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Geoenrichment: Linking Patient and Community Data for Public Health Research
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Jene Grandmont, MA,
HealthLandscape, American Academy of Family Physicians, Cincinnati, OH
Mark Carrozza, MA,
HealthLandscape, American Academy of Family Physicians, Cincinnati, OH
Sean Finnegan, MS,
Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC
Elena Cohen,
Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC
To improve understanding of the impact of social determinants on health, and expand the evidence on how to address these factors in practice, research networks and practitioners should integrate data on neighborhood- and community-level environmental, social, political, and economic factors that impact health. Increasingly, relevant neighborhood- and community-level data is publicly available. Such data are routinely used for social science and population health research. Given recent advances in geospatial technologies, these data can also be linked to individual patients’ EHR data using information on residential address. Integrating social determinants of health data yields a broader view of the environmental and social risks specific to each patient, by indicating whether patient lives in the presence of factors such as poverty, healthy food sources, walkable streets and parks, social capital, and much more.
Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Communication and informatics
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Discuss ways in which geography impacts an individual's health.
Understand the value of using GIS to explore social determinants of health.
Keyword(s): Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Information Technology
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Mark Carrozza is the Director of HealthLandscape and is directly responsible for the development of successful web-based data analysis and mapping systems. Recent research includes creating âhotspotsâ of child abuse based on child abuse treatment records and police calls for service, exploring race disparities in Southwest Ohio, and monitoring the effect of ACA implementation on the homeless population and access to health care.
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.
