Geographies of Health and Development Paperback / softback
Edited by Rachel Bezner Kerr, Isaac Luginaah
Part of the Geographies of Health Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
The geographies of health and development is an emerging sub-discipline, tying in with many of the conceptual, theoretical and practical components of other disciplines working in health, health care, economics, and international development.
Spatially and theoretically grounded in geography, this collection offers a fresh perspective on the dialectic relationships between health and development.
Health problems in a developing context take on much higher rates of prevalence as a result of the varied cultural, structural and economic vulnerabilities of the people they impact. This book begins by exploring some of the circumstances surrounding the distinctive health inequities currently facing many developing countries, including malaria, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS.
This is followed by a discussion of how matters of physical access and human resource issues and, perhaps most importantly, the challenges of financing, together shape the access and utilization of health care.
Examining how the environment interacts to influence the health of the people that live there, the next section includes discussion around challenges of food (in)security, and the importance of clean and uncontaminated water for health.
Finally, the book explores the influence of globalization on health, specifically within the urban environment, against the backdrop of global health policy.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:332 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:06/02/2018
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- ISBN:9781138546950
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:332 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:06/02/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138546950
