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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2014 This Special Issue on GIS and public health is the result of a highly selective process, which saw the participation of some 20 expert peer-reviewers and led to the acceptance of one half of the high-quality submissions received over the past year.
Stefania Bertazzon
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationGeographic Information Systems (GIS) are increasingly applied to public health and urban security challenges, yet current evidence remains fragmented across methods, disciplines, and regions.
Washington Ramírez Montalvan +4 more
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 2017 Background: The public health has been always concerned of the immediate environment of human as causal factors for different diseases and health outcomes.
Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi +2 more
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Using GIS and Secondary Data to Target Diabetes-Related Public Health Efforts [PDF]
Public Health Reports®, 2013 Objectives. To efficiently help communities prevent and manage diabetes, health departments need to be able to target populations with high risk but low resources To aid in this process, we mapped county-level diabetes-related rates and resources/use using publicly available secondary data to identify Michigan counties with high diabetes prevalence and
Amy Curtis +3 more
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From urban planning and emergency training to Pokémon Go: applications of virtual reality GIS (VRGIS) and augmented reality GIS (ARGIS) in personal, public and environmental health [PDF]
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2017 The latest generation of virtual and mixed reality hardware has rekindled interest in virtual reality GIS (VRGIS) and augmented reality GIS (ARGIS) applications in health, and opened up new and exciting opportunities and possibilities for using these ...
Maged N. Kamel Boulos +4 more
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Use of GIS Mapping as a Public Health Tool–-From Cholera to Cancer [PDF]
Health Services Insights, 2013 The field of medical geographic information systems (Medical GIS) has become extremely useful in understanding the bigger picture of public health. The discipline holds a substantial capacity to understand not only differences, but also similarities in ...
George J. Musa +7 more
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REMOTE SENSING, GIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH
International Journal of Remote Sensing and Earth Sciences (IJReSES), 2010 The role of remote sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in public health is potentially great. As computer technology it continues to transform our ability to gather, analyze, and map health data, new roles for RS and GIS in public health may emerge.
HIROKl SUGIMORI
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Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences, 2010 Both government and private sector organizations are seeking ways to maintain and improve the health of the public in the world to control the costs at the same time. For this aim internet and use of georeferenced public health information for Geographic
Maryam Pourhassan +1 more
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Enhancing physician scientists’ skills in Geographic Information Systems: insights from an interactive workshop [PDF]
Annals of GISGeographic Information Systems (GIS) have become essential in health sciences for analysing and visualizing health-related spatio-temporal data. This report details the outcomes of a week-long interactive GIS workshop held in Kano, Nigeria, and organized
Muktar H. Aliyu +9 more
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