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Sunday 8^th July	Monday 9^th July	Tuesday 10^th July	Wednesday 11^th July	Thursday 12^th July	Friday 13^th July
	Registration Welcome coffee 9:00-11:00	Sessions 7-9 9:00-10:40	All-day cruise on the river Rhine Bonn romantic middle Rhine valley (UN World Heritage Site) Linz Andernach Bonn	Sessions 20-22 9:00-10:40	Sessions 32-34 9:00-10:40
	Registration Welcome coffee 9:00-11:00	Coffee break 10:40-11:00		Coffee break 10:40-11:00	Coffee break 10:40-11:00
	Opening session Keynote I 11:00-12:30	Sessions 10-13 11:00-12:40		Sessions 23-25 11:00-12:40	Sessions 35-37 11:00-12:40
	Lunch 12:40-1:40	Lunch 12:40-1:40		Lunch 12:40-1:40	Closing session 12:40-13:15
	Sessions 1-3 1:40-3:20	Keynote II 1:40-2:20		Postersessions A+B 1:40-2:20	Farewell
		Keynote II 1:40-2:20		Postersessions A+B 1:40-2:20	Farewell
		Sessions 14-16 2:30-4:10		Sessions 26-28 2:30-4:10
	Coffee break 3:20-3:40	Coffee break 4:10-4:30		Coffee break 4:10-4:30
	Sessions 4-6 3:40-5:50	Sessions 17-19 4:30-6:10		Sessions 29-31 4:30-6:10
Welcome reception from 6:00 pm		Meeting of WG Chairs from 6:15
Welcome reception from 6:00 pm				Conference barbecue from 7:30

Preliminary IMGS Programme
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Session Programme of IMGS 2007 (Status: 25^th June 2007) (Download 130 kByte)

Please note, that the denoted affiliation refers to the first/submitting author and not necessarily to all authors of a presentation.

MONDAY

Opening Session
Monday, 9th July, 11:00-12:30; Wolfgang-Paul Hall

Words of Welcome

Thomas Kistemann, University of Bonn

Matthias Winiger, Rector of the University of Bonn

Peter Finger, Mayor of the City of Bonn

Mark Rosenberg, Chair of the IGU Working Group on Health & Environment

Martin Exner, Past President of the Society of Hygiene, Environmental & Public Health Sciences

Keynote

Roger Aertgeerts, Regional Advisor, WHO European Centre for Environment & Health, Rome Regional work of WHO

Session 1: Health Perceptions and Beliefs
Monday, 9th July, 1:40-3:20, Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Sebastien Fleuret

Natalie Hazel Beale (University of Durham, United Kingdom)
A Tainted Countryside? Exploring Young People’s Health Beliefs and Priorities in County Durham, North-East England

Helena Nogueira (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Paula Santana, Rita Santos
Neighbourhood multi-dimensionality and self-rated health: evidence from the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal

Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas (Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain), Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, Fermina Rojo-Perez, Raul Lardies, Vicente Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Jose-Manuel Rojo-Abuin
Health and Quality of Life: health factors affecting self-perception of health and satisfaction with health in old age

Isaac Luginaah (University of Western Ontario,London, Canada), Dominik Atari, Iris Xu, Karen Fung
Environment and Health in ‘Chemical Valley’, Sarnia, Ontario

Session 2: Obstacles and Perspectives of Health Care
Monday, 9th July, 1:40-3:20, Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Allison Williams

Mark Skinner (Trent University, Canada), Nicole Yantzi, Mark Rosenberg
Neither Rain nor Hail nor Sleet nor Snow: The Importance of Weather in Understanding the Provision of Home and Community Care

Sarah Atkinson (Durham University, United Kingdom)
Logging on for Care: The Internet as a New Site of Health Care

Alun E. Joseph (University of Guelph, Canada), Robin Kearns, Graham Moon
Recycling Former Psychiatric Hospitals in New Zealand: Echoes of Deinstitutionalisation and Restructuring

Klaus Geiselhart (University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
Stigma and public health

Session 3: Exploring Spatial Patterns of Infectious Diseases
Monday, 9th July, 1:40-3:20, Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Paul White

Johannes Dreesman (Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt Hannover, Germany), Holger Scharlach
Infectious disease surveillance in Lower-Saxony using methods of spatial statistics and animated maps

Yusuke Kataoka (University of Tokyo, Japan), Yasushi Asami, Yuki Tada, Ken Osaka, Jung Su Lee
A Population Parameter Estimation Method for Interregional Comparison of Epidemic of Influenza

