Health Geography - Geography - Lecture Slides, Slides of Geology

Download Health Geography - Geography - Lecture Slides and more Slides Geology in PDF only on Docsity! Introduction Overview • THE MODULE IN CONTEXT – Medical v Health Geography – Sub-Branches – Disease categories – Outline History of Disease – Geography • WARNINGS • MODULE STRUCTURE AND READINGS Docsity.com Medical / Health Geography • A distinction is sometimes made between Medical Geography and Health Geography. • Medical Geography is the older term. • The term ‘Health Geography’ was originally used in the 1990s to signify a particular form of social / cultural geography. • Today it is used more or less as a synonym for ‘Medical Geography’. Docsity.com Outline History of Disease • Infectious diseases were the major cause of death throughout history. • Infectious diseases declined as the major cause of death in developed countries mid-C19 to mid-C20. • Non-infectious diseases are now the major cause of death, and life expectancy is much higher. • There is a fear that infectious diseases could make a comeback. Docsity.com Geography The main concerns of Geography may be summarised by the words ‘place’, ‘space’ and ‘environment’. • Environment: How people influence and are influenced by their environment, both physical and human (i.e. cultural, political, social, economic) – e.g. climate change. • Space: How things vary over space, the reasons for these variations, and how spatial variations in one thing influence spatial variations in other things – e.g. GIS. • Place: How the combination of factors found at a place make that place unique. People’s subjective attachment to places. The focus in this module is on environment (social ecology) Docsity.com ‘Health Warnings’ • Medical student syndrome – material is not suited for those with a nervous disposition. • Waffle-free – you will not be able to bluff this module using general knowledge. • Non-discrete – module does not break into self-contained sections. Docsity.com