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Peer reviewedGesler, Wilbert M.; Cromartie, John B. – Journal of Geography, 1985
Classroom activities that geography instructors can use to help students analyze two aspects of a health care system--the amount of disease present and the use of facilities to help cure disease--are suggested. The spatial patterns of morbidity and hospital utilization patterns in Central Harlem are used as examples. (RM)
Descriptors: Diseases, Geography Instruction, Health, Health Facilities
Peer reviewedAlbert, Don P.; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1995
Maintains that the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to analyze spatial dimensions of health care and disease ecology is becoming a realistic prospect for investigators in the social sciences. Contends that enough information is available to provide instructors with materials for classroom units. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disease Control, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedRice, Gwenda H. – Journal of Geography, 1995
Presents a classroom simulation that takes a geographic approach to teaching about HIV and AIDS in Africa. Asserts that the biological simulation illustrates disease transmission through a spatial dimension. Includes sample profile cards, a map, and two tables illustrating the spread of the AIDS virus. (CFR)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, African Culture, African History, Communicable Diseases