Yang Cheng (Queen's University, Canada), Linsheng Yang, Wuyi Wang
Temporal-spatial Distribution of Epidemics in Ming and Qing Periods (1368-1911A.D.) in China

Holger Scharlach (Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt Hannover, Germany), Johannes Dreesman
Web-based spatio-temporal visualization of Acute Respiratory Illnesses (ARI) in Lower Saxony

Session 4: Health-affecting Inequities
Monday, 9th July, 3:40-5:50, Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Sara McLafferty

Jeffrey R. Masuda (McMaster University, Canada)
Making the case for an environmental inequity research and public health policy agenda in Canada

Stéphane Rican (University Paris X-Nanterre, France), Pr. Gerard Salem, Eric Jougla, Delphine Kerzerho, Geoffroy Gourdon, Zoe Vaillant, Charlotte Rouder-Daval
Social / territorial constructions and health: spatial and temporal mortality variations in France

John Glover (Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU), Australia), Sarah Tennant
Changed techniques for changing circumstances

James R. Dunn (Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Canada), Bill Burgess, Kathryn McGoldrick, Nancy A. Ross
Income Inequality, Public Services Expenditures and All-Cause Mortality in U.S. States, 1987 and 1999

Min Hua Jen (Imperial College, London, United Kingdom), Kelvyn Jones
Analysing Global Patterns of Health: Applying Latent Group Trajectory and Multinomial Multilevel Models to the Income Inequality Hypothesis

Session 5: Health Care in Remote and Rural Areas
Monday, 9^th July, 3.40 - 5.50; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Mark Rosenberg

Valorie A. Crooks (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Where having a family doctor is “like gold”: considering the implications of the local nature of health service provision in rural Ontario, Canada for chronically ill women

Neil Hanlon (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada), Martha MacLeod
Establishing programs for public health nurses who work with families in remote settings: the promise of regionalization, the realities of practice

Mylene Riva (University of Montreal, Canada), Sarah Curtis, Lise Gauvin, James Fagg
Health in rural areas of England: Complex patterns of variation.

Raheem Usman Adebimpe (University of Ilorin, Nigeria)
Ethnic Politics and the Geography of Health Inequality in Rural Nigeria: a Case Study

Session 6: HIV / AIDS worlds
Monday, 9^th July, 3:40 - 5:50; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Joseph Oppong

Jason M. Myers (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
'Moving' tales: emotional geographies of HIV in Auckland, New Zealand

Sebastien Tusseau (Team CNRS ESO-Université d’Angers, France), Sebastien Fleuret
AIDS in Mali: from an analysis of the prevention's messages to a reflection on the system of health.

Charles Todd Faubion (University of Washington, USA)
HIV/AIDS in South Africa: The Impact of Decentralized Development on a National Treatment Program

Ezekiel Kalipeni (Dominican University of California, USA), Jayati Ghosh
Gender Differences in Perception of Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: The Case of Men and Women in Lilongwe, Malawi

Jayati Ghosh (Dominican University of California, USA), Ezekiel Kalipeni, Vandana Wadhwa
Vulnerability of the Youth to HIV/AIDS in India

TUESDAY

Session 7: Therapeutic Places I
Tuesday, 10^th July, 9.00 - 10.40; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Ronan Foley

Allison M Williams (McMaster University, Canada), John Eyles, G Maslany, B Newbold, D Streiner, C Heidebrecht, L DeMiglio
Item Construction: An Application of Facet Design in Constructing a Sense of Place Measurement Tool

David Conradson (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
The Therapeutic Value of Stillness: Places of Retreat in Contemporary Britain

Thomas Claßen (Bielefeld School of Public Health, Germany), Claudia Hornberg, Thomas Kistemann
Linking nature conservation and preventive health protection in Germany: prerequisites and perspectives

Miha Staut (University of Primorska, Slovenia)
Contextualizing the idea of the ‘healthy Mediterranean’ in Slovenia: diverging processes in health related cultural practices

Session 8: Emergency Health Care and Drug Addiction
Tuesday, 10^th July, 9.00 - 10.40; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Thomas Krafft

Jakob Petersen (London’s Global University, United Kingdom), Maurizio Gibin, Paul Longley, Dave Ashby, Phil Atkinson
Casual Casualties - Geodemographic analysis of “inappropriate” use of two Accident & Emergency departments in Inner London, UK

Alison Lindsay Copeland (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom), Ross Barnett, Sarah Curtis, Peter Congdon
To Pay or Not to Pay, That is the Question

Robert Wilton (McMaster University, Canada), Geoffrey Deverteuil
“It is going to be different when I leave here”: Balancing safety and risk in addiction treatment programs

Anna Fugelstad (Karolinska Institute, Sweden), Ingemar Thiblin, Alexandra Hjelmström, Anna-Karin Johansson, Anders Schærström
Where do drug addicts die?

