TY - JOUR
T1 - Contours of risk
T2 - Spatializing human behaviors to understand disease dynamics in changing landscapes
AU - Hausermann, Heidi
AU - Tschakert, Petra
AU - Smithwick, Erica A.H.
AU - Ferring, David
AU - Amankwah, Richard
AU - Klutse, Erasmus
AU - Hagarty, Julianne
AU - Kromel, Lindsay
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - We echo viewpoints presented in recent publications from EcoHealth and other journals arguing for the need to understand linkages between human health, disease ecology, and landscape change. We underscore the importance of incorporating spatialities of human behaviors and perceptions in such analyses to further understandings of socio-ecological interactions mediating human health. We use Buruli ulcer, an emerging necrotizing skin infection and serious health concern in central Ghana, to illustrate our argument.
AB - We echo viewpoints presented in recent publications from EcoHealth and other journals arguing for the need to understand linkages between human health, disease ecology, and landscape change. We underscore the importance of incorporating spatialities of human behaviors and perceptions in such analyses to further understandings of socio-ecological interactions mediating human health. We use Buruli ulcer, an emerging necrotizing skin infection and serious health concern in central Ghana, to illustrate our argument.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10393-012-0780-8
DO - 10.1007/s10393-012-0780-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22805769
AN - SCOPUS:84871921471
VL - 9
SP - 251
EP - 255
JO - EcoHealth
JF - EcoHealth
SN - 1612-9202
IS - 3
ER -
