GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - High Tech, Degenerative Disease, Epidemiological Transition
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Population geography iv: geographies of health & health-care. The risks from environmental contamination are not uniform across space. Where you live affects your risk of disease or ill-health. Access to basic resources is spatially differentiated (clean water, abundant food,) Where you live affects your access to these resources. The provision of health-care varies from one location on earth to another. Where you live affects the treatments you get. Geographical concepts applied to health the 4ds. The difference: traditionally: health = the absent of disease (who) More recently: health = the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being (who revised) 4 d"s of health geography: distribution: spatial patterns of health, disease, etc, diffusion: spread of disease over space, determinants: factors affecting health status (e. g. incoming wealth, behavioural factors, social environment, physical environment, genetics. Etc. : delivery: provision of health-care services (e. g. public vs. private vs. traditional, quality of care vs. cost of care such as high-tech diagnosis vs. low tech prevention)