Session 9: Environment & Health Strategies
Tuesday, 10^th July, 9.00 - 10.40; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Isaac Luginaah

Christine E. Dunn (Durham University, United Kingdom), M. Manzurul Hassan, Peter J. Atkins
Environmental hazards and health in the context of scientific uncertainty: arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh

Hans-Guido Mücke (German Federal Environment Agency, Germany)
Policy Implementation on Air Pollution and Health in the WHO European Region

Khageshwar Singh Patel (School of Studies in Chemistry, India), Sapna Gupta, Silvia Nava, Franco Lucarelli
Extreme winter ambient metallic pollution at Raipur, Central India

Shahab Varkouhi (Islamic Azad University, Iran)
Lead as an Environmental Pollutant: Geochemical Analysis of Lead Contaminated Streambed Sediments on Watershed Scale

Session 10: Geography of Accidents
Tuesday, 10^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Christine Dunn

Andy Jones (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Robin Haynes, Richard Reading, Costa Daras
Explaining inequalities in accidental injuries among pre-school children by household and neighbourhood characteristics

Sveinung Øystein Eiksund (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway), Stig H. Jørgensen
Geographical patterns of road traffic accidents in Norway 2000-2004.

Stig H. Jørgensen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway); Torbjørn Rundmo
Risk taking behaviour and traffic accident involvment. Differences between high- and low-income countries.

Anders Schærström (Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Östersund/Stockholm, Sweden), Susanne Breier
Accidental falls – a quest for higher geographical accuracy

Session 11: Health of the Elderly
Tuesday, 10^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Sarah Curtis

Sebastien Fleuret (Team CNRS ESO-Université d’Angers, France), Philippe Gerber
Mapping a survey at infra-urban scale: well being of elderly in Luxembourg City

Janine Wiles (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Ngaire Kerse, Anthea Palmer, Ruth Allen, Karen Hayman, Sally Keeling, Liz Kiata
Older people, their social spaces and the significance of home: a study in Auckland, New Zealand

Béatrice Chaudet (Université Rennes 2, France)
Older people's "day to day route": an accessible way?

Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores (Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain), Gloria Fernandez-Mayoralas, Mark W. Rosenberg, Fermina Rojo-Perez
The health dimension in evaluating Quality of Life: The subjective experience of elderly people in the Madrid Region

Session 12: From Visualisation to Explorative Spatial Data Analysis
Tuesday, 10^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Jürgen Schweikart

Svetlana Malkhazova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation), Anna Prasolova
Creation of the medical-demographic atlas of the Kaliningrad oblast (former Königsberg)

Peter Farai Madzudzo (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
Spatiotemporal Visualization in Public Health Research

Benjamin Kishosha Mayala (National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania)
Visual Exploration of Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Epidemiological Data

Richard Ohwofasah Djukpen (University Of Illinois, USA)
Application of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) in Childhood Diseases study in Nigeria

Session 13: TB and Pulmonary Infections
Tuesday, 10^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Ernst-Robert-Curtius Conference Room
Chair: Graham Bentham

Eric J Crighton (University of Ottawa, Canada), Susan J Elliott, Pavlos Kanaroglu, Rahim Moineddin, Ross Upshur
Pneumonia and Influenza in Ontario, Canada: An Examination of Spatial and Temporal Hospitalization Patterns and their Determinants

Dennis Pringle (National University of Ireland, Ireland)
The Re-emergence of Tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland

Joseph R. Oppong (University of North Texas, USA), Patrick Moonan, Stephen Weis
Spatial Patterns of Tuberculosis Genotypes in Tarrant County, Texas

Keynote Session
Tuesday, 10^th July, 1.40 - 2.20; Wolfgang-Paul Hall

Andreas Rechkemmer (Executive Director, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change, Bonn)
Global Environmental Change and Health - An Issue of Sustainable Development

Session 14: Spatial Dimensions of Health Policies
Tuesday, 10^th July, 2.30 - 4.10; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: James Dunn

Thomas Claßen (Bielefeld School of Public Health, Germany), Rudolf Welteke, Odile Mekel, Rainer Fehr
Realizing the Airport Berlin-Brandenburg International (BBI): a typical German way of considering health concerns in planning procedures?

