Health geography

Health geography is the application of geographical information, perspectives, and methods to the study of health, disease, and health care. Medical geography, a sub-discipline of, or sister field of health geography,^[1] focuses on understanding spatial patterns of health and disease in relation to the natural and social environment.^[2]^[3] Conventionally, there are two primary areas of research within medical geography: the first deals with the spatial distribution and determinants of morbidity and mortality, while the second deals with health planning, help-seeking behavior, and the provision of health services.^[4]

^ Oxford Bibliographies entry of Medical Geography.
^ Meade MS, Florin JW, Gesler WM. Medical geography. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, 1988.
^ Meade, M.S., 2014. Medical geography. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, pp.1375-1381.
^ Mayer, J.D., 1982. Relations between two traditions of medical geography: health systems planning and geographical epidemiology. Progress in Geography, 6(2), pp.216-230.

[Oxford_20162-1] Oxford Bibliographies entry of Medical Geography.

[Meade,_Florin,_and_Gesler_1988-2] Meade MS, Florin JW, Gesler WM. Medical geography. New York, NY: The Guilford Press, 1988.

[Meade_2014-3] Meade, M.S., 2014. Medical geography. The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, pp.1375-1381.

[Mayer_1982-4] Mayer, J.D., 1982. Relations between two traditions of medical geography: health systems planning and geographical epidemiology. Progress in Geography, 6(2), pp.216-230.

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