Wilbert M. Gesler - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 
Area:
Geography, General, Cultural Anthropology

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2013 Curtis S, Gesler W, Wood V, Spencer I, Mason J, Close H, Reilly J. Compassionate containment? Balancing technical safety and therapy in the design of psychiatric wards. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 97: 201-9. PMID 23916450 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2013.06.015  0.365
2009 Curtis S, Gesler W, Priebe S, Francis S. New spaces of inpatient care for people with mental illness: a complex 'rebirth' of the clinic? Health & Place. 15: 340-8. PMID 18722152 DOI: 10.1016/J.Healthplace.2008.06.007  0.347
2006 Gesler WM, Arcury TA, Skelly AH, Nash S, Soward A, Dougherty M. Identifying diabetes knowledge network nodes as sites for a diabetes prevention program. Health & Place. 12: 449-64. PMID 16002320 DOI: 10.1016/J.Healthplace.2005.05.002  0.306
2006 Gesler W, Sherman JE, Spencer J, Preisser JS, Arcury TA, Perin J. Exploring inequalities in health care coverage by degree of rurality in western North Carolina Southeastern Geographer. 46: 97-120. DOI: 10.1353/Sgo.2006.0004  0.464
2006 Gesler WM, Sherman JE, Spencer J, Preisser JS, Arcury TA, Perin J. Exploring Inequalities in Health Care Coverage by Degree of Rurality in Western North Carolina Southeastern Geographer. 46: 97-120. DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2006.0004  0.323
2005 Arcury TA, Skelly AH, Gesler WM, Dougherty MC. Diabetes beliefs among low-income, white residents of a rural North Carolina community. The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 21: 337-45. PMID 16294657 DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-0361.2005.Tb00104.X  0.431
2005 Grzywacz JG, Rao P, Woods CR, Preisser JS, Gesler WM, Arcury TA. Children's health and workers' productivity: an examination of family interference with work in rural America. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 10: 382-92. PMID 16248687 DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.10.4.382  0.319
2005 Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Gesler WM, Powers JM. Access to transportation and health care utilization in a rural region. The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 21: 31-8. PMID 15667007 DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-0361.2005.Tb00059.X  0.399
2005 Arcury TA, Gesler WM, Preisser JS, Sherman J, Spencer J, Perin J. The effects of geography and spatial behavior on health care utilization among the residents of a rural region Health Services Research. 40: 135-155. PMID 15663706 DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-6773.2005.00346.X  0.426
2004 Gesler WM, Hayes M, Arcury TA, Skelly AH, Nash S, Soward ACM. Use of mapping technology in health intervention research Nursing Outlook. 52: 142-146. PMID 15197363 DOI: 10.1016/J.Outlook.2004.01.009  0.35
2004 Gesler W, Arcury TA, Koenig HG. An introduction to three studies of rural elderly people: effects of religion and culture on health. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 15: 1-12. PMID 14719521 DOI: 10.1023/A:1006708524708  0.315
2004 Arcury TA, Preisser JS, Gesler WM, Sherman JE. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Rural Residents in Western North Carolina Complementary Health Practice Review. 9: 93-102. DOI: 10.1177/1076167503253433  0.375
2004 Baer LD, Gesler WM. Reconsidering the concept of therapeutic landscapes in J D Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye Area. 36: 404-413. DOI: 10.1111/j.0004-0894.2004.00240.x  0.643
2003 Woods CR, Arcury TA, Powers JM, Preisser JS, Gesler WM. Determinants of health care use by children in rural western North Carolina: results from the Mountain Accessibility Project. Pediatrics. 112: e143-52. PMID 12897320 DOI: 10.1542/Peds.112.2.E143  0.378
2003 Joines JD, Hertz-Picciotto I, Carey TS, Gesler W, Suchindran C. A spatial analysis of county-level variation in hospitalization rates for low back problems in North Carolina. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 56: 2541-53. PMID 12742616 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00295-2  0.33
2002 Skelly AH, Arcury TA, Gesler WM, Cravey AJ, Dougherty MC, Washburn SA, Nash S. Sociospatial knowledge networks: appraising community as place. Research in Nursing & Health. 25: 159-70. PMID 11933009 DOI: 10.1002/Nur.10024  0.37