Raul Borges Guimarães (State University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Health Regions and Geographical Scales:links between the Body and the Nation

Jessica Place (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada), Neil Hanlon
Environmental values and empowerment: a political ecology perspective on health determinants for First Nations in British Columbia Canada

Sarah Wakefield (University of Toronto, Canada)
Exploring Institutional Responses to Food Insecurity

Session 15: Health Care of the Disabled
Tuesday, 10^th July, 2.30 - 4.10; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Mark Skinner

Jesus Rogero-Garcia (Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain), Maria-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, Mark W. Rosenberg
The influence of formal and informal care on health services use by disabled elderly in Spain

Nicole M. Yantzi (Laurentian University, Canada), Nancy L. Young
Parents' experiences of advocating for the socio-spatial inclusion of their children with disabilities in the school system in Ontario, Canada

Andrew Power (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
"They'll Surprise You": Family Carers of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities”

Session 16: Adverse Health Effects of Air Pollution
Tuesday, 10^th July, 2.30 - 4.10; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Guido Mücke

Simon Kingham (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Jamie Pearce, Jeff Wilson
Variations in PM10 and restricted activity days among residents of Christchurch, New Zealand

Charmian M Bennett (Monash University, Australia)
Woodsmoke-derived Air Pollution and Respiratory Morbidity in Launceston and the Tamar Valley, Tasmania

Fábio Silva Lopes (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Brazil), Helena Ribeiro
The use of geographical information systems in the study of human beings exposed to burnt sugar-cane straw product in the São Paulo, Brazil.

Michael RB Jerrett (University of California, USA), MM Finkelstein, MA Arain, P Kanaroglou, B Beckerman, J Brook, N Gilbert, M Sears, D Verma, K Chapman
Spatial analysis of traffic-generated air pollution and mortality in Toronto

Session 17: Critical Perspectives on Globalisation and Public Health
Tuesday, 10^th July, 4.30 - 6.10; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair & Organiser: Courtney Donovan

Tim Brown (Loughborough University, United Kingdom), Morag Bell
Anatomising a strategy: locating a space for the post-colonial in the contemporary turn to global public health

Courtney Donovan (University of Washington, USA)
Where There is No Oversight – Refugee Camps, NGOs, and Global Public Health

Robert Ian Duncan (University of Washington, USA)
Alcohol, public health policy, and globalization

Cynthia K. Pope (Central Connecticut State University, USA)
Critical Geographies of ARV (antiretroviral) Access:The Roles of Gender, Globalization, and Nationbuilding in the Caribbean

Session 18: Health Care of the Elderly
Tuesday, 10^th July, 4.30 - 6.10; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Alun Joseph

Kathi Wilson (University of Toronto, Canada), Mark Rosenberg
Aging, Health and Health Care: Examining Differences in ‘Healthy Aging’ among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada

Ulrike Dapp (Albertinen-Haus Hamburg, Germany)
Health behaviour and the use of healthcare in independently living senior citizens. A comparison in three European countries: Germany, Switzerland and U.K.

Christine Milligan (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
Unpacking the implications of new care technologies and responsibilities for the health care of older people at home

David Conradson (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
Shifting Landscapes of Residential Aged Care: Privatisation and Internationalisation in New Zealand

Session 19: Malaria
Tuesday, 10^th July, 4.30 - 6.10; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Stig H. Jørgensen

Akua Appiah-Akuramaa (Geological Survey Department, Ghana), Rosemary Okla
The Effect of Poor Sanitation and Indiscriminate Waste Disposal on the prevalence of Malaria (A Case Study of Ashiaman, a Suburb of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana)

Anthonia Ijeoma Onyeahialam (Newcastle University, United Kingdom), Seraphim Alvanides, Julius A. Awomeso
Analysis of population risks to Malaria disease

Ryan R Lash (University of Kansas, USA)
Contrasting views on the geography of malaria

Rosemary Owigar (Kenya)
Adaption to climate-induced epidemic malaria in the West Kenya highlands

WEDNESDAY

All-day field trip

THURSDAY

Session 20: Social Capital and Neighbourhoods
Thursday, 12^th July, 9:00 - 10:40; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Paula Santana

