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The course provides an introduction to the concepts and applications of health geography through exploration of spatial patterns of human disease and health-care services. The course is organised into the following sections: health and the physical environment, health inequalities, geography of health systems and service provision, and global health challenges.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
30 points of 200-level Geography, orHLTH201 and HLTH202, orin special cases with approval of the Head of Department.
Angela Curl
Malcolm Campbell
Gatrell, Anthony C. , Elliott, Susan J; Geographies of health : an introduction ; 2nd ed; Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Gray, Alastair; World health and disease ; 2nd ed; Open University Press, 2001.
Domestic fee $1,668.00
International fee $7,575.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Earth and Environment .