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Geographies of Health and Development - Couverture souple

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Luginaah, Isaac

 
9781138546950: Geographies of Health and Development
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 113854695X ISBN 13 : 9781138546950
Editeur : Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

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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À propos de l'auteur

Isaac Luginaah is at The University of Western Ontario, Canada and Rachel Bezner Kerr, Cornell University, USA.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
113854695X
ISBN 13 
9781138546950
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
332
Éditeur
Kerr Rachel Bezner
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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