Josie Messina (McMaster University, Canada), John Eyles
Exploring Time-space Constraints and Health Status in two Neighbourhoods in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jamie Pearce (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Karen Witten, Rosemary Hiscock, Tony Blakely
The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to community resources on health inequalities: a national study

Melissa Stamplecoski (Queen's University, Canada), Mark W. Rosenberg
The Relationship between Health and Social Capital: Who Cares? A Study of the Adult Population of the Province of Ontario, Canada

Erik Reidar Sund (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
The level of trust and organizational activity on self rated health - A total population health study in a Norwegian county

Session 21: Children’s and Adolescents’ Health I
Thursday, 12^th July, 9.00 - 10.40; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Cosimo Palagiano

Genevieve Clark (McMaster University, Canada), Susan J. Elliott
Geographies of children’s health: Socio-spatial and psychosocial dimensions of food allergy

Jamie Fagg (Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom)
The context of change in adolescent self-esteem

Paula C Remoaldo (University of Minho, Portugal)
Preventing traffic accidents involving children – the role of local authorities

Nikolaos Yiannakoulias (Alberta Health and Wellness, Canada), Shainoor Virani, Laura McDonald, Jill Svenson, Lawrence Svenson
Income, geography and immunization in children

Session 22: Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases
Thursday, 12^th July, 9.00 - 10.40; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Jonathan Mayer

Sofiane Bouhdiba (University of Tunis, Tunisia)
Public Health facing the pilgrimage to Mecca as a driver of infectious disease in Asia

Michael Emch (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Spatial, Environmental, and Social Network Analysis in Vaccine Trials

Christina Frank (Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany), Dirk Werber, Stephan Kapfhammer, Klaus Stark, Leonard Held
Epidemiology of human STEC-gastroenertitis in Germany ans spatial analysis of cattle contact as a risk factor for human infection

Sarah Beth Paige (University of Washington, USA)
Medical Geography's contribution to understanding human-animal disease

Session 23: Mental Health and Disabilities
Thursday, 12^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Ross Barnett

Maria Elena Ducci (Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile)
Poverty and beauty

Geoffrey DeVerteuil (University of Manitoba, Canada), Aynslie Hinds, Lisa Lix, Robert Tate
Do Mobility Patterns Vary among Groups with Differently Diagnosed Mental Illness?

Jennifer Laws (Durham University, United Kingdom)
Borderline Personality: A new cultural character?

Edward Hall (University of Dundee, United Kingdom)
Creating spaces of well-being and inclusion for people with learning disabilities

Session 24: Planning and Accessibility of Health Care
Thursday, 12^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Sarah Atkinson

Violet Sauerzapf (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Andrew Jones, Robin Haynes, Michael Crawford, David Forman, Hongxin Zhao
Travel time to radiotherapy and uptake of breast-conserving surgery for early stage cancer in nothern England

Liliana Dumitrache (University of Bucharest, Romania)
Geographic Inequalities in the Distribution of Health Care in Romania and its Consequences

Magali Coldefy (Institut de recherche et documentation en économie et de la santé, France), Véronique Lucas-Gabrielli
A new territorial division of health care in France

John Mohan (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)
Geography, modernity and welfare: reflections on British hospital policy

Session 25: Water, Sanitation & Health
Thursday, 12^th July, 11.00 - 12.40; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Susanne Herbst

Iain R Lake (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Graham Bentham, Florence Harrison, Paul Hunter, Gordon Nichols, Sari Kovats
Analysing space time patterns in infectious diseases; a case study of cryptosporidiosis

Esther Rind (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Jamie Pearce, Clive Sabel
Campyolobacteriosis in New Zealand - A Spatial Approach

Reena Singh (University of Cologne, Germany), Thomas Krafft
Wastewater Exposures and Public Health: A Case Study of Delhi/India

Iain R Lake (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom), Graham Bentham, Paul Hunter, Florence Harrison
Using GIS for Exposure Analysis in Drinking and Water and Health studies

Postersession A
Thursday, 12^th July, 1:40 - 2:20; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Svetlana Malkhazova

Danijela Obradovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Tanja Knezevic
Geographic and medical aspects of mountains and spas in Serbia

Svetlana Malkhazova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia), Nathalia Shartova
Medical geographical analysis of the Moscow oblast: the past and the present

Raul Borges Guimarães (State University of São Paulo, Brazil), Jorge Pickenhayn, Samuel do Carmo Lima
Chagas disease and the geo-epidemiological corridor between Minas Gerais, Brazil and San Juan, Argentina

Jörg Szarzynski (German Aerospace Center, Germany), Harald Kunstmann, Ulrike Falk, Charles Rodgers, Paul LG Vlek
Towards the development of an integrative early warning system to forecast adverse health impacts in West Africa

Gi-Ho Jo (InSaDae Kongju-National-University, South Korea)
Development and Characteristics of Constitution Adapting to Climate Zone

Postersession B
Thursday, 12^th July, 1:40 - 2:20; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: John Mohan

Christiane Franke (University of Bonn, Germany), Thomas Kistemann
Health aspects within the EU water framework directive

Benjamin Laniepce (Université de Rouen, France)
Studies, time for space and well-being?

