GIS in Public Health Practice

Abstract

This book covers disease mapping and spatial analysis, GIS applications in communicable disease control and environmental health protection, and applications in health care planning and policy. Book Cover; Half-Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Contents; 1 Introduction and Overview; 2 Basic Issues in Geographical Analysis; 3 Disease Mapping: Basic Approaches and New Developments; 4 Clustering of Disease; 5 GIS and Communicable Disease Control; 6 New Zealand Experience of Salmonella Brandenburg Infection in Humans and Animals; 7 Using GIS for Environmental Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Small Area Health Statistics Unit; 8 Using Modeled Outdoor Air Pollution Data for Health Surveillance.