Geographic health data : fundamental techniques for analysis

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Author:

Boscoe, Francis P.

ISBN:

9781780640891

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xi, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Contents:

Points, lines, and polygons / Francis P. Boscoe -- Geographic data acquisition / Andrew Curtis and Jacqueline W. Curtis -- Virtual globes and geospatial health / Christopher Saarnak [and others] -- Geocoding and health / Daniel W. Goldberg, Geoffrey M. Jacquez, and Narelle Mullan -- Visualization and cartography / Aldo Aviña and Chetan Tiwari -- Spatial overlays / Daniel W. Goldberg, Myles Cockburn, and Adam T. Naito -- Spatial cluster analysis / Jin Chen -- Smoothing / Chetan Tiwari -- Geographic access to health services / Kevin A. Henry and Kaila McDonald -- Location-allocation modeling / Nathaniel Bell -- Multilevel and hierarchical models for disease mapping / Jarvis Chen.

Subject Term:

Geographic information systems.

Geographic Mapping.

Health Information Systems.

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Boscoe, Francis P.

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Summary

Focussing on proven techniques for most real-world data sets, this book presents an overview of the analysis of health data involving a geographic component, in a way that is accessible to any health scientist or student comfortable with large data sets and basic statistics, but not necessarily with any specialized training in geographic information systems (GIS). Providing clear, straightforward explanations with worldwide examples and solutions, the book describes applications of GIS in disaster response.