As a branch, Geography of Health has made significant strides in the period underreview. It has progressed from studies in ecological associations of diseases and attemptsat disease mapping, to investigations into a wider perspective of health and health carewith a focus on human welfare. Cultural and the structural approaches to address theproblems of health and place are dimensions that distinguishes this field of enquire fromits past. However, many, if not all studies stop at a cartographic representation of diseasesshowing inter-state or inter-district variation in the prevalence pattern and hardly movebeyond the level of description.
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Geography of Health
As a branch, Geography of Health has made significant strides in the period underreview. It has progressed from studies in ecological associations of diseases and attemptsat disease mapping, to investigations into a wider perspective of health and health carewith a focus on human welfare. Cultural and the structural approaches to address theproblems of health and place are dimensions that distinguishes this field of enquire fromits past. However, many, if not all studies stop at a cartographic representation of diseasesshowing inter-state or inter-district variation in the prevalence pattern and hardly movebeyond the level of description.
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