CONCEPTS W5

Question 1

Medical geography

Answer 1

Studies that quantify the occurrence of disease within a population over time and across space

Jacques May

Social - Negative, those in certain areas further removed from accessing what they need to have social mobility - poor housing, long distance from schools etc

Health - Negative, those in certain areas have easier access to negatively impacting areas such as liquor and fast food and further distance for positive health impacting things such as supermarkets, gyms and nature

Question 2

Conventional view of geography of health

Answer 2

Relationship between health & place, influence of health services. It is more upstream

• geographical locations/boundaries
• Separated by physical distance
• Resident local communities

Question 3

Relational view of geography of health

Answer 3

Relationship between health and place, influence of health services. It is more upstream

• Nodes in networks/multiscale
• Separated by socio-relational distance
• Populations of mobile individuals

Question 4

Geographical inequities

Answer 4

Inequalities that stem from injustice where the spatial distribution of resources does not reflect the need for those resources

Social - bad, distribution of resources could include access to education and safe work places, as well as good housing
Health - Bad, access to health care is not evenly distributed so people cannot access it, access to health demoting services is easy