Pau Mota Moya (Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain)
Migration & Health: An ecological approach to foreign immigration health in Catalalonia (Spain)

Seraphim Alvanides (University of Newcastle, United Kingdom), Robert Forsyth, Mark Woolley
Developing a multilevel framework for understanding the unmet needs of families of severely disabled children in the UK

Session 26: Obesity Sites
Thursday, 12^th July, 2.30 - 4.10; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Sarah Wakefield

Paula Santana (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Helena Nogueira, Rita Santos
The link between local environment and obesity: a multilevel analysis in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal

Alvanides Seraphim (University of Newcastle, United Kingdom), Isabel Newman, Thomas Burgoine
Developing ecological indices of obesogenic environments in the UK context

Daniel W. Harrington (McMaster University, Canada), Susan J. Elliott
Understanding overweight and obesity in Ontario, Canada: a multilevel analysis

Theodora Pouliou (McMaster University, Canada), Susan Elliott
Towards an understanding of obesity: integrating the built and social environments

Session 27: Unorthodox Health Care and Research Approaches
Thursday, 12^th July, 2.30 - 4.10; Joseph-Schumpeter Conference Hall
Chair: Jamie Pearce

Mark Rosenberg (Queen's University, Canada), Sarah Lovell
Making ‘Space’ for Volunteers in Restructured Communities at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Anne-Cécile Hoyez (University of Rennes 2, France)
Public Health in India and Institutionalisation of Traditional Medicines

Julia Mettelsiefen (University of Bonn, Germany), Thomas Kistemann
Complementary and alternative medicine in Cologne (Germany): Who treats whom where?

Sarah A. Lovell (Queen's University, Canada)
Engaging Communities in Health Geography? Assessing the Strategy of Community-Based Participatory Research

Session 28: Public Health Challenges in Developing Countries
Thursday, 12^th July, 2.30 - 4.10; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Christina Frank

Jonathan Mayer (University of Washington, USA), Julia Lowe
Action Oriented Research in an Urban Slum in West Africa

Carsten Butsch (University of Cologne, Germany), Thomas Krafft
Access to healthcare in the fragmented setting of India’s fast growing agglomerations

Jana Fried (University of Southampton, United Kingdom), Mike Clark
Primary Health Care and Community Health Workers in the context of HIV/AIDS – a case study from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Session 29: Does Medical Geography support Public Health?
Thursday, 12^th July, 4.30 - 6.10; Wolfgang-Paul Hall
Chair: Robin Kearns

Paul White (Ministry of Health, New Zealand), Jamie Pearce
‘what has medical geography ever done for us?’, The GeoHealth Laboratory, Te tai whenua o te hau ora

Nicole Schubbe (University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Jürgen Schweikart
The role of maps of HIV/AIDS intervention in Rwanda

Stephen Pancras Rwehangira (University College of Lands and Architectural studies, Tanzania)
Application of GIS in Mapping for Millenium Goals. Safe and clean water

Olusegun Oguntoke (University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Okun State, Nigeria), BF Iyun
Incidence pattern of major Cancer groups among States in Nigeria

Session 30: Children’s and Adolescents’ Health II
Thursday, 12^th July, 4.30 - 6.10; Paul-Martini Conference Hall
Chair: Susan Elliott

Laura Jean Miller (University of Canterbury, New Zealand), Jamie Pearce, Ross Barnett, Jinny Willis, Russell Scott, Brian Darlow
Population mixing and the geographical epidemiology of childhood leukaemia and type 1 diabetes in New Zealand 1980-2004

Graham Bentham (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
Does vitamin D status affect physical activity of children and adolescents?

Amy L Griffin (University of New South Wales, Australia), Matthew Beaty, Guy Barnett, Cathy Baker
Spatial variation in childhood overweight and obesity, physical activity, nutrition, and the urban environment in the Australian Capital Territory