Abstract

BUZAI, Gustavo  and  VILLERIAS ALARCON, Iliana. Quantitative spatial analysis of the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) in the Luján river basin (province of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Estudios Socioterritoriales [online]. 2018, vol.23. ISSN 1853-4392.

The quantitative spatial analysis of the DSS is a theoretical-methodological approach that allows to define, from a geographical point of view, the spatial distribution of social vulnerability to diseases. Through the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), is possible to use methods of multivariate analysis that lead to obtaining the final result in a map synthesis. In Argentina, the REDATAM database (Retrieval of Data for small Areas by Microcomputer) of the National Census of Population, Households and Housing allows to determine a basic set of variables that define dimensions of central analysis: Education, Economy, Poverty, Construction, Services and Equipment. The combination of these dimensions generate the map of the DSS of the study area showing its spatial inequality as a fundamental basis of the territorial planning with the intention of generating actions for the reduction of disparities.

Keywords : Geography of Health; Social determinants of health; Spatial Analysis; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); Luján river basin.

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