2001 Cravey AJ, Washburn SA, Gesler WM, Arcury TA, Skelly AH. Developing socio-spatial knowledge networks: a qualitative methodology for chronic disease prevention. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 52: 1763-75. PMID 11352404 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00295-1  0.398
2000 Gesler WM. Words in wards: language, health and place. Health & Place. 5: 13-25. PMID 10670989 DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00038-0  0.333
2000 Baer LD, Gesler WM, Konrad TR. The wineglass model: tracking the locational histories of health professionals. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 50: 317-29. PMID 10626758 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00293-2  0.689
1997 Baer LD, Johnson-Webb KD, Gesler WM. What is rural? A focus on urban influence codes. The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 13: 329-33. PMID 10177154 DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-0361.1997.Tb00975.X  0.679
1997 Johnson-Webb KD, Baer LD, Gesler WM. What is rural? Issues and considerations. The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 13: 253-6. PMID 10174616 DOI: 10.1111/J.1748-0361.1997.Tb00849.X  0.656
1997 Gesler WM, Bird ST, Oljeski SA. Disease ecology and a reformist alternative: the case of infant mortality. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 44: 657-71. PMID 9032833 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00219-5  0.357
1995 Albert DP, Gesler WM, Wittie PS. Geographic information systems and health: An educational resource Journal of Geography. 94: 350-356. DOI: 10.1080/00221349508979743  0.546
1992 Gesler WM. Therapeutic landscapes: medical issues in light of the new cultural geography. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 34: 735-46. PMID 1376497 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90360-3  0.403
1988 Gesler WM. The place of chiropractors in health care delivery: a case study of North Carolina. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 26: 785-92. PMID 3287634 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90172-4  0.384
1987 Gesler WM. The Cultural Geography of Health Care Delivery Journal of Geography. 86: 24-29. DOI: 10.1080/00221348708979444  0.354
1985 Gesler WM, Cromartie JB. Patterns of Illness and Hospital Use in Central Harlem Health District Journal of Geography. 84: 211-216. DOI: 10.1080/00221348508979134  0.346
1984 Gesler WM, Nahim EA. Client characteristics at Kissy Mental Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 18: 819-25. PMID 6729510 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(84)90149-7  0.305
1983 Freeman DH, Gesler WM, Mieras BJ, Schymura M. A categorical data analysis of contacts with the Family Health Clinic, Calabar, Nigeria. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 17: 571-8. PMID 6879256 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90299-X  0.331
1979 Gesler WM. Barriers Between People and Health Care Practitioners in Calabar, Nigeria Southeastern Geographer. 19: 27-41. DOI: 10.1353/Sgo.1979.0006  0.384
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1979 Gesler WM. Illness and health practitioner use in Calabar, Nigeria. Social Science & Medicine. 23-30. PMID 462218 DOI: 10.1016/0160-8002(79)90022-4  0.291
2000 Gesler W. Hans Castorp's journey-to-knowledge of disease and health in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. Health & Place. 6: 125-34. PMID 10785354 DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(00)00007-1  0.29
1993 Torrecilha RS, Gesler WM, Ricketts TC. Health in Rural North America: The Geography of Health Care Services and Delivery. Contemporary Sociology. 22: 125. DOI: 10.2307/2075045  0.286
2005 Sherman JE, Spencer J, Preisser JS, Gesler WM, Arcury TA. A suite of methods for representing activity space in a healthcare accessibility study. International Journal of Health Geographics. 4: 24. PMID 16236174 DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-24  0.286
2005 Gesler W. Therapeutic landscapes: an evolving theme. Health & Place. 11: 295-297. PMID 15886138 DOI: 10.1016/J.Healthplace.2005.02.003  0.284
1999 Gesler WM, Jordan JM, Dragomir A, Luta G, Fryer JG. A Geographic Assessment of Health-Care Coverage in Two "Rural" North Carolina Communities Southeastern Geographer. 39: 127-144. DOI: 10.1353/sgo.1999.0001  0.279
1981 Gesler WM. North Jersey vs. South Jersey: A population geography class survey Journal of Geography. 80: 124-129. DOI: 10.1080/00221348108980659  0.276
