GIS and public health
Web GIS in practice VI: a demo playlist of geo-mashups for public health neogeographers
... World Health Organization [15]). Other public health mashup work can be browsed at ...easy-to-use GIS applications is evident in an increas- ing diversity and quantity of publicly available ...
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Spatial Distribution of Dengue in Honduras during 2016-2019 using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – Implications During Epidemic for Public Health and Travel Medicine
... setting, public health tools for detailed analyses, such as the use of GIS-epidemiological maps [12, 30, 32], are of high relevance for any affected country ...using GIS mapped DENV and CHIKV ...
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Spatial Distribution of Zika in Honduras during 2016–2017 Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)—Implications in Public Health and Travel Medicine
... Zika virus (ZIKV); geographical information systems (GIS); public health; travelers; arboviruses;.. 71.[r] ...
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Exploring the role of GIS during community health assessment problem solving: experiences of public health professionals
... in Public Health (APEX PH), Protocol for Assessing Com- munity Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH), National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPSP), and Planned ...
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Correction: Using participatory design to develop (public) health decision support systems through GIS
... in health and in other domains ...country health research contexts in several capacities: to monitor disease surveillance trends ...of health services facilities with respect to the population served ...
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Aiding decision making in public health domain using web GIS
... web-GIS dalam menambah proses pembuatan keputusan pada tahun lepas telah dipersetujui dan ia adalah kebanyakannya di kalangan pemohon baru yang telah dimajukan. Oleh itu, tidak diragui lagi bahawa analisis ruang ...
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Research protocol: EB-GIS4HEALTH UK – foundation evidence base and ontology-based framework of modular, reusable models for UK/NHS health and healthcare GIS applications
... and public health services in England (and the UK) – EB-GIS4HEALTH UK aims at add- ing the missing spatial information dimension to NHS organisations, and informing the development of success- ful ...
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Usability Evaluation of the Spatial OLAP Visualization and Analysis Tool (SOVAT)
... Objective and subjective measurements were used to identify usability issues. Objective measurements consisted of: time to question completion, erroneous actions during each question, problem space or number of different ...
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Development of a Geographical Information System for the monitoring of the health infrastructure in rural areas in Tanzania
... existing health infrastructure and ongoing and planned interventions in public health in Tanzania is still in its ...all health related facts and bringing them together into a unique ...
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Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity: a glossary
... methods, GIS has the potential to contribute to the advancement of our understanding of the importance of the built environment for ...tion, GIS concepts, and the measurement of the built environment ...
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Plague: A New Old Disease
... The bacteria Yersinia pestis is the etiologic agent of plague, one of the most devastating diseases in the history of humanity. The zoonosis - transmitted by infected fleas - is severe and distributed among countries of ...
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Development of Evidence-Based First Aid Guidelines for Laypeople in Flanders, Belgium
... Population: Sick or injured people or healthy volunteers of all ages. Intervention/Risk factor: Inclusion of interventions provided by lay people (i.e. basic first responders, lay caregivers and/or community ...
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The Role of Systematic Reviews as Part of Decision-Making Process: Descriptive Study of the Brazilian Experience
... The impact of the ten years of existence of the National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA) was evaluated by a research team [20], through applying interviews and analyzing documents. It ...
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What are the Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation and/or Success of Quality Improvement and Risk Management in Hospitals: A Systematic Literature Review
... Leadership, professional commitment, training and learning about methods and tools associated with quality and risk management, the existence of a safety culture, the will to see the structure evolve and to mobilize ...
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An Analysis of and Recommendations for the Peruvian Blood Collection and Transfusion System
... The Peruvian National Institute of Health’s investigation from 2007-2008 into the nation’s blood banks demonstrate a sub-optimal blood collection and transfusion system. Unfortunately, despite this comprehensive ...
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Assessment of Dietary Practice and Anthropometric Status of Pregnant Women in Aleta Chuko Woreda Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s™ Region /SNNPR/, Ethiopia: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
... the health and reproductive performance of women and the health, survival, and development of their ...and public health ...existing health systems, which are expanding and providing ...
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Bicycle Helmet Use Trends and Related Risk of Mortality and Traumatic Brain Injury among Pediatric Trauma
... Weighted estimates were employed for all analyses. To compare representative samples of helmeted patients to non-helmeted patients, we used chi-square for categorical variables and Student’s t Test for continuous ...
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Current Status of Myocardial Infarction and Risk Factors for Associated Mortality in Iran: A Review
... Initially, the keywords “Epidemiologic/myocardial infarction/Mortality/ analysis” [Mesh] AND “Epidemiologic/ Risk Factor/ Iran” were selected in valid and reliable database. Then, reliable databases were searched for ...
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Costs of Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
... In 1998, pulmonary hypertension was classified by the World Health Organization into 5 categories that share similar pathological findings, hemodynamic characteristics and management [3]. The categories are ...
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Time Series Evaluation of Birth Defects in Areas with and without Unconventional Natural Gas Development
... Despite an increase in unconventional natural gas development (UNGD) across the country, the exposures to the chemicals utilized throughout the process and the potential health impacts remain poorly understood. ...
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