a high percentage of afflictions in the population. (possibly a large number of deaths) Pandemic: epidemic that starts locally, spreads regionally, and then worldwide. Influenza Aids Endemic: ...
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study guide
Michigan State University, GEO 204
Excerpt: ... nomic region of Chile? Foreign revenues Why is Brazil called the "Giant of South America"? It is so large that it has common boundaries with all the realm's other countries except Ecuador and Chile. It occupies just under 50% of South America. The culture hearthy of Brazil is? Northeast The modern core of Brazil is? Southeast What is the leading crop of the Interior sub region (Central West) of Brazil? Soybeans What is the main city of North (Amazon) region of Brazil? Manuma Chapter 7- Sub Saharan Africa What is rift valley? Deep trenches which form when huge parallel cracks or faults appear in the Earth's crust and the strips of curst between them sink, or are pushed down, to form great, steep sided linear valleys. Why are the rivers of Africa considered unusual? Their upper courses often bear landward, seemingly unrelated to the coast toward which they eventually flow. Not very straight patterns What is an escarpment? The edge of a plateau or cliff. In medical geography what are the host, the vector and ...
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People on the Land Part I
University of Texas, GRG 305
Excerpt: ... hat is reflected in higher death rates. Australia, Canada, and the United States attract more young immigrants Geography of mortality ! Nature seeking to find a balance may have developed effective diseases to control dss population in Africa where our species originated. Changing climatic patterns imposed a great desert belt across Africa blocking the spread of diseases from its humid tropic region AIDS apparently started in Tropical Africa but has diffused to more temperate climates Geography of mortality ! Fatal or potentially fatal diseases can occur in all parts of the world Many are increasingly resistant to medicines Monitored by World Health Organization and US Center for Disease Control Next slide shows that few areas of the world have been spared. Medical Geography name given to spatial study of human health Geography of mortality ! Death comes in different forms geographically In developed world age-induced degenerative conditions In developing nations contagi ...
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readme
TCU, BJONES 20263
Excerpt: ... pp-lecture The PowerPoint slides in this folder are designed to be used to support lectures on the textbook contents. They include the text figures plus bulleted lists and other slides that reflect the narrative. Some instructors choose to post the ...
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StudyGuideS08C
Illinois Tech, MATH 149
Excerpt: ... <STUDYGUIDES08C.TXT> {5-9-2008} Math 149 Spring 2008 Final Study Guide, Part III - Chapter 6 Concept Check, p. 378: 1,2,3,4,5 Exercises: 1-6, 7-11, 12-16 Chapter 9 Concept Check, p. 598: 1 Exercises: 1, 3a, 7 ...
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