Geodemographics as a tool for targeting neighbourhoods in public health campaigns

Journal of Geographical Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-192

  Petersen, Jakob ^a,b   Gibin, Maurizio ^b,c   Longley, Paul ^a   Mateos, Pablo ^a   Atkinson, Philip ^b   Ashby, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Southwark Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Dr Foster ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geodemographics; Hospital episode statistics; Neighbourhood targeting; Public health

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH CARE; INNER CITY AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TARGETING; WELFARE PROVISION;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84155188472     PISSN: 14355930     EISSN: 14355949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10109-010-0113-9     Document Type: Article

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