- 320 pages
- English
- PDF
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GIS in Public Health Practice
About this book
Significant advances in the evaluation and use of geographic information have had a major effect on key elements of public health. Strides in mapping technology as well as the availability and accuracy of health information enable public health practitioners to link and analyze data in new ways at international, regional, and even street levels. Th
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
- Chapter 2. Basic Issues in Geographical Analysis
- Chapter 3. Disease Mapping: Basic Approaches and New Developments
- Chapter 4. Clustering of Disease
- Chapter 5. GIS and Communicable Disease Control
- Chapter 6. New Zealand Experience of Salmonella Brandenburg Infection in Humans and Animals
- Chapter 7. Using GIS for Environmental Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Small Area Health Statistics Unit
- Chapter 8. Using Modeled Outdoor Air Pollution Data for Health Surveillance
- Chapter 9. Health and Environment Information Systems
- Chapter 10. Health GIS in the English National Health Service: A Regional Solution
- Chapter 11. GIS in District Public Health Work
- Chapter 12. Using GIS to Assess Accessibility to Primary Healthcare Services
- Chapter 13. GIS in Public Healthcare Planning: The United States Perspective
- Chapter 14. GIS and Public Health in the Information Society
- Chapter 15. Data Protection and Medical Research
- Chapter 16. Public and Patient Attitudes Toward the Use of Their Health Information: A Review of the Literature
- Chapter 17. Mobile Phone Positioning Systems and the Accessibility of Health Services
- Chapter 18. Conclusions and Future Prospects
- Index
- Back cover