| 书目名称 | Health and Medical Geography in Africa |
| 副标题 | Methods, Application |
| 编辑 | Yemi Adewoyin |
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| 概述 | Brings together researchers and practitioners in the fields of health and medical geography in Africa.Shows how improvement in public health can catalyze development in Africa.Written from an African |
| 丛书名称 | Global Perspectives on Health Geography |
| 图书封面 |  |
| 描述 | .This contributed volume focuses on the evolution and current state of the sub-discipline of health and medical geography in Africa. It encompasses theoretical and methodological issues as well as the current teaching and research capacities of institutions offering programs in health and medical geography in Africa. Further, the book will review the level of adoption of the sub-discipline in State policies and practice and also provide practical illustrations, with case studies, of how studies in the sub-discipline are central to the actualization of Africa‘s development agenda. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between health and development. ..Through its direct and indirect impacts on labor productivity, population health and wellbeing matter for the social and economic development of households and national economies. Yet, health is not uniform in space. And so is development. Comparatively on many health and development indicators, Africa fairs poorly. The variation in health may present as differences in the occurrence and spread of diseases, the distribution of and access to healthcare facilities, and/or in health outcomes among the population. Reasons for th |
| 出版日期 | Book 2023 |
| 关键词 | Health inequalities; Spatial epidemiology; Space and place; Regional development; Africa; Health outcomes |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41268-4 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-41270-7 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-41268-4Series ISSN 2522-8005 Series E-ISSN 2522-8013 |
| issn_series | 2522-8005 |
| copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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