GIS in Health

Geographic Informatics in Health Maged N Kamel Boulos , MBBCh, MSc, PhD, SMIEEE, FRGS [email_address]

Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Introduction: Location Matters ,[object Object]

Introduction: Location Matters ,[object Object],[object Object]

Introduction: The Origins of Spatial Analysis ,[object Object]

Introduction: The Origins of Spatial Analysis ,[object Object],[object Object]

This map is a digital recreation of Dr Snow’s hand-drawn map. The 1854 cholera deaths are displayed as small black circles. The grey polygon represents the former burial plot of plague victims. The Broad Street pump (shown in the centre of the map) proved to be the source of contaminated water, just as Snow had hypothesised

Introduction: The Origins of Spatial Analysis ,[object Object],< Dr John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology

Health Geography ,[object Object],[object Object]

Health Geography ,[object Object],Video Break An old but informative ESRI promotional video introducing geographic information systems (Running Time: 4:52 min. - Source: ESRI, US)

Essentials of Geographic Informatics ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Essentials of Geographic Informatics—GIS ,[object Object],* Federal Geographic Data Committee

Essentials of Geographic Informatics—GIS ,[object Object],[object Object]

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GIS and Data Confidentiality Issues ,[object Object],[object Object]

GIS Data Conﬁdentiality-preserving Solutions ,[object Object]

GIS Data Conﬁdentiality-preserving Solutions ,[object Object],[object Object]

Tomlinson’s 10-stage GIS Planning Methodology Free first module of ‘Planning for a GIS’ by Roger Tomlinson: http://campus.esri.com/acb2000/showdetl.cfm ?DID=6&Product_ID=574 Needs Assessment Conceptual Design Physical Design Implementation

GIS-related Technologies: Remote Sensing ,[object Object],[object Object]

GIS-related Technologies: Remote Sensing ,[object Object]

GIS-related Technologies: The Global Positioning System ,[object Object],[object Object]

GIS-related Technologies: The Global Positioning System ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

GIS-related Technologies: The Global Positioning System

GIS-related Technologies: The Global Positioning System ,[object Object]

Internet GIS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Online Consumer Geoinformatics Services and Geography 2.0 ,[object Object],[object Object]

Geography 2.0 – Cont’d ,[object Object],[object Object]

Free base geodata, including satellite imagery, for the masses!

Geography 2.0 – Cont’d ,[object Object],Video Break Google Mapplets (Running Time: 1:16 min. - Source: Google, US)

Geography 2.0 – Cont’d ,[object Object]

Geography 2.0 – Cont’d ,[object Object],The Nokia N96 GPS- and Internet-enabled Multimedia Computer phone >>

Health-related Application Examples of Geographic Informatics Video Break: GIS for disease control and real-time surveillance (Running Time: 9:00 min. - Source: Scientific Technologies Corp., US) http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/ http://www.health-geomatics.co.nr/ More examples resources, papers and a copy of this PPT: http://tinyurl.com/3t595u

Activity and Discussion ,[object Object],[object Object]

Activity and Discussion ,[object Object]

Conclusions ,[object Object],[object Object]

Examples of Health and Healthcare Applications of Geographic Informatics Maged N Kamel Boulos E-mail: [email_address]

The Bio/Medical/Health/Public Health Informatics Continuum

Applications Using Remote Sensing for Data Acquisition ,[object Object],[object Object]

Applications Using Remote Sensing for Data Acquisition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Applications Using Remote Sensing for Data Acquisition ,[object Object]

Applications Using GPS for Data Acquisition ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Applications Using GPS for Data Acquisition ,[object Object]

Examples of Health/Public Health Applications

WHO (World Health Organisation) GIS Programmes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WHO (World Health Organisation) GIS Programmes

WHO (World Health Organisation) GIS Programmes ,[object Object],[object Object]

GIS in Malaria: The MARA/ARMA Initiative ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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HealthQuery: An Example of a Healthcare Services/Access Application ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

HealthQuery: An Example of a Healthcare Services/Access Application ,[object Object]

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