2015 APHA Annual Meeting & Expo

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Online Program

4041.0
GIS Mapping, Public Health Policy and Prevention Strategies

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
GIS technology is now in widespread use in public health, particularly in the understanding of how demographic patterns influence health outcomes. This session will include a demonstration of how to use GIS to create useful maps and data visualization in the prevention of infectious disease. Participants will also explore how disparities in health can be quantified and linkages evaluated using this technology.
Session Objectives: Describe various GIS methodologies that can be used in public health practice
Organizers:
Yaw P. Baidoo, EdS, RSCC, CSCS, SCCC and Diane L. Adams, MD, MPH, DABCHS, CHS-III
Moderator:
Michaela Dinan, Ph.D

8:30am
Geographic Information Systems in public health data visualization, analysis and sharing   
Jared Shoultz, MA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  
8:50am
Geospatial Clustering of Hospital Readmission Rates in the North Carolina Triangle Area   
Michaela Dinan, Ph.D, Ben Strauss, MS, Kevin Schulman, MD and Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:10am
Predicting Child Maltreatment with Risk Terrain Modeling   
Minh-Thuy Bui, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
9:30am
Application of spatial statistics and segmentation and market solutions to examine disparities in heart disease and selected risk factors in the District of Columbia   
George Siaway, PhD, Fern Johnson-Clarke, Ph.D, Christine Clarke, MS and Rowena Samala, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
  

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Organized by: Health Informatics Information Technology
Endorsed by: International Health, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

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