An Introduction to the Geography of Health Helen Hazen and Peter Anthamatten is a textbook that explores how geographic ideas and approaches can enrich our understanding of health. This book is intended for students and professionals in healthcare, biology, social sciences, and related fields.
The authors explore the ways in which physical and social factors affect health in different spaces. In the second edition, emphasis is placed on the theoretical significance of ecological and social models, with extensive attention to spatial methods and other qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques.
Features of the book
The revised edition includes up-to-date data and cases, including water pollution in Flint, microplastics, the Ebola crisis in West Africa, and the Zika epidemic. With more than one hundred figures, maps, data visualizations, and photographs, the book provides a clear and practical understanding of the geography of health.
Product specifications
- Author: Helen Hazen
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: Routledge
- Publication date: 2019-12-17
- Number of pages: 372
- ISBN: 9780367109653
- Subject: Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
- BISAC: MEDICAL / Epidemiology
About the authors
Helen Hazen is a geographer with expertise in health and the environment and a lecturer at the University of Denver, USA. She teaches courses on health, sustainability, and geography.
Peter Anthamatten, associate professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, focuses on the geographical aspects of health, with special attention to children’s living environments and geographic education.