Table of Contents

A sample of contents: Explaining the Geography of Infant Health; An Introduction to GIS; The Geography of Health Risks; Spatial/Temporal Stability in Neighborhoods of Risk; Patient Confidentiality.

About the Author

Andrew Curtis, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. He is also Director of the World Health Organization's Collaborating Center for Remote Sensing and GIS for Public Health. Michael Leitner, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. Dr. Leitner is the chair of the Cartography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.