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Author:   Daniel W. Harrington ,  Sara McLafferty ,  Susan J. Elliott
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781472457257

ISBN 10:   1472457250
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 July 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Partnerships to improve population health and health equity: geographic perspectives 3. The vacant land inventory: an approach to support vacant lot redevelopment for population health improvement in Milwaukee, WI, USA 4. Spatial analysis of HIV/AIDS survival in Dallas County, Texas 5. From cultural clashes to settlement stressors: a review of HIV prevention interventions for gay and bisexual immigrant men in North America. 6. Making a place for health in vulnerability analysis: a case study on dengue in Malaysia and Brazil 7. The geography of malaria control in the Democratic Republic of Congo 8. Natural experiments for addressing chronic diseases 9. Shaping the direction of youth health with COMPASS: a research platform for evaluating natural experiments and generating practice-based evidence in school-based prevention 10. School nutrition as an intervention for addressing childhood overweight and obesity 11. Healthy food retail interventions 12. Transforming Local Geographies to Improve Health

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Daniel W. Harrington is an Epidemiologist Lead at Public Health Ontario, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Sara McLafferty is Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Susan J. Elliott is Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

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