GIS in Health and Human Services

Davenhall, W.; Kinabrew, Christopher

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72680-7_29

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“…Location-based information supports healthcare needs assessment to resource management. In this capacity, public health officials can analyze and manage population-based health problems efficiently [136,137]. GIS can support public health managers in making proper decisions and planning by addressing issues such as available health resource allocations [138], control and prevention of disease, and cost management [136].…”

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“…In this capacity, public health officials can analyze and manage population-based health problems efficiently [136,137]. GIS can support public health managers in making proper decisions and planning by addressing issues such as available health resource allocations [138], control and prevention of disease, and cost management [136]. Furthermore, GIS can link spatial and non-spatial characteristics of dementia care services/providers and visualize care provision across local areas and within different population groups.…”

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The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review

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Background Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS), vital tools for supporting public health research, provide a framework to collect, analyze and visualize the interaction between different levels of the health care system. The extent to which GIS and GPS applications have been used in dementia care and research is not yet investigated. This scoping review aims to elaborate on the role and types of GIS and GPS applications in dementia care and research. Methods A scoping review was conducted based on Arksey and O’Malley’s framework. All published articles in peer-reviewed journals were searched in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, subject to involving at least one GIS/GPS approach focused on dementia. Eligible studies were reviewed, grouped, and synthesized to identify GIS and GPS applications. The PRISMA standard was used to report the study. Results Ninety-two studies met our inclusion criteria, and their data were extracted. Six types of GIS/GPS applications had been reported in dementia literature including mapping and surveillance (n = 59), data preparation (n = 26), dementia care provision (n = 18), basic research (n = 18), contextual and risk factor analysis (n = 4), and planning (n = 1). Thematic mapping and GPS were most frequently used techniques in the dementia field. Conclusions Even though the applications of GIS/GPS methodologies in dementia care and research are growing, there is limited research on GIS/GPS utilization in dementia care, risk factor analysis, and dementia policy planning. GIS and GPS are space-based systems, so they have a strong capacity for developing innovative research based on spatial analysis in the area of dementia. The existing research has been summarized in this review which could help researchers to know the GIS/GPS capabilities in dementia research.

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The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review

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“…It has been effectively used in epidemiology and public health for providing sophisticated spatial analysis of disease occurrence, cancer data and other health data, geostatistical data analysis of interconnected health and contributing environmental risk factors (Rytkönen, 2004;Kontopantelis et al, 2015;Davies et al, 2016;Cho et al, 2020). The increasing utilization of GIS has transformed health in disease infectious diseases surveillance and tracking, public health management, and citizens data input (Davenhall & Kinabrew, 2012;Saran et al, 2020). Geographic information system and artificial intelligence (AI) offer immense possibilities for improving community health and healthcare (Shaw & McGuire, 2017;Kirby et al, 2017;Boulous et al, 2019;Wang, 2020).…”

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Improving Global TBI Tracking and Prevention: An Environmental Science Approach

Chen¹,

Maier²,

Ritenour³

et al. 2022

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has grown to pandemic proportions, placing a significant burden on global public health, socio-economic condition, and human capital resources. This paper examines the global spatial distribution of TBI using currently available data from research studies to advance a comprehensive review of TBI that integrates geospatial and environmental perspectives. It reveals significant geographic differences and socioeconomic gaps in global TBI incidence tracking, prevalence, and mortality rates. It proposes an environmental science approach to improving public awareness, tracking and prevention of TBI through the integration of environmental data using GIS. The use of GIS for accurate location-based mapping and integrated analysis of environmental data subsequently helps reveal risk factors for targeted research, education outreach, and more effective public health policy and preventative measures.

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“…Over the last few decades, the increased use of Geographic Information System technology has changed health care services and provided new insight to public health providers, researchers, hospital and health system staff, as well as the public they serve [26,27]. Though maps and spatial analysis have a long history in health and human services, the early twenty-first century is a period when health practitioners and the general public have access to a wealth of powerful spatial analytic tools [28,29]. Through vulnerability and risk analysis, spatial prediction, tracking spatial resource distributions, and providing spatial logistics for management, geographic information systems (GISs) have played a significant part in providing significant insight during previous virus outbreaks such as Zika, influenza, West Nile, Dengue, Chikungunya, Ebola, Marburg, and Nipah) [30].…”

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Evaluation of Vulnerability Status of the Infection Risk to COVID-19 Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): A Case Study of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

Asfaw

Karuppannan

Erduno

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 and is an accidental global public health threat. Because of this, WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The pandemic is spreading unprecedently in Addis Ababa, which results in extraordinary logistical and management challenges in response to the novel coronavirus in the city. Thus, management strategies and resource allocation need to be vulnerability-oriented. Though various studies have been carried out on COVID-19, only a few studies have been conducted on vulnerability from a geospatial/location-based perspective but at a wider spatial resolution. This puts the results of those studies under question while their findings are projected to the finer spatial resolution. To overcome such problems, the integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) has been developed as a framework to evaluate and map the susceptibility status of the infection risk to COVID-19. To achieve the objective of the study, data like land use, population density, and distance from roads, hospitals, bus stations, the bank, markets, COVID-19 cases, health care units, and government offices are used. The weighted overlay method was used; to evaluate and map the susceptibility status of the infection risk to COVID-19. The result revealed that out of the total study area, 32.62% (169.91 km2) falls under the low vulnerable category (1), and the area covering 40.9% (213.04 km2) under the moderate vulnerable class (2) for infection risk of COVID-19. The highly vulnerable category (3) covers an area of 25.31% (132.85 km2), and the remaining 1.17% (6.12 km2) is under an extremely high vulnerable class (4). Thus, these priority areas could address pandemic control mechanisms like disinfection regularly. Health sector professionals, local authorities, the scientific community, and the general public will benefit from the study as a tool to better understand pandemic transmission centers and identify areas where more protective measures and response actions are needed at a finer spatial resolution.

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GIS in Health and Human Services

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review

The role of geographic information system and global positioning system in dementia care and research: a scoping review

Improving Global TBI Tracking and Prevention: An Environmental Science Approach

Evaluation of Vulnerability Status of the Infection Risk to COVID-19 Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): A Case Study of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

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