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Introduction Lecture
Lecture Notes
Question | Answer |
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The branch of human geography that deals with ___ and healthcare | geographical aspects of health |
seeks to improve our understanding of the various factors which ___ | affect the health of people and populations |
What are the three W's | 1. what is where 2. why is it there 3. why do I care |
What is disease diffusion | attempts to understand why certain diseases seem to only occur in certain places and not others |
What is Spatial-Temporal mapping and analysis? | examining the diffusion of the disease though space over a given period of time |
what is spatial-temporal analysis concerned with? | Cluster Valdidation |
Question of the subject | where and why people are sick |
Chronic/Degrative Diseases? | Diseases that get worse over time |
Infectious means | transmitted from one organism to another |
genetic/inherited | born with |
endemic | limited to an isolated area |
epidemic | spread over a large region |
Pandemic | world-wide |