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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Health Promotion and Public Health: A Review
Health Promotion Practice, 2009The purpose of this literature review is to identify how geographic information system (GIS) applications have been used in health-related research and to critically examine the issues, strengths, and challenges inherent to those approaches from the lenses of health promotion and public health.
Candace I J, Nykiforuk, Laura M, Flaman
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Potential meets reality: GIS and public health research in Australia
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 1998Geographical Information Systems-computerised systems for the capture, storage, retrieval, analysis and display of spatial data-have recently been promoted as important tools for the study of public health. Attention must also be given to the issues involved in this relatively new application, especially in Australian conditions.
L A, O'Dwyer, D L, Burton
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A remote sensing and GIS course for students in public health
IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Taking the Pulse of the Planet: The Role of Remote Sensing in Managing the Environment. Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37120), 2002Then is an increasing use of remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS) by Earth science researchers to study public health problems such as vectorborne disease and environmental health. However, because remote sensing and GIS courses are not traditionally taught to medical personnel, there is a lack of understanding among many in the ...
P. Masuoka +6 more
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A GI services grid for public health management and disease control
Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05., 2005A geographic information services grid (GISG) is an open frame and software system based on grid for discovering, sharing, processing, integrating multi-source and heterogeneous geographic information, and conducting collaborative work. At present, many technologies are introduced and applied to implement sharing, integration and collaboration of ...
null Jianqin Zhang +4 more
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GIS & its application in Public Health Informatics: Prospects and Challenges
2023Geographical Information System (GIS) is a powerful application tool in public health information (PHI) systems. Data from multiple sources in multiple formats can be stored, modified, analyzed, and presented in different formats, e.g., maps and tables, to the end user, e.g., individuals and/or communities.
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GIS and Public Health by Ellen K. Cromley and Sara L. McLafferty.
Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 2003(2003). GIS and Public Health by Ellen K. Cromley and Sara L. McLafferty. Cartography and Geographic Information Science: Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 291-292.
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Potential of GIS and Spatial Knowledge in Health Care and Public Safety
2013Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are a relatively new tool in health care services and organizations. However, health-care professionals who know how to utilize GIS and other spatial tools get a powerful decision support tool. This chapter presents an overview of the GIS and spatial simulation in the health care environment. In the first section,
Eilon Blanc, Iris Reychav
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Enhancing Public Health Surveillance by Measurement of Similarity Using Rough Sets and GIS
2019Public healthcare plans are essential to regions present around the world and deriving optimal strategies to combat the negative effects is one of the tasks involved in the process. Measuring similarity between two regions based on a common attribute is a popular problem, and this paper aims to find a method for the same, the common attribute being a ...
Priyansh Jain +3 more
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Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 1999
W L, Roper, G P, Mays
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W L, Roper, G P, Mays
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