Geographies of Health and Development

Rachel Bezner-Kerr editor Isaac Luginaah editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:6th Feb '18

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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.

(…) "it does offer a smorgasbord of locations, socio-cultural contexts and health issues that speak to the rich interplay between health, development, space and place. It is, overall, a stimulating collection of studies, with the geographic framing providing a new prism for analysis and understanding." - Assoc. Prof. Peter Hill Global Health Systems, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland

ISBN: 9781138546950

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

332 pages