Mapping the urban asthma experience: Using qualitative GIS to understand contextual factors affecting asthma control

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-17

  Keddem, Shimrit ^a,b   Barg, Frances K ^a   Glanz, Karen ^a,c   Jackson, Tara ^a   Green, Sarah ^a   George, Maureen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma control; Disparities; Geographic information systems; Semi structured interviews

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; GIS; MAPPING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CANOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DUMPING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; POVERTY;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CRIME; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84936980688     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.06.039     Document Type: Article

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