Lecture 1&2 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Chile
Example of technology linked with health
Chile introducing a radius where fast food chains are not allowed to open within 2 miles of a school / deliveroo
Assylums
Historical geographies of medicine - who talked about this
Philo 1987
talks about the manipulation of space and the power dynamics involved
importance of place in understanding health outcomes + experiences.
Centrality of Place in Health Geography
Kearns & Collins, 2010
This shift marks the discipline’s evolution into focusing on how specific locations affect health and wellbeing
arguing for less focus on quant methods
Critical and Qualitative Approaches
Parr (2003)
focus on the constructed and experiential aspects of place, reflecting changes in social sciences and theories of health.
focus on not just health but wellbeing too
Wellbeing and Holistic Approaches
Kearns & Collins, 2010
The focus is not only on health but on overall wellbeing, with a naturalized positive outcome being the goal of medical interventions
Place-Specific Focus
emphasizes the quality of local environments and their impact on health
(Kearns & Collins, 2010)
sustained concern for social and political inequalities and their impact
Inequality and Health Geography
Dyck, 2003
Structural vs behavioural factors
(Whitehowl) vs Bambra 2019
Bam = Behavioural explanations focus on individual lifestyle choices, often criticized for reinforcing individualistic frameworks. VS WHIT - Structural explanations highlight the role of social, economic, and political structures in shaping health outcomes
Material vs physchosocial approaches
Material approaches emphasize the impact of physical and material conditions on health, such as access to healthy food, vs Psychosocial approaches explore how social position influences psychological and social environments, affecting health behaviours
Cummins et al., 2005 vs Bourdieu’s Capital Theory
What is a life course approach
This approach underscores the importance of early life conditions and the cumulative effects of social and health exposures throughout a person’s life (Dorling, 2015)
Whose theory is this - how overlapping social identities (e.g., gender, race) contribute to unique experiences of oppression and health disparities
Crenshaw’s Intersectionality Theory
Who did a study about structural inequalities in health
Farmer
DId a study in Peru - 100% of people who recieved small monthly funds + food alongside free tb treatment from his team in Peru were cured of the disease vs 56% of those given the drugs alone
“Politics and the balance of power between key political groups - notably labour and capital - determine the role of the state and other agencies in relation to health and whether there are collective interventions to improve health and reduce health inequalities and also whether these interventions are individually environmentally or structurally focused”
Bambra 2019 page 9
Higher density of fast food outlets in less affluent neighbourhoods
(Cummins et.al:2005)
Network theory - having an obsese friend increases your chances of becoming obese by 57%, 40% if a sibling
Christakis 2007
Developmental origins of health and disease
studies in norway, finland and UK have showed death rates from CVD inversely related to adult height etc - suggesting that research should be directed to intrauterine environment not later childhood
Barker hypothesis
Crenshaw’s intersectionality theory
Thinking about the way healthcare interacts with everything like religion etc
Bi saying muslim women get worse experience during childbirth
The 2001 study suggested that these huge differences, with Mexican- American children living in the US being seven times more likely to suffer major depression with impairment than Japanese children living in Japan
Dorling 2015
In England, between 2002 and 2005, the number of GPs rose by an extra one for every 25,000 people. However, in the poorest fifth of areas, an extra GP was provided for only every 35,700 people, whereas in the least deprived areas, an extra GP was made available for every 18,500 people.
Danny Dorling 2015
what is public health
Public health refers to the health of the population as a whole
Talking about how health has shifted to communities
First scale this has happened to is communities and neighbourhoods and second is familiies and homes underpinned by technology
Andrews et al 2021
Who talked about the rescaling of statehood under neoliberalism
First, geographical decentralization of the administration of health care within universal, publicly-funded systems. Second under the re-scaling of statehood is increasing ‘place-based policy’, which has seen its greatest uptake in the UK where, for example, numerous ABIs have been established
Brenner 2004
