Geography and Depression Research
Researchers have looked into how spatial understanding might better enlighten us about mental health and despair.
The application of geographical knowledge, viewpoints, and methods to the study of health, disease, and health care is known as health geography. It looks at disease rates, causes, and spread, as well as environmental threats, environmental mediators of health habits, and health service planning and delivery.
Researchers have looked into how spatial understanding might better enlighten us about mental health and despair.
Carnegie Mellon University’s Delphi Lab has been tracking Covid-19 vaccination acceptance through the use of Facebook surveys.
Researchers hypothesize that languages with higher numbers of aspirated consonants, like the letters P, T, and K in English, allow for the spread of more particles from the speakers’ mouths.
The concentration of coronavirus RNA in sewage could point researchers toward a clearer picture of how many residents have been infected by the virus in a specific area.
An Italian researcher measured the spatial distribution of pedestrians on sidewalks to determine how mask wearing affects how well people socially distance themselves from others.