1st Edition

Population Health Intervention Research Geographical perspectives

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Health geographers are well situated for undertaking population health intervention research (PHIR), and have an opportunity to be at the forefront of this emerging area of inquiry. However, in order to advance PHIR, the scientific community needs to be innovative with its methodologies, theories, and ability to think critically about population health issues. For example, using alternatives (e.g.... Read more

1. Introduction





2. Partnerships to improve population health and health equity: geographic perspectives





3. The vacant land inventory: an approach to support vacant lot redevelopment for population health improvement in Milwaukee, WI, USA





4. Spatial analysis of HIV/AIDS survival in Dallas County, Texas





5. From cultural clashes to settlement stressors: a review of HIV prevention interventions for gay and bisexual immigrant men in North America. 





6. Making a place for health in vulnerability analysis: a case study on dengue in Malaysia and Brazil





7. The geography of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of Congo





8. Natural experiments for addressing chronic diseases





9. Shaping the direction of youth health with COMPASS: a research platform for evaluating natural experiments and generating practice-based evidence in school-based prevention





10. School nutrition as an intervention for addressing childhood overweight and obesity





11. Healthy food retail interventions





12. Transforming Local Geographies to Improve Health

Biography

Daniel W. Harrington is an Epidemiologist Lead at Public Health Ontario, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada.



Sara McLafferty is Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.



Susan J. Elliott is Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo, Canada.