3122.0 Using Geographic Information System (GIS) data in Community Health Planning and Policy Development

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
This session will address the use of geographic information system (GIS) data in identifying health conditions and trends. The session will also discuss the role of GIS in health planning and polciy development.
Session Objectives: Describe how geographic information system (GIS) data can be used to target community health activities Discuss the association between social and health conditions using GIS mapping techniques
Moderator:
Rose Malinowski Weingartner, MPH, CPH

10:30am
Identifying the socio-economic causes of disparities in health outcomes using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Niev Duffy, PhD
     
10:50am
Development of interactive geospatial PDF planning maps of traffic collisions near school sites to aid California SRTS funding applicants
John Bigham, MPH, Swati Pande, MS, Patti Horsley, MPH, David R. Ragland, PhD, MPH and Lisa Cirill, MS, PAPHS
     
11:10am
Mapping co-occurrence of infectious disease in New York City to identify geographic areas of priority for service delivery
Ann Drobnik, MPH, Jennifer Fuld, PhD candidate, MA, Susan Resnick, MS, MSW and Jay K. Varma, MD
11:30am
Distribution of food providers in Cook County: Relationship to socio-economic characteristics and premature mortality at the neighborhood level
Emily Zimmerman, PhD
     

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

Organized by: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by: International Health, Socialist Caucus

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

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