Public Health GIS News and
Information
Current Report
No. 72,
September 2006
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CDC/NCHS
GIS lecture- October 18, 2006- new geographic tools for CDC data
GIS
and public health literature, studies and reviews
Federal
Geographic Data Committee- 2005 Annual Report
Final
Thoughts- CDC symposium on mapping and eliminating health
disparities
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities- stroke and HIV/AIDS
Past
Reports
No. 71,
July 2006
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Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS lecture- June 15, 2006 – Now linked for viewing
New
reports- Cancer Atlas, Hunger in America, Hurricane Katrina, and Access to
Food
Federal
Geographic Data Committee- US/Canada infectious disease, and new emergency
management mapping symbology
Final
Thoughts- “The Chronic Poverty Report”
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities- Hunger and Poverty
No. 70, May 2006
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1.2 MB
Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS lecture- June 15, 2006 – National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP)
Report
on “Health Inequalities: Europe in Profile”
Enterprise
GIS at CDC: Initial Developments
NASA’s
Applied Sciences Public Health Program
Final
Thoughts- “GIS and Public Health: Horizons and Challenges”
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities, Cuyahoga County- Persons with Disability by
Race
No. 69,
March 2006
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Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS lecture- April 19, 2006 -on cardiovascular disease mortality, Washington
D.C.
Report
on the new CDC Director’s Emergency Operations Center (DEOC)
Imagery
for the Nation: Special initiative of the Federal Geographic Data Committee
(FGDC)
New
research and book “Geographic Information Systems and
Public Health: Eliminating Perinatal Disparity”
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities-
Heart Disease Deaths
No. 68,
January 2006
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Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS lecture (2/25/06) on overview of Bayesian mapping
CDC Health
Protection Research Guide: review and public comment
Second in
research report series: Expansion of bioterrorism modeling
FGDC
National Spatial Data Infrastructure: Cooperative Agreements Program
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities- Children in severely distressed neighborhoods
No. 67,
November 2005
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2.3 MB
Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS Lecture (12/14/05) on Bayesian Mapping
Research
Report on GIS and First Responder Planning
New Report
on Child Hunger
Final
Thoughts: Agenda for CDC GIS Day 2005
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities- Cancer Deaths
No. 66,
September 2005
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1.4 MB
Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS Lecture (9/27/05) on African American Health Inequalities
New Report
on Health and Well-Being of America's Children, 2005
Research
Report on Bayesian Approach to Disease Mapping
New Report
on Role of Geographical Science at US Geological Survey
Final
Thoughts on HHS and CDC Response to Hurricane Katrina
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities- Premature Births by Maternal Race
No. 65,
July 2005
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Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS Lecture on Health Inequalities -- TBA
22nd
Annual HBCU Summer Faculty GIS Workshop
State
Cancer Control GIS Activities
Growing
Importance of 'Open Geospatial Standards'
11th
International Medical Geography Symposium
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities- Child Maltreatment
No. 64, May 2005
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2.2 MB
Selected topics of
interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS Lecture on Housing and Health--June
28, 2005
GIS
Guidance: Lead Poisoning Report for Prevention Programs
Maps
in American Fact Finder: Reference and Thematic
Future
Directions for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
Appendix:
Mapping Health Inequalities--Youth with Disabilities
No. 63, March 2005
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Selected topics of interest in this edition include:
CDC/NCHS
GIS Lecture on Bayesian Mapping--March 31, 2005
Discussion
on Geocoding Rural Addresses
GIS and
Cancer Research
Health
Disparities: An Unfinished Chapter in Public Health
Appendix:
Shortage Areas of Primary Medical Care Professionals
No.
62, January 2005
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Selected topics of interest in this edition include:
February
9, 2005 NCHS/CDC GIS Lecture on obesity and chronic diseases
American
Community Survey: feasibility of methods
Recent
congressional public health-related activities
GeoHealth
2004: New Zealand's contribution to GIS and public health
Mapping
Health Inequalities: years of potential life lost
No.
61, November 2004
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Selected topics of interest in this edition include:
December
7, 2004 GIS Lecture on TOXMAP
Special
Report: "TOXMAP: A GIS Tool for Exploring Environmental Health Data"
Special
Report: Review of Cluster Analysis Software
The US
National Grid
Mapping
Health Inequalities Appendix: GIS Visualization of Infant Mortality
No.
60, September 2004
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Selected
topics of interest in this edition include:
HRSA
Geospatial Data Warehouse presentation at NCHS
Special
report on CDC's BRFSS Maps
FGDC
Framework Standards Review Invitation
Conference
on Race/Ethnicity and Place
Appendix:
Inadequate Prenatal Care, Summit County, Ohio
No.
59, July 2004
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MB
This report includes information on:
21st Annual HBCU Summer Faculty GIS Workshop
Population Distribution Data to Enhance Cancer Research
The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project
Public Review of FGDC Geospatial Data Framework Standards
Mapping Health Inequalities- Appendix
No.
58, May 2004
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MB
This report includes information on:
June
15, 2004: Kernel Density Estimation and Accessibility of Physicians- GIS
Guest Lecture
Estimating
Asthma Hospitalizations in Chicago Public Schools- Invited Paper
Celebrating
125 Years at the United States Geological Survey- Charles "Chip"
Groat
New
DHHS Geospatial Initiatives- Final Thoughts
Mapping
Health Inequalities- Appendix
No.
57, March 2004
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This report includes information on:
March 25, 2004: Dynamic Choropleth Maps GIS Guest Lecture
Medical Geography Papers at the 2004 AAG Centennial Meeting
Special
GIS-EPI Commentary
Measuring Spatial Accessibility of Physicians in Urban Areas
Final Thoughts: Your Invitation to Publish Maps on Health Disparity
No.
56, January 2004
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This report includes information on:
January
13, 2004: DC Atlas Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture
GIS
Outreach: Complete the Survey to Visualize Uncertainty
Special
Report on the CDC Atlas of Reproductive Health
Special
Paper on the Use of Kriging to Create Exposure Maps
Final
Thoughts: Welcome GIS and Public Health 2004!
No. 55,
November 2003
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This report includes information on:
January 13, 2004 NCHS Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture: D.C. Atlas
Invitation for Papers on GIS and Prostate Cancer
Fairfax County VA: GIS Notifier System
NSGIC Homeland Security Resolution
GIS Thoughts for CDC Epidemiology Intelligence Officers
No. 54,
September 2003
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This report includes information on:
GIS lecture on biosurveillance of syndromic data (viewed by many of you)
Special report on the First 5 California GIS
Special report on GIS and childhood lead exposure in North Carolina
Proposal for a cost-effective NSDI road network
The National Library of Medicine's pilot TOXMAP project
NASA and CIESIN's "Confidentiality and Geospatial Data Workshop"
No. 53, July 2003
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This report includes information on:
CDC
2003 Cancer Conference
New
CDC Reproductive Health Atlas
July
23 NCHS Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture
GEODATA.GOV
Launched