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Evaluation of SOVAT: An OLAP-GIS decision support system for community health assessment data analysis [PDF]

, 2008
Background. Data analysis in community health assessment (CHA) involves the collection, integration, and analysis of large numerical and spatial data sets in order to identify health priorities.
A Escribano, A Shoshani, Bambang Parmanto, CL Fulcher, D Hristovski, D Mowat, D Zilli, Diaz-Uriarte R, DJ Berndt, DJ Kruger, EK Cromley, FC Tsui, G Rushton, GE Dallal, J Pearce, KHEOPS Technologies, Kimball R, Lewis JR, M Kulldorff, M Scotch, M Scotch, Matthew Scotch, ML Heginbothom, MR Sabhnani, Nielsen J, P Longley, Richard JB, Scotch M, Scotch M, TB Richards, Valerie Monaco, Y Bedard   +31 more
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Vector-borne disease intelligence: Strategies to deal with disease burden and threats

Frontiers in Public Health, 2014
Owing to the complex nature of vector-borne diseases, whereby monitoring of human case patients does not suffice, public health authorities experience challenges in surveillance and control of vector-borne diseases.
Marieta eBraks, Jolyon eMedlock, Zdenek eHubalek, Marika eHjertqvist, Yvon ePerrin, Renaud eLancelot, Els eDucheyne, Guy eHendrickx, Arjan eStroo, Paul eHeyman, Hein eSprong   +10 more
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Ecocity Mapping Using GIS: Introducing a Planning Method for Assessing and Improving Neighborhood Vitality [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Assessing neighborhood vitality is important to understand how to improve quality of life and health outcomes. The ecocity model recognizes that cities are part of natural systems and favors walkable neighborhoods.
Miller, Kristin, Smith, Richard J
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District-level analysis of socio-demographic factors and COVID-19 infections in Greater Accra and Ashanti regions, Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Since December 2019 when COVID-19 was detected, it took the world by surprise in terms of spread and morbidity/mortality. The high rate of spread and casualties recorded from COVID-19 called for research in all directions to find ways to contain and ...
Alex Barimah Owusu, Gerald Albert Baeribameng Yiran, Seth K. Afagbedzi, Edwin Takyi   +3 more
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The Incorporation of GIS Technologies in Emergency Preparedness and Response [PDF]

, 2009
Public health agencies make decisions that have far reaching consequences, and geography impacts these decisions on a daily basis. Geographic information systems (GIS) are powerful computer software programs which can enable agency staff to visualize ...
Chandler, Thomas E.
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Understanding the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in health informatics research: A review

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2017
Background: The purpose of this literature review is to understand geographical information systems (GIS) and how they can be applied to public health informatics, medical informatics, and epidemiology.
Nicola Shaw, Suzanne McGuire
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Use of BRFSS Data and GIS Technology for Rapid Public Health Response During Natural Disasters

Preventing Chronic Disease, 2008
Having information about preexisting chronic diseases and available public health assets is critical to ensuring an adequate public health response to natural disasters and acts of terrorism.
James B. Holt, PhD, MPA, Ali H. Mokdad, PhD, Earl S. Ford, MD, MPH, Eduardo J. Simoes, MD, MSc, MPH, William P. Bartoli, MS, George A. Mensah, MD   +5 more
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Current and future distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2018
Background Aedes-borne diseases as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are an emerging problem worldwide, being transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
Els Ducheyne, Nhu Nguyen Tran Minh, Nabil Haddad, Ward Bryssinckx, Evans Buliva, Frédéric Simard, Mamunur Rahman Malik, Johannes Charlier, Valérie De Waele, Osama Mahmoud, Muhammad Mukhtar, Ali Bouattour, Abdulhafid Hussain, Guy Hendrickx, David Roiz   +14 more
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Public Health, GIS, and Spatial Analytic Tools [PDF]

Annual Review of Public Health, 2003
▪ Abstract  We review literature that uses spatial analytic tools in contexts where Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is the organizing system for health data or where the methods discussed will likely be incorporated in GIS-based analyses in the future.
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Incidence, socioeconomic deprivation, volume-outcome and survival in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in England

BMC Cancer, 2018
Background We examined incidence and survival in relation to age, gender, socioeconomic deprivation, rurality and trends over time. We also examined the association between volume of patients treated by hospitals and survival.
Ravi Maheswaran, Nick Morley
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