Geographically Precise Public Health: Case of Southern Mozambique

Newton Nyapwere; Yolisa Dube; Prestige Tatenda Makanga

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_4

Geographically Precise Public Health: Case of Southern Mozambique

Newton Nyapwere
, Yolisa Dube
, Prestige Tatenda Makanga

Midlands State University Zimbabwe

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Abstract

The spatial turns in health and other fields have opened new ways of data collection and analysis to reveal new insights in health sciences. Geographical information science has much potential of being applied in precision public health for community-level interventions. The objective of this chapter is to demonstrate how the geospatial sciences are increasingly an important aspect of this new approach public health. The chapter will first look at the principles of precision public health and how the transition from precision medicine to precision public health has evolved. A case study on spatial epidemiology in maternal health in Mozambique is introduced to demonstrate the value brought by geography to precision public health. Lastly, a discussion on the geographically enabled precision public health focuses on future challenges and opportunities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Global Perspectives on Health Geography
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	45-55
Number of pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63471-1_4
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2021
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Global Perspectives on Health Geography
Volume	Part F7866
ISSN (Print)	2522-8005
ISSN (Electronic)	2522-8013

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Geographical information science
Maternal outcomes
Precision medicine
Precision prevention
Precision public health

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