Lecture 1&2

Question 1

Chile

Example of technology linked with health

Answer 1

Chile introducing a radius where fast food chains are not allowed to open within 2 miles of a school / deliveroo

Question 2

Assylums

Historical geographies of medicine - who talked about this

Answer 2

Philo 1987

talks about the manipulation of space and the power dynamics involved

Question 3

importance of place in understanding health outcomes + experiences.

Centrality of Place in Health Geography

Answer 3

Kearns & Collins, 2010

This shift marks the discipline’s evolution into focusing on how specific locations affect health and wellbeing

Question 4

arguing for less focus on quant methods

Critical and Qualitative Approaches

Answer 4

Parr (2003)

focus on the constructed and experiential aspects of place, reflecting changes in social sciences and theories of health.

Question 5

focus on not just health but wellbeing too

Wellbeing and Holistic Approaches

Answer 5

Kearns & Collins, 2010

The focus is not only on health but on overall wellbeing, with a naturalized positive outcome being the goal of medical interventions

Question 6

Place-Specific Focus

emphasizes the quality of local environments and their impact on health

Answer 6

(Kearns & Collins, 2010)

Question 7

sustained concern for social and political inequalities and their impact

Inequality and Health Geography

Answer 7

Dyck, 2003

Question 8

Structural vs behavioural factors

Answer 8

(Whitehowl) vs Bambra 2019

Bam = Behavioural explanations focus on individual lifestyle choices, often criticized for reinforcing individualistic frameworks. VS WHIT - Structural explanations highlight the role of social, economic, and political structures in shaping health outcomes

Question 9

Material vs physchosocial approaches

Material approaches emphasize the impact of physical and material conditions on health, such as access to healthy food, vs Psychosocial approaches explore how social position influences psychological and social environments, affecting health behaviours

Answer 9

Cummins et al., 2005 vs Bourdieu’s Capital Theory

Question 10

What is a life course approach

Answer 10

This approach underscores the importance of early life conditions and the cumulative effects of social and health exposures throughout a person’s life (Dorling, 2015)

Question 11

Whose theory is this - how overlapping social identities (e.g., gender, race) contribute to unique experiences of oppression and health disparities

Answer 11

Crenshaw’s Intersectionality Theory

Question 12

Who did a study about structural inequalities in health

Answer 12

Farmer

DId a study in Peru - 100% of people who recieved small monthly funds + food alongside free tb treatment from his team in Peru were cured of the disease vs 56% of those given the drugs alone

Question 13

“Politics and the balance of power between key political groups - notably labour and capital - determine the role of the state and other agencies in relation to health and whether there are collective interventions to improve health and reduce health inequalities and also whether these interventions are individually environmentally or structurally focused”

Answer 13

Bambra 2019 page 9

Question 14

Higher density of fast food outlets in less affluent neighbourhoods

Answer 14

(Cummins et.al:2005)

Question 15

Network theory - having an obsese friend increases your chances of becoming obese by 57%, 40% if a sibling

Answer 15

Christakis 2007

Question 16

Developmental origins of health and disease

studies in norway, finland and UK have showed death rates from CVD inversely related to adult height etc - suggesting that research should be directed to intrauterine environment not later childhood

Answer 16

Barker hypothesis

Question 17

Crenshaw’s intersectionality theory

Thinking about the way healthcare interacts with everything like religion etc

Answer 17

Bi saying muslim women get worse experience during childbirth

Question 18

The 2001 study suggested that these huge differences, with Mexican- American children living in the US being seven times more likely to suffer major depression with impairment than Japanese children living in Japan

Answer 18

Dorling 2015

Question 19

In England, between 2002 and 2005, the number of GPs rose by an extra one for every 25,000 people. However, in the poorest fifth of areas, an extra GP was provided for only every 35,700 people, whereas in the least deprived areas, an extra GP was made available for every 18,500 people.

Answer 19

Danny Dorling 2015

Question 20

what is public health

Answer 20

Public health refers to the health of the population as a whole

Question 21

Talking about how health has shifted to communities

First scale this has happened to is communities and neighbourhoods and second is familiies and homes underpinned by technology

Answer 21

Andrews et al 2021

Question 22

Who talked about the rescaling of statehood under neoliberalism

First, geographical decentralization of the administration of health care within universal, publicly-funded systems. Second under the re-scaling of statehood is increasing ‘place-based policy’, which has seen its greatest uptake in the UK where, for example, numerous ABIs have been established

Answer 22

Brenner 2004