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Dengue is a high incidence arboviral disease in tropical countries around the world. Colombia is an endemic country due to the favourable environmental conditions for vector survival and spread. Dengue surveil...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:31
Published on: 15 August 2017
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The home address is a common spatial proxy for exposure assessment in epidemiological studies but mobility may introduce exposure misclassification. Mobility can be assessed using self-reports or objectively m...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:30
Published on: 9 August 2017
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Emerging and understudied pathogens often lack information that most commonly used analytical tools require, such as negative controls or baseline data; thus, new analytical strategies are needed to analyze tr...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:28
Published on: 7 August 2017
Methodology
Transforming spatial data from one scale to another is a challenge in geographic analysis. As part of a larger, primary study to determine a possible association between travel barriers to pediatric cancer fac...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:29
Published on: 7 August 2017
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An online version of the Microscale Audit of Pedestrian Streetscapes (Abbreviated) tool was adapted to virtually audit built environment features supportive of physical activity. The current study assessed int...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:27
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Dust events have long been recognized to be associated with a higher mortality risk. However, no study has investigated how prolonged dust events affect the spatial variability of mortality across districts in...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:26
Published on: 24 July 2017
Methodology
Household survey data are collected by governments, international organizations, and companies to prioritize policies and allocate billions of dollars. Surveys are typically selected from recent census data; h...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:25
Published on: 19 July 2017
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Collective efficacy has been associated with many health benefits at the neighborhood level. Therefore, understanding why some communities have greater collective efficacy than others is important from a publi...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:24
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Local policy makers increasingly need information on health-related indicators at smaller geographic levels like districts or neighbourhoods. Although more large data sources have become available, direct esti...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:23
Published on: 1 July 2017
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There is a growing understanding of the role played by ‘neighbourhood’ in influencing health status. Various neighbourhood characteristics—such as socioeconomic environment, availability of amenities, and soc...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:22
Published on: 7 June 2017
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Previous studies found a complex relationship between area-level socioeconomic status (SES) and walkability. These studies did not include neighborhood dynamics. Our aim was to study the association between ar...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:21
Published on: 6 June 2017
Review
This study aims to assess the evidence on adverse pregnancy outcome associated with living close to polluted industrial sites, and identify the strengths and weaknesses of published epidemiological studies. A...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:20
Published on: 30 May 2017
Methodology
Health officials and epidemiological researchers often use maps of disease rates to identify potential disease clusters. Because these maps exaggerate the prominence of low-density districts and hide potential...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:19
Published on: 15 May 2017
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Many studies have examined childhood and adolescent obesity, but few have examined young adults and the effect of their home and current living environments on prevalence rates. The present study explores cont...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:18
Published on: 8 May 2017
Methodology
The World Health Organization recognises the importance of natural environments for human health. Evidence for natural environment-health associations comes largely from single countries or regions, with varie...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:16
Published on: 26 April 2017
Erratum
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:17
Published on: 26 April 2017
The original article was published in International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:8
Methodology
In an era of budget constraints for healthcare services, strategies for provision of services that improve quality whilst saving costs are highly valued. A proposed means to achieve this is consolidation of se...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:15
Published on: 21 April 2017
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Many cities in developing countries experience an unplanned and rapid growth. Several studies have shown that the irregular urbanization and equipment of cities produce different health risks and uneven exposu...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:14
Published on: 18 April 2017
Methodology
Modelling travel time to services has become a common public health tool for planning service provision but the usefulness of these analyses is constrained by the availability of accurate input data and limita...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:13
Published on: 18 April 2017
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Previous studies from the US and UK suggest that neighbourhood ethnic composition is associated with health, positive or negative, depending on the health outcome and ethnic group. We examined the association ...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:12
Published on: 12 April 2017
Methodology
Geographically weighted regression (GWR) is a modelling technique designed to deal with spatial non-stationarity, e.g., the mean values vary by locations. It has been widely used as a visualization tool to exp...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:11
Published on: 31 March 2017
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This study examined whether characteristics of the residential built environment (i.e. population density, level of mixed land use, connectivity, accessibility of facilities, accessibility of green) contribute...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:10
Published on: 31 March 2017
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Studies exploring associations between food environments and food purchasing behaviours have been limited by the absence of data on where food purchases occur. Determining where food purchases occur relative t...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:9
Published on: 7 March 2017
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The prevalence of overweight is increasing and the effectiveness of various weight management and exercise programs varied. An augmented reality smartphone game, Pokémon Go, appears to increase activity levels...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:8
Published on: 22 February 2017
The Erratum to this article has been published in International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:17
Editorial
The latest generation of virtual and mixed reality hardware has rekindled interest in virtual reality GIS (VRGIS) and augmented reality GIS (ARGIS) applications in health, and opened up new and exciting opport...
International Journal of Health Geographics 2017 16:7
Published on: 20 February 2017
