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Toward a Socio-Territorial Approach to Health: Health Equity in West Africa

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Toward a Socio-Territorial Approach to Health: Health Equity in West Africa
المؤلفون: Lucie Vialard, Clara Squiban, Gilles Riveau, Emmanuel Hermann, Doudou Diop, Florence Fournet, Gérard Salem, Ellen Foley
المصدر: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 14; Issue 1; Pages: 106
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: socio-territorial approach, health disparities, hypertension, diabetes, urban health, West Africa
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: This study contributes to the literature about the effects of space and place on health by introducing a socio-territorial approach to urban health disparities in West Africa. It explores how urban spaces, specifically neighbourhoods, are shaped by social and economic relations and strategies of territorial control. We examine the potential influence of socio-territorial processes on vulnerability to disease, access to medical care, healthscapes, and illness experiences. Our research was conducted in Senegal and relied on a mixed methods design. We identified four neighbourhoods that represent the socio-spatial heterogeneity of the city of Saint-Louis and utilized the following methods: geographic and anthropological field research, household surveys, health knowledge and behaviour surveys, clinical exams, and illness interviews. Our results highlight the socio-territorial processes at work in each neighbourhood, clinical findings on three health measures (overweight, high blood pressure, and hyperglycaemia) and health experiences of individuals with hypertension or type II diabetes. We found significant differences in the prevalence of the three health measures in the study sites, while experiences managing hypertension and diabetes were similar. We conclude that a socio-territorial approach offers insight into the complex constellation of forces that produce health disparities in urban settings.
نوع الوثيقة: text
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
العلاقة: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010106Test
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010106
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14010106Test
حقوق: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.270861D9
قاعدة البيانات: BASE