Health geography I: Social justice, idealist theory, health and health care

M Rosenberg - Progress in human geography, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Health geographers have generally been content to adopt measures of distance, access
and the lack of resources as the metrics of social (in) justice without critically placing their …

The geography of maternal and newborn health: the state of the art

S Ebener, M Guerra-Arias, J Campbell… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
As the deadline for the millennium development goals approaches, it has become clear that
the goals linked to maternal and newborn health are the least likely to be achieved by 2015 …

Revealing disaster dynamics and disparities in urban facility accessibility using an improved utilization-based metric

R Wang, Y Wang, N Li - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Quantifying socio-spatial disparities in accessibility to urban facilities is a crucial step toward
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of universal access to these facilities …

Accessibility and utilization patterns of a mobile medical clinic among vulnerable populations

BA Gibson, D Ghosh, JP Morano, FL Altice - Health & Place, 2014 - Elsevier
We mapped mobile medical clinic (MMC) clients for spatial distribution of their self-reported
locations and travel behaviors to better understand health-seeking and utilization patterns of …

Where does distance matter? Distance to the closest maternity unit and risk of foetal and neonatal mortality in France

H Pilkington, B Blondel, N Drewniak… - The European Journal …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background: The number of maternity units has declined in France, raising concerns about
the possible impact of increasing travel distances on perinatal health outcomes. We …

[HTML][HTML] Increased risk of peripartum perinatal mortality in unplanned births outside an institution: a retrospective population-based study

HM Engjom, NH Morken, E Høydahl… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Births in midwife-led institutions may reduce the frequency of medical
interventions and provide cost-effective care, while larger institutions offer medically and …

Urban–rural inequalities in spatial accessibility to prenatal care: A GIS analysis of Georgia, USA, 2000–2010

P Yin - GeoJournal, 2019 - Springer
Understanding inequalities in spatial accessibility to prenatal care over space and time is
critical for policymakers to plan a more effective distribution of health resources, improve …

Choosing where to give birth: factors influencing migrant women's decision making in two regions of Thailand

N Tschirhart, W Jiraporncharoen, C Angkurawaranon… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Choosing where to give birth can be a matter of life and death for both mother
and child. Migrants, registered or unregistered, may face different choices and challenges …

Peran kader kesehatan dalam program perencanaan persalinan dan pencegahan komplikasi pada ibu hamil di posyandu di kota Mojokerto, provinsi Jawa Timur

MA Mikrajab, T Rahmawati - Buletin Penelitian Sistem Kesehatan, 2012 - media.neliti.com
ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Pelaksanaan kegiatan Program Perencanaan Persalinan dan
Pencegahan Komplikasi (P4K) di Posyandu belum sesuai dengan harapan masyarakat di …

A cooperative optimization model and enhanced algorithm for guided strategies in emergency mobile facilities

C Teng, P Yu, L Liu - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2024 - nature.com
In the realm of emergency response, the swift and efficient deployment of mobile units is of
paramount importance. This research introduces a strategy centered around the “proximity …