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?

Health Geography is
the study of health,
diseases,
perspectives and
methods to cure
illnesses using
geography and
environment.

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

Why do people study

it?

People study Health

https://www.geolounge.com/intersectionGeography to learn
health-sciences-geography
why different
environments affect
people and how to
prevent illnesses from
further spreading and
happening.

How do people study

it? What kinds of
tools and experts do

They study it by
mapping the spread
of illnesses and

https://www.geolounge.com/intersectionhealth-sciences-geography

they use?

through data.

Is there a lot or a little

information on your
disease related to
health geography?
Why do you think yes
or no?

There's a lot of
information on
typhoid fever related
to health geography
because it's found
globally and
environmentally.

http://www.medicaldai
ly.com/typhoid-feverepidemics-causedsimpleenvironmentalfactors-geographicspread-and-notmore-virulen

It is related to
Typhoid Fever
because Typhoid
Fever deals with the
environment and its
changes/pollution
and its spread world
wide.

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.

One modern
treatment is
vaccinations to
prevent it and
another is specific
antibiotics to cure it.
Lastly, is to provide
poor countries with
sanitary and clean
water supply systems
and filters

http://www.mayoclinic
.org/diseasesconditions/typhoidfever/basics/definition
/CON-20028553

There are not

effective cures for
Typhoid Fever but
there are ways to
prevent it. Such as
getting vaccinations
to prevent contracting
the illness or taking
antibiotics to help
cure the symptoms.
The need for water
supply systems is to
are safe and clean
drinking water.

Are there any specific

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

There are no specific

religious beliefs tied
into the cultural
methods dealing with
Typhoid Fever. But
Catholics do
recognize the values
of vaccinations,
however Christians
rather heal with a
prayer than
vaccinations.

http://www.historyofva
ccines.org/content/art
icles/culturalperspectivesvaccination

Vaccines are an
effective way to
prevent Typhoid
Fever. It relates to
Typhoid Fever
because if they dont
receive vaccines than
they would most likely
contract the disease.
But some do
recognize the values
of vaccines whereas
others dont.

What is the history of

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

Typhoid Fever was

first described by a
physician in 1829 and
the first vaccine for
typhoid fever was
introduced in 1896. It
affects carriers with
the Salmonella Typhi.
It usually affects

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/ The reason most

travel/diseases/typhoi non-industrialized
d
countries are affected
is due to unsanitary
and contaminated
water and foods that
http://www.emedicine they have. The
health.com/typhoid_f contaminated water
ever_enteric_fever/pa and foods lead to

people in nonge2_em.htm
industrialized
countries such as
Africa, Asia and
Eastern Europe. Plus,
anyone can contract
and be a carrier of
Typhoid Fever.

Typhoid Fever. The

history of Typhoid
Fever helps doctors
and others to
understand what has
worked to
cure/prevent the
disease
and what didnt work.

Is this disease
increasing or
decreasing in
prevalence? Why?
Any specific cultural
methods helping or
hurting the spread of
it?

Typhoid Fever is
increasing in certain
areas such as Africa,
central and south
Asia due to
contamination and
environmental
changes. There are
no specific methods
to helping or hurting
the spread of it.

http://cid.oxfordjourna
ls.org/content/50/2/24
1.full

Its increasing due to

contamination and
waste in large bodies
of water which is
used for drinking
water in most
countries. Also,
seafood is being
contaminated with
waste and its
spreading the
Salmonella Typhi
Bacteria to other
organisms and
people.

Are there any maps

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

Yes, there are maps

showing spatial
distribution of Typhoid
Fever.

https://www.research
gate.net/figure/23605
1635_fig5_Prediction
-map-of-risk-oftyphoid-feverinfection-based-onquality-of-life-indexQOL

The spatial
distribution of Typhoid
Fever is helpful to
understand how
much it's has spread
in a certain area.

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