Executive summary Remarkable gains have been made in global health in the past 25
years, but progress has not been uniform. Mortality and morbidity from common conditions …

Research at the confluence of accessibility, equity and health is flourishing. And yet, there is
only slow and modest progress in terms of improving the spatial and temporal accuracy of …

Importance Abortion facility closures resulted in a substantial decrease in access to abortion
care in the US. Objectives To investigate the changes in travel time to the nearest abortion …

The floating catchment area (FCA) family of metrics employ principles from gravity-based
models to incorporate supply, demand, and distance in their characterization of the spatial …

Access to safe, effective, quality-assured antivenom products that are tailored to endemic
venomous snake species is a crucial component of recent coordinated efforts to reduce the …

Background The potential spatial access to urban health services is an important issue in
health geography, spatial epidemiology and public health. Computing geographical …

Background: Access to health facilities remains limited in many resource-poor settings, and
women and their children often have to travel far to seek care. However, data on distance …

Background Access to healthcare services has an essential role in promoting health equity
and quality of life. Knowing where the places are and how much of the population is covered …

Background Australia's inequitable distribution of health services is well documented.
Spatial access relates to the geographic limitations affecting the availability and accessibility …

This chapter describes some of the key tasks of parenting and how they relate to children's
well-being. It discusses how aspects of the social and physical environment affect that ways …