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.
What is Health
Geography?
Why do people study
it?
How do people study
it? What kinds of
tools and experts do
they use?
Is there a lot or a little
information on your
disease related to
health geography?
Why do you think yes

How do you know?

(Source)

How does this relate

to your disease?

or no?
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.
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?
What is the history of
this disease and
where/who does it
typically affect? Is
there a connection
between those two
questions?
Is this disease
increasing or
decreasing in
prevalence? Why?
Any specific cultural
methods helping or
hurting the spread of
it?
Are there any maps
showing the spatial
distribution of your
disease? Write down
the link of where to
find it/them under
source.