[Spatial lifecourse epidemiology in chronic non-communicable disease research].
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
; 43(5): 755-760, 2022 May 10.
Article
in Zh
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35589584
ABSTRACT
In recent years, the research focus on determinants of chronic non-communicable diseases has shifted from non-spatial factors (e.g., lifestyle behaviors) to spatial factors (e.g., natural and built environments). As the intersection of lifecourse epidemiology and spatial epidemiology, spatial lifecourse epidemiology is a research area in the field of health geography. It combines advanced spatial technologies, including geographic information systems, surveying, remote sensing, location-based services and artificial intelligence, to accurately retrace, measure, and simulate individuals' exposures across the life course (i.e., exposome); and adopts lifecourse models, including the accumulation of risk model and critical/sensitive period models, to investigate the impact of individuals' exposures in the past on their health status at different stages of life. This paper introduces the theories, main analysis approaches and focus of spatial lifecourse epidemiology in the research of chronic non-communicable diseases for the purpose of better understanding and applications of spatial lifecourse epidemiology in the research of determinants of chronic non-communicable diseases, providing important reference for future research, facilitating the development of health geography to eventually achieve precise health management over the lifecourse.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Epidemiology
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Noncommunicable Diseases
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
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