MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY (Theory)

Paper Code: 
25GEO224
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
1. Students will be made to provide a critical understanding of key concepts related to medical and
health geography
2. They will be able to examine the role of societal structures and human behavior in creating and
sustaining health inequalities and differences in access to health care.
Course Outcomes: 
CO49: Acquire critical understanding of key concepts related to medical and health geography and will be able to examine the role of societal structures and human behaviour in creating and sustaining health inequalities and differences in access to health care.
CO50: Interpret the concepts of infectious and non-infectious diseases and social context of health.
CO51: Acquaint with the concepts of demographic and Epidemiological transition, migration, mobility, globalization, slum and its problems.
CO52: Acknowledge food, nutrition and health, impact of environment, pollution and hazards on health.
CO53: Analyse the application ofremote sensing in health sector.
CO54:Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.
15.00
 Introduction to Medical Geography and epidemiology
 Scope of medical geography
 Basics of epidemiology
 Disease ecology
12.00
 Infectious and Non infectious diseases: social and ecological origin
 Social context of health inequalities
 Species transfer and health
15.00
 Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions, Migration, Mobility and Globalization
 Slum health and its problems
15.00
 Food, Nutrition and Health
 Environmental Exposure and Health: Climate and Weather, pollution and hazards
15.00
 Remote Sensing and Health Applications.
 Spatial analysis: Infectious and chronic diseases of Tropics
Essential Readings: 
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
 Maantay, J. (2007). "Asthma and air pollution in the Bronx: methodological and data considerations
in using GIS for environmental justice and health research." Health Place 13(1): 32-56.
 Oliver, M. N., K. A. Matthews, et al. (2005). "Geographic bias related to geocoding in epidemiologic
studies." Int J Health Geogr 4: 29.
 Mishra R.P, (1972) Medical Geography of India, Lawrence Verry Incorporated.
 Akhtar Rais, leamonth Amos Thomas Andrew, (2018) “Geographical Aspects of Health and Disease
in India”, Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Limited
 Disease in India”, Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Limited.
References: 
SUGGESTED READINGS:
1. Mishra R.P, (1972) Medical Geography of India, Lawrence Verry Incorporated.
2. Akhtar Rais, leamonth Amos Thomas Andrew, (2018) “Geographical Aspects of Health and Disease
in India”, Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Limited
E-CONTENT:
1. AdvancesinAtmosphericSciences–Bimonthly, SP SciencePress, Paris0256-1538
2. AtmosphericEnvironment–Annual, Elsevier, Netherland1352-2310
3. Annals of the National Association of Geographers India–Biannual, National Association of
Geographers, New Delhi0970-9721
Academic Year: 
2025-2026