Health Geography Research Graphic Organizer

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Health Geography Research Graphic Organizer

Directions: FIRST, go to the following list of websites to fill in basic information on Health
Geography in the Graphic Organizer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_geography
http://anthro.palomar.edu/medical/med_1.htm
https://www.geolounge.com/intersection-health-sciences-geography/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1247193/
SECOND, search for information specific to your assigned disease using search terms such as:
Your Disease + health geography
Your Disease + spatial epidemiology
Your Disease + cultural traditions
Your Disease + religious beliefs
Your Disease + medical anthropology
Your Disease + spatial distribution map
Your Disease + history
REMEMBER, DO NOT COPY WORD FOR WORD. THAT IS PLAGIARISM.
Answer to the LeftHand Column
Question.

How do you know?

(Source)

How does this relate

to your disease?

What is Health
Geography?

Study of health,
disease and health
care

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_geograph
y

Why do people study

it?

To prevent diseases
and if someone does
have a disease that
they dont know
about they well know
how to solve it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_geograph
y

How do people study

it? What kinds of
tools and experts do
they use?

Divided into two

distinct elements one
focused on
geographies of
diseases and ill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_geograph
y

health the tool they

the understanding of
epidemiology they
second study is
geography of health
care they use spatial
analysis borrows from
behavioral economics
Is there a lot or a little
information on your
disease related to
health geography?
Why do you think yes
or no?

Yes because it is a
common disease but
no because not
everyone gets it but if
they do its unlikely
they get it again there
have been no death

https://en.wikipedia.or
g/wiki/Health_geogra
phy

What are at least

three different cultural
methods of dealing
with this disease in
the modern day
and/or throughout
history? Be specific
on when the
treatment has been
used.

Evil Eye Latin

America sweeping a
raw chicken egg over
the body the break
the egg in water. Aire
Nahua Idians Central
Mexico the ear ache
warm smoke in blown
into the ear.Susto
Untied States and
Latin America barrida
a bundle of freash
herbs being sept over
the patients body

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edu/medical/med_1.h
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Are there any specific Catholic saint they

religious beliefs tied
pray
into the cultural
methods of dealing
with this disease?
What are the religions
and how do their
beliefs impact how it
is dealt with?

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edu/medical/med_1.h
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What is the history of

this disease and
where/who does it
typically affect? Is
there a connection
between those two
questions?

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edu/medical/med_1.h
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Is affects mostly the

Maya Idians and
Southern Mexico
some of the United
States one you
sweep an eg over the
person the other you
put smoke next to the

person ear if the have

an ear ache the nect
one you sweep herbs
over the body and
catholic saints pray
over them
Is this disease
increasing or
decreasing in
prevalence? Why?
Any specific cultural
methods helping or
hurting the spread of
it?

Decreasing because
not everyone one is
doing it the culture is
dying due to
technology hurting
the spread cause
there might not be
anything wrong with
the person

Are there any maps

showing the spatial
distribution of your
disease? Write down
the link of where to
find it/them under
source.

Yes
http://www.cdc.gov/ch
ickenpox/about/index.
html

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