The peculiar epidemic, part I : social response to AIDS in Alameda county
AIDS ; California ; Epidemic ; Health ; Medical services ; Organization ; Risk ; United States of America ; Vulnerability
The AIDS epidemic provides an example of a peculiar epidemic, in which threat to social welfare failed to provoke adequate social efforts at containment. 31 AIDS providers are interviewed in California about the development of their AIDS-related
services. There are difficulties in building collaborative effort in a fragmented care system, and other political and social problems. The findings support the concept that vulnerabilities can derail epidemic response, making social mobilization
AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico - ideas for geography teaching
AIDS ; Diffusion ; Epidemic ; Health ; Medical geography ; Puerto Rico ; Spatial analysis ; Trend surface
In a classroom setting, the study of the diffusion of health-related phenomena offers the opportunity to introduce students to the basic concepts of spatial diffusion. The AIDS epidemic can be used to study a range of issues such as power and gender
The spatial spead of the AIDS epidemic in Ohio : empirical analyses using the expansion method
AIDS ; Diffusion ; Epidemic;Disease outbreak ; Expansion method ; Health ; Methodology ; Ohio ; Space time ; Spatial analysis ; United States
The expansion methodology is applied to investigating the spatial spread of the AIDS epidemic in Ohio. To this effect, the spread of the epidemic is conceptualized as the parametric drift of mathematical relationships capable of representing
The spatial anatomy of an epidemic : influenza in London and the county boroughs of England and Wales, 1918-1919
Diffusion ; England and Wales ; Epidemic ; Health ; Historical geography ; Spatial analysis ; United Kingdom ; Years 1910-19
The paper examines the spatial structure of influenza transmission during the ten-month course of the epidemic (June 1918-April 1919). Through the application of a range of statistical methods, it is shown that the three waves that comprised
AIDS ; Diffusion ; Disease ; Epidemic;Disease outbreak ; Forecast;Prediction ; Health ; Methodology ; Model ; Multiplicator ; Time series ; United States
AIDS ; Diffusion ; Epidemic;Disease outbreak ; Finland ; Health ; Model ; Population ; Regional disparities ; Spatial interaction
The development of this epidemic is first analyzed geographically using standard statistical methods. Then the growth of the HIV-1 positive population is predicted using two curves widely adopted in population dynamics. The spatial diffusion in 1989
The geographical spread of the 1947 poliomyelitis epidemic in England and Wales : spatial wave propagation of an enigmatic epidemiological event
Drawing on a robust method of spatial epidemiological analysis, the AA. demonstrate that the epidemic wave was associated with a pronounced acceleration in the rate of spatial propagation as compared to the preceding years. The velocity of spatial