250238 Hunger In America: Utilizing GIS and Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) to Improve Food Security

Monday, October 31, 2011

Leah Vaughan, MD, MPH , URI, San Francisco, CA
There is growing awareness of hunger and food security concerns in Public Health and Medicine. The challenges of the economy have increased food insecurity in populations and communities which have previously been unaffected.

These pockets of hunger often remain hidden by conventional measures An example of these analyses (in what by usual measures is a wealthy urban setting) will be presented

Spatial data and analysis can combine conventional and expanded data sources such as Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI). These results can be leveraged to improve public health program effectiveness, outreach and outcomes.

Learning Areas:
Administration, management, leadership
Communication and informatics
Program planning
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
* Identify a range of indicators of food insecurity * Define Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and methods to develop and access it * Discuss contemporary measures of hunger in a range of community settings

Keywords: Geographic Information Systems, Food Security

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: PI
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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