There is much potential for the use of geographical information systems (GIS) within the
management and analysis of health and health care data. This paper addresses the …

One of the most important issues in public and environmental health today concerns the type
of instruments that can be used to devise quick, reliable and scientifically valid methods of …

Background Despite the demonstrated utility of GIS for health applications, there are
perceived problems in low resource settings: GIS software can be expensive and complex; …

The geographies of health inequalities are a long-established and central tenet of research
in medical geography (see Curtis, 2004) and, as with other parts of the subdiscipline …

Setting out the debates and reviewing the evidence that links health outcomes with social
and physical environments, this new edition of the well-established text offers an accessible …

While geographical information systems (GIS) have applications in a range of diverse fields,
they remain underused by decision-makers in health settings. Through analysis of data …

Primary care is recognized as the most important form of healthcare for maintaining
population health because it is relatively inexpensive, can be more easily delivered than …

An epistemological and methodological debate has broken out between those who identify
themselves as medical and health geographers. Lost within this debate has been the …

Africa is generally held to be in crisis, and the quality of life for the majority of the continent's
inhabitants has been declining in both relative and absolute terms. In addition, the majority …

The increasing availability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in health
organisations, together with the proliferation of spatially disaggregate data, has led to a …