Overview
- A synthesis and authoritative reference on new geospatial applications in disease surveillance for public health professionals
- Timely and relevant to current discussions on health care reform in the U.S. - e.g., the Affordable Care Act
- Extensive list of references, including color plates depicting color visualization of geospatial applications
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Geotechnologies and the Environment (GEOTECH, volume 12)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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What Is the Role of Geography in Health Care Reform?
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Geospatial Data and Technologies
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Geography in Medicine
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About this book
The main focus of this monograph is synthesizing the importance of geographic approaches to public health and patient care. The chapters are organized into four themed sections: the role of geography in health care reform; the geographies of human health; geospatial data and technologies; and geography in medicine. It is a highly informative book, providing scientific insight for geographers with an interest in advanced geospatial applications and health research.
The author is an international expert in geography, GIS, and public health, who co-edited a special issue on “Geospatial Applications in Disease Surveillance,” published in the International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research.
"Health, Science, and Place is a well-intentioned overview of medical geography in the context of the ACA. Blatt does an excellent job synthesizing ecologic and geographic literatures with what we know about individual health, health care systems, and public health. … this book fills a need in the field by offering a timely discussion of the ACA and medical geography."
“Amy Blatt’s pioneering new book on geomedicine and its exciting capacity to promote health and minimize risk is a robust call for understanding the role of geography for everyone’s quality of life. In Health, Science, and Place: A New Mode, Dr. Blatt’s contributions can be summarized in three categories: comprehensive analysis, creative curating, and targeted innovations... Overall, Dr. Blatt’s Health, Science, and Place: A New Model is a pathbreaking book challenging all public health and health communication scholars and practitioners to explore vigorously the role of medical geography as a shining new bridge between geography and patient care.”
- John C. Pollock, PhD, MPA, Professor of Health Communication and Human Rights, and Faculty Affiliate in Public Health, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJAuthors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Health, Science, and Place
Book Subtitle: A New Model
Authors: Amy J. Blatt
Series Title: Geotechnologies and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12003-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12002-7Published: 05 December 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37807-7Published: 22 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12003-4Published: 21 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2365-0575
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0583
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 133
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences