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Using applied epidemiology to inform geospatial, geotemporal analysis

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Frederic Grant IV, PhD, MPH, PMP , Georgia State University and the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices. Some public health problems, such as the novel influenza, Ebola outbreaks, the obesity epidemic, and autism are “wicked” because of their complexity and multi-layered individual and social determinants. Because public health problems affect people, there is an ongoing need for speed and methods that produce the greatest understanding of problems and solutions. Drawing upon a unique analysis of seminal small pox literature, this talk explores these challenges and the new role that geospatial/geotemporal analysis can play in their solution. When the fundamentals of applied epidemiology are used to inform the use of emerging technologies, innovative interventions are possible.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Epidemiology
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Identify key lessons of applied epidemiology. Explain how applied epidemiology informs geo-spacial, geotemporal analysis. Evaluate new possible methods of analysis, understanding and intervention.

Keyword(s): Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Epidemiology

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a public health scientist at Georgia State University. I am an associated professor of public health informatics at Emory University. I am the former Chief Scientist for Public Health and now Senior Consultant to Northrop Grumman Corporation.
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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