3330.0 Using GIS to Identify & Address Health Disparities

Monday, October 31, 2011: 2:30 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: • Identify benefits of utilizing GIS to design public health programs and policies to improve the health of underserved communities • Describe the use of spatial analysis to identify transportation barriers to health care access • Describe the use of statistical methods to assess social vulnerability and community recovery
Moderator:
Caitlin Oppenheimer, MPH

2:30 PM
Mapping our course: Using GIS to plan targeted outreach to improve flu immunization rates in Los Angeles County's African American population
Fred Dominguez, MD, MPH, Jessica Marshall, MPH, CHES and Jacqueline Valenzuela, MPH, CHES
     
2:50 PM
Using online mapping tools for strategic health planning and policy making for the health care safety net
Jennifer Rankin, PhD, Andrew Bazemore, MD, MPH, Sean Finnegan, BS, Adam Schertz, MS, Mark Carrozza, MA and Jene' Grandmont, MA
     
  
3:10 PM
Spatial analysis of transportation barriers and the availability of primary health care services on avoidable ED admissions in Houston, Texas
Stephen Borders, PhD, Roy Grant, MA and Dennis Johnson
     
3:30 PM
Combining Cluster and Factor Analysis to Examine the Effects of Social Vulnerability on Recovery
Yoon Soo Park, PhD, Jonathan J. Sury, MPH, CPH and David M. Abramson, PhD MPH
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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