ABSTRACT
The geographies of health and development is an emerging sub-discipline, tying in with many of the conceptual, theoretical and practical components of other disciplines working in health, health care, economics, and international development. Spatially and theoretically grounded in geography, this collection offers a fresh perspective on the dialectic relationships between health and development. Health problems in a developing context take on much higher rates of prevalence as a result of the varied cultural, structural and economic vulnerabilities of the people they impact. This book begins by exploring some of the circumstances surrounding the distinctive health inequities currently facing many developing countries, including malaria, maternal mortality and HIV/AIDS. This is followed by a discussion of how matters of physical access and human resource issues and, perhaps most importantly, the challenges of financing, together shape the access and utilization of health care. Examining how the environment interacts to influence the health of the people that live there, the next section includes discussion around challenges of food (in)security, and the importance of clean and uncontaminated water for health. Finally, the book explores the influence of globalization on health, specifically within the urban environment, against the backdrop of global health policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|63 pages
Disparities in Health Outcomes and the Challenges to Health Equity
chapter 2|18 pages
Malaria Risk Profiles, Treatment Seeking Practices and Disease Intervention Efforts in Poor Communities
chapter 4|16 pages
Sex [Work] and [Structural] Violence
part II|75 pages
Health Access and Utilisation in Developing Countries
chapter 6|18 pages
The Place of ‘Health' in Social Health Insurance in Developing Countries
chapter 7|22 pages
From Effective Cure to Affective Care
chapter 9|16 pages
Wanting to Care
part III|75 pages
Environmental Influences on Health and Development
chapter 10|25 pages
Living in the Same Place, Eating in a Different Space
chapter 11|20 pages
Resource Depletion, Peak Oil, and Public Health
part IV|78 pages
Globalisation and Urbanisation