Contours of risk: spatializing human behaviors to understand disease dynamics in changing landscapes.
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.
Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520, USA. hausermann@aesop.rutgers.edu
Heidi
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Hausermann
Petra
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Tschakert
Erica A H
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Smithwick
David
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Ferring
Richard
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Amankwah
Erasmus
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Klutse
Julianne
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Hagarty
Lindsay
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Kromel
D054312:Buruli Ulcer / Q000209:etiology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D004782:Environmental Health; D062306:Geography, Medical; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D008906:Mining; D019911:Mycobacterium ulcerans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018570:Risk Assessment