GIS in public health practice / edited by Ravi Maheswaran, Massimo Craglia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maheswaran, Ravi.

Craglia, Massimo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Research--Methodology.

Public health.

Geographic information systems.

Public health--Geographic information systems.

Public health--Information services.

Medical geography--Methodology.

Medical geography.

Topography, Medical--methods.

Geographic Information Systems--statistics & numerical data.

Public Health Informatics--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Topography, Medical--methods.

Geographic Information Systems--statistics & numerical data.

Public Health Informatics--methods.

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Geographic information systems in public health practice

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, Fla. ; London : CRC Press, [2004]

Contents:

Section 1 Disease Mapping and Spatial Analysis

Chapter 2 Basic Issues in Geographical Analysis / Ravi Maheswaran, Robert P. Haining 13

Chapter 3 Disease Mapping: Basic Approaches and New Developments / Andrew B. Lawson 31

Chapter 4 Clustering of Disease / Clive E. Sabel, Markku Loytonen 51

Section 2 GIS Applications in Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health Protection

Chapter 5 GIS and Communicable Disease Control / Thomas Kistemann, Angela Queste 71

Chapter 6 New Zealand Experience of Salmonella Brandenburg Infection in Humans and Animals / John Holmes 91

Chapter 7 Using GIS for Environmental Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Small Area Health Statistics Unit / Kees de Hoogh, David Briggs, Samantha Cockings, Alex Bottle 109

Chapter 8 Using Modeled Outdoor Air Pollution Data for Health Surveillance / Paul Brindley, Ravi Maheswaran, Tim Pearson, Stephen Wise, Robert P. Haining 125

Chapter 9 Health and Environment Information Systems / Paul Aylin, Samantha Cockings 151

Section 3 GIS Applications in Healthcare Planning and Policy

Chapter 10 Health GIS in the English National Health Service: A Regional Solution / Ralph Smith 167

Chapter 11 GIS in District Public Health Work / Edmund Jessop 179

Chapter 12 Using GIS to Assess Accessibility to Primary Healthcare Services / Andrew Lovett, Gilla Sunnenberg, Robin Haynes 187

Chapter 13 GIS in Public Healthcare Planning: The United States Perspective / Gregory A. Elmes 205

Section 4 Data Protection and E-Governance Issues in Public Health

Chapter 14 GIS and Public Health in the Information Society / Massimo Craglia, Alessandro Annoni 229

Chapter 15 Data Protection and Medical Research / Deryck Beyleveld, David Townend 251

Chapter 16 Public and Patient Attitudes Toward the Use of Their Health Information: A Review of the Literature / Rupert Suckling, Darren Shickle, Susan Wallace 265

Chapter 17 Mobile Phone Positioning Systems and the Accessibility of Health Services / Markku Loytonen, Clive E. Sabel 277

Chapter 18 Conclusions and Future Prospects / Massimo Craglia, Ravi Maheswaran 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415306558

OCLC:

54001176