1984 Gesler WM, Eyles J, Woods KJ. The Social Geography of Medicine and Health Geographical Review. 74: 381. DOI: 10.2307/214956  0.269
1984 Ziegenfus RC, Gesler WM. Geographical patterns of heart disease in the Northeastern United States. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 18: 63-72. PMID 6695202 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(84)90345-9  0.257
2004 Arcury TA, Skelly AH, Gesler WM, Dougherty MC. Diabetes meanings among those without diabetes: explanatory models of immigrant Latinos in rural North Carolina. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 59: 2183-93. PMID 15450696 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2004.03.024  0.252
1996 Gesler WM. Book review Social Science & Medicine. 43: 1681-1682. DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(96)88804-6  0.251
1993 Gesler W, Kaplan A. Computer Programming in a Spatial Analysis Course Journal of Geography. 92: 139-145. DOI: 10.1080/00221349308979638  0.246
1981 Gesler WM, Todd C, Evans C, Casella G, Pittman J, Andrews H. Spatial variations in morbidity and their relationship with community characteristics in Central Harlem Health District. Social Science & Medicine. Medical Geography. 14: 387-96. PMID 7455721 DOI: 10.1016/0160-8002(80)90007-6  0.24
1992 Donahue JM, Gesler WM. The Cultural Geography of Health Care Delivery. Contemporary Sociology. 21: 362. DOI: 10.2307/2076285  0.236
2006 Skelly AH, Dougherty M, Gesler WM, Soward AC, Burns D, Arcury TA. African American beliefs about diabetes. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 28: 9-29; discussion 30-. PMID 16676724 DOI: 10.1177/0193945905280298  0.228
1999 Arcury TA, Gesler WM, Cook HL. Meaning in the use of unconventional arthritis therapies. American Journal of Health Promotion : Ajhp. 14: 7-15. PMID 10621526 DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-14.1.7  0.227
2004 Gesler W, Bell M, Curtis S, Hubbard P, Francis S. Therapy by design: evaluating the UK hospital building program. Health & Place. 10: 117-28. PMID 15019906 DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(03)00052-2  0.13
2002 Gesler WM. Review: The Geographical Structure of Epidemics Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 57: 94-95. DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/57.1.94  0.127
1989 Techatraisak B, Gesler WM. Traditional Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand Geographical Review. 79: 172. DOI: 10.2307/215524  0.125
1980 Gesler WM. Morbidity measurement in household surveys in developing areas. Social Science & Medicine. Medical Geography. 223-6. PMID 524126 DOI: 10.1016/0160-8002(79)90041-8  0.12
2005 Sherman JE, Spencer J, Preisser JS, Gesler WM, Arcury TA. A suite of methods for representing activity space in a healthcare accessibility study International Journal of Health Geographics. 4. DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-24  0.105
2004 Gesler W. A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in Historical Research. by Ian N. Gregory (Oxford, Oxbow Books, 2003) 80 pp. $20.00 The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 35: 283-283. DOI: 10.1162/0022195041742436  0.09
1993 Gesler WM. Therapeutic landscapes: theory and a case study of Epidauros, Greece Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 11: 171-189. DOI: 10.1068/d110171  0.076
1978 Hogue CJ, Schoenfelder JR, Gesler WM, Shachtman RH. The interactive effects of induced abortion, inter-pregnancy interval and contraceptive use on subsequent pregnancy outcome American Journal of Epidemiology. 107: 15-26. PMID 623086 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Aje.A112503  0.046
2000 Gesler WM, Pierce M. Hindu Varanasi Geographical Review. 90: 222-237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2000.tb00332.x  0.038
1984 Gesler WM, Webb JL. Patterns of mortality in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 4: 99-118. PMID 12339381 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.1983.tb00136.x  0.024
1997 Jurkovich JM, Gesler WM. Medjugorje: Finding Peace at the Heart of Conflict Geographical Review. 87: 447-467. DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.1997.tb00084.x  0.02
2002 Gesler WM. Sõnad haigetoas. Keel, tervis ja koht MäEtagused. 22: 20-43. DOI: 10.7592/MT2002.22.gesler  0.01
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