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Conceptualizing the healthscape: contributions of time geography, location technologies and spatial ecology to place and health research.
Authors
- Rainham, Daniel, Rainham D, Environmental Programs, Faculty of Science, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H4J1. daniel.rainham@dal.ca
- McDowell, Ian, McDowell I,
- Krewski, Daniel, Krewski D,
- Sawada, Mike, Sawada M,
YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2010
SOURCE: Soc Sci Med. 2010 Mar;70(5):668-76. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.035. Epub 2009 Dec 4.
JOURNAL TITLE ABBREVIATION: Soc Sci Med
JOURNAL TITLE: Social science & medicine (1982)
ISSN: 1873-5347 (Electronic) 0277-9536 (Linking)
VOLUME: 70
ISSUE: 5
PAGES: 668-76
PLACE OF PUBLICATION: England
ABSTRACT:
Geomatics and related technologies allow for the application of integrated approaches to the analysis of individual spatial and temporal activities in the context of place and health research. The ability to track individuals as they make decisions and negotiate space may provide a fundamental advance. This paper introduces the need to move beyond conventional place-based perspectives in health research, and invokes the theoretical contributions of time geography and spatial ecology as opportunities to integrate human agency into contextual models of health. Issues around the geographical representation of place are reviewed, and the concept of the healthscape is introduced as an approach to operationalizing context as expressed by the spatial and temporal activities of individuals. We also discuss how these concepts have the potential to influence and contribute to empirical place and health research.
Geomatics and related technologies allow for the application of integrated approaches to the analysis of individual spatial and temporal activities in the context of place and health research. The ability to track individuals as they make decisions and negotiate space may provide a fundamental advance. This paper introduces the need to move beyond conventional place-based perspectives in health research, and invokes the theoretical contributions of time geography and spatial ecology as opportunities to integrate human agency into contextual models of health. Issues around the geographical representation of place are reviewed, and the concept of the healthscape is introduced as an approach to operationalizing context as expressed by the spatial and temporal activities of individuals. We also discuss how these concepts have the potential to influence and contribute to empirical place and health research.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
LANGUAGE: eng
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2010 Mar
DATE OF ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION: 20091204
DATE COMPLETED: 20100324
DATE REVISED: 20220316
MESH DATE: 2010/03/25 06:00
EDAT: 2009/12/08 06:00
STATUS: MEDLINE
PUBLICATION STATUS: ppublish
LOCATION IDENTIFIER: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.035 [doi]
OWNER: NLM
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