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Session 64:
Spatial approaches to understanding inequality in health and poverty

Tuesday, September 29
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Karam 3
Ouzoud Area
Chair: Livia Montana, Harvard University
Discussant: Audrey Dorelien, Princeton University

1. Individual economic insecurity factors: a dynamic typology of socio-demographic inequalities on the neighbourhood level. Spatial application for Belgium and Luxembourg from 1991 to 2006  •  Jean-Pierre Hermia, Université catholique de Louvain; Thierry Eggerickx, Université Catholique de Louvain; Filip De Maesschalck, Université Catholique de Louvain; Christian Kesteloot, Université Catholique de Louvain; Sébastien Lord, Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques (CEPS); Philippe Gerber, Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques (CEPS); Christophe Sohn, Centre d'Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques (CEPS)

2. Poverty and maternal health in Ghana: a spatial analysis of exclusion from care  •  Zoe Matthews, University of Southampton; Angela Baschieri, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Philomena E. Nyarko, University of Ghana; Faustina Frempong-Aiguah, University of Ghana; Peter Gething, University of Southampton; Fiifi Amoako-Johnson, University of Southampton; Peter Atkinson, University of Southampton; Francis Nii-Amoo Dodoo, Pennsylvania State University; Jane C. Falkingham, University of Southampton

3. Spatial location matters: area-level effects and micro-level effects of household poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower Mississippi Delta: United States, 2006  •  Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Texas A&M University; Bruce Robertson, Texas A&M University; Carlos Siordia, Texas A&M University; Tim Slack, Louisiana State University; Kayla Fontenot, Louisiana State University

4. Modelling spatial inequalities in health in cities of developing countries: the case of Accra, Ghana  •  John R. Weeks, San Diego State University; Allan G. Hill, Harvard University; Arthur Getis, San Diego State University; David Rain, George Washington University; Mark R. Montgomery, Population Council; Douglas A. Stow, San Diego State University

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