Geographies of Health

Anthony C. Gatrell is a geographer by background and training, whose undergraduate and postgraduate career prepared him for early reserach in quantitative geography, spatial analysis, and Geographical Information Systems. His interest in applying this knowledge to problems of disease distribution turned him into a "medical geographer, " though more recent interests in broader health research have seen him transformed into a "health geographer." Presently, he is Professor of the Geography of Health at Lancaster University (where he has worked since 1984), and the Director of the Institute for Health Research

Preface.List of Figures.Part I: Describing and Explaining Health in Geographical SettingsChapter 1. Introducing Geographies of HealthHealth and Geography: Some Fundamental Concepts.Geogrpahies of Health: Five Case Studies.Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.Chapter 2. Explaining Geographies of Health:Positivist Approaches to the Geography of Health.Social Interactionist Approaches to the Geography of Health.Structuralist Approaches to the Geography of Health.Structurationist Approaches to the Geography of Health.Post-Structuralist Approaches.Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.Chapter 3. Method and Technique in the Geography of Health.Part II: Health and the Social EnvironmentChapter 4. Inequalities in Health OutcomesPatterns of Inequality.Explaining Inequalities in Health Outcomes.Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.Chapter 5. Inequalities in the Provision and Utilization of Health Services:Issues in the Delivery of Health Services.Inequalities in the Provision of Health Services.Utilization of Services.Does Provision Affect Outcome?Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.Chapter 6. People on the Move: Migration and Health:Imapact of Migration on Health.Impact of Health Status on Migration.The Relationship between Migration and the Delivery of Health Services.Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.Part III: Health and Human Modification of the EnvironmentChapter 7. Air Quality and Health:Types of Pollutants.Area Sources.Linear Sources.Point Sources.Concluding Remarks.Futher Reading.Chapter 8. Water Quality and Health:Waterborne Diseases.Chemical Contamination of Drinking Water.Other Forms of Contamination.Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.Chapter 9. Health Impacts of Global Environmental ChangeStratospheric Ozone Depletion.Global Climate Change.Health Effects of Other Global Change.Concluding Remarks.Further Reading.References.Appendix: Web-Based Resources for the Geographies of Health.Index.