The evolution of Health & Place: Text mining papers published between 1995 and 2018

Mark A Green; Michael Widener; Frances Darlington Pollock; Jamie Pearce

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102207

The evolution of Health & Place: Text mining papers published between 1995 and 2018

Health Place. 2020 Jan:61:102207. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102207. Epub 2019 Oct 3.

Authors

Mark A Green¹, Michael Widener², Frances Darlington Pollock³, Jamie Pearce⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Geography & Planning, University of Liverpool, UK.
⁴ School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 31587990
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102207

Abstract

We examine trends in words/terms published in Health & Place between 1995 and 2018. Terms used have diversified over this period, including a decline in 'health' overall, as well as greater usage of 'diet', 'alcohol' and 'depression'. There was a noticeable increase in using 'neighbourhood' to describe context. Topic modelling reveals that papers are increasingly concerned with specific aspects of place (e.g. the built environment). Our findings emphasise that Health & Place has matured into the leading outlet for examining the geographical dimensions of health with important and enduring insights that continue to inform research and policy.

Keywords: Health; Health geography; Text; Text mining.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Data Mining*
Diet
Environment Design*
Health Status*
Humans
Life Style
Residence Characteristics*