Full Description
Health Geography: Innovative Geospatial Epidemiology presents a comprehensive exploration of the fundamental principles and methodologies underpinning remote sensing for spatial epidemiology. Organised in two parts, the first delves into the methodology of utilizing cutting-edge remote sensing technologies to detect, analyze, and predict the spatial distribution of infectious diseases through the process of extracting critical information and creating accurate geospatial models for disease mapping and monitoring. The second part provides numerous case studies that illustrate the real-world applications and transformative potential of the interdisciplinary approaches, allowing the book to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical implementation. Health Geography is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in spatial epidemiology, geospatial sciences, and geostatistics seeking to utilize the potential of remote sensing technologies in tackling spatial epidemiological challenges.
Contents
PART 1: Trends in Health Geography
1.Setting the stage: Geospatial epidemiology and health geography
2.The history of spatial epidemiology
3.Advancing spatial modeling for communicable diseases: From traditional approaches to epidemic forest frameworks
4.Data quality in disease mapping
5.Bayesian spatial hierarchical modeling for estimating small-area deprivation from census data
6.Measuring perceptiveness: Unraveling the visual impact of thematic health maps
PART 2: Special Case Studies Using Innovative Techniques
7.Empowering COVID-19 monitoring through automated mapping
8.Geospatial intelligence in action: The vector guard web geographic information systems for mosquito and vector-borne disease control
9.The geospatial epidemiology of malaria in Greece
10.On the spatial analysis of leishmaniasis in Attica, Greece
11.Health geography insights into air quality dynamics during COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in Athens, Greece using Sentinel-5P and Google Earth Engine
12.Legionella surveillance in Crete, Greece: Spatial analysis and implications for public health management
13.Spatial aspects of Legionella
14.Reading the percutaneous coronary intervention in the light of geospatial health
15.Epilogue: Advancing health geography
