1. There are many established public health studies on the comparison between time and person. However, the comparison between small-scale location study have not been incorporated as much as other components. The reasons are due to the availability and quality of data, lack of advanced software to visualize and analyze spatial data, the complexities of analytical framework, and the privacy and confidentiality issues.
1. Spatial epidemiology can be considered as an interdisciplinary science because it incorporates principles and concepts from other fields to have a better understanding of the distribution and patterns of public health concern across different locations. For example, it incorporates with the fields of statistics, environmental science, social science.
2. The place where we live and work can be regarded as a potential disease determinant because we are exposed to the things that are attached to those places for a significant portion of our life. For example, the places we work might be an area where the pollution is significantly higher than other places, resulting in higher morbidity rate. Additionally, the places we live might be near to vegetation and grasses, leading to higher rate of vector-borne diseases.