Geospatial Health Symposium #20: Local Geographies of Health Disparity
Type: Virtual Paper
Day: 2/28/2022
Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Time: 3:20 PM
Theme: Geographies of Access: Inclusion and Pathways
Sponsor Group(s):
Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group
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Organizer(s):
Louisa Holmes
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Chairs(s):
Sarah Bardin, Arizona State University
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Description:
Although urban policy is generally enacted at the municipality level or at higher levels of government, sociogeographic inequities in disease processes and health are experienced locally. Local geographies are home to complex systems of social, environmental, and policy determinants such as social networks, tax bases, perceptions of safety, greenspace access, affordable housing, and more. Geographers are well-equipped with the theoretical and methodological foundations for interrogating these spaces in innovative ways that explore how these determinants may generate, perpetuate, or resolve issues of individual and collective health and well-being. For policies designed to achieve health equity to be relevant at a broad scale, we must first understand variation in local dynamics that contribute to health or disease.
This session therefore brings together researchers who are interested in exploring the attributes and impacts of local environments as they produce health and disease, including innovative methodological approaches. Example topics include:
Impacts of residential segregation / racist zoning practices on health outcomes
Environmental racism and chronic disease
Urban planning opportunities for health promotion
Differential access to quality open space and psychological well-being
Local built environments and physical activity
Mixed methods approaches for understanding health behavior in context
Social disruption, covid-19 and mental health
Other related topics are also welcome.
Presentation(s), if applicable
Jonathan London, UC Davis Geography Graduate Group; The dirty politics of clean air: Community-based air monitoring and management in California |
Hyunseo Park, ; Do Bans on Harmful Marketing Protect Children Equally?: A geospatial analysis of harmful product marketing in public outdoor spaces |
Sarah Bardin, Arizona State University; Examining the effects of spatial context and social determinants of health on teen birth rates |
Juliet Carpenter, Oxford Brookes University; Healthy Urban Mobility (HUM): The potential of participatory methodologies to facilitate community engagement for healthy urban mobility |
SURAIYA PARVIN, Pennsylvania State University; Understanding inequities in walkability at the local scale in San Francisco |
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Geospatial Health Symposium #20: Local Geographies of Health Disparity
Description
Virtual Paper
Contact the Primary Organizer
Louisa Holmes - lmholmes@psu.edu