EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS

The authors present a theoretical discussion related to spatial areas used in Epidemiology, analysing their theoretical and methodological strengths and weaknesses in the recognition of social determinants of health. Some territorial divisions were defended as alternative scales because of homogenei...

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Main Authors: Maria Jalila Vieira de Figueirêdo Leite, Aldo Dantas, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte 2016-01-01
Series:Holos
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Health analysis
Place
Spatial area
Territory
Online Access:http://www2.ifrn.edu.br/ojs/index.php/HOLOS/article/view/2854
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spelling doaj-576df02d761c4fe390c136ffc31e1b212020-11-24T21:07:33ZengInstituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do NorteHolos1807-16002016-01-018035736710.15628/holos.2015.28541224EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSISMaria Jalila Vieira de Figueirêdo Leite0Aldo Dantas1Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli2Escola de Saúde/UFRNDepartamento de Geografia/UFRNDepartamento de Odontologia/UFRNThe authors present a theoretical discussion related to spatial areas used in Epidemiology, analysing their theoretical and methodological strengths and weaknesses in the recognition of social determinants of health. Some territorial divisions were defended as alternative scales because of homogeneity and accuracy characteristics, and because of their particular criteria of definitions, while recognizing the necessity to overcome some challenges related to the concepts, research designs and access to data available in these scales.http://www2.ifrn.edu.br/ojs/index.php/HOLOS/article/view/2854EpidemiologyHealth analysisPlaceSpatial areaTerritory
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author Maria Jalila Vieira de Figueirêdo Leite
Aldo Dantas
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
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Aldo Dantas
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS
Holos
Epidemiology
Health analysis
Place
Spatial area
Territory
author_facet Maria Jalila Vieira de Figueirêdo Leite
Aldo Dantas
Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
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title EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS
title_short EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS
title_full EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS
title_fullStr EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS
title_full_unstemmed EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PLACE: A SPATIAL AREA FOR HEALTH ANALYSIS
title_sort epidemiology and place: a spatial area for health analysis
publisher Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte
series Holos
issn 1807-1600
publishDate 2016-01-01
description The authors present a theoretical discussion related to spatial areas used in Epidemiology, analysing their theoretical and methodological strengths and weaknesses in the recognition of social determinants of health. Some territorial divisions were defended as alternative scales because of homogeneity and accuracy characteristics, and because of their particular criteria of definitions, while recognizing the necessity to overcome some challenges related to the concepts, research designs and access to data available in these scales.
topic Epidemiology
Health analysis
Place
Spatial area
Territory
url http://www2.ifrn.edu.br/ojs/index.php/HOLOS/article/view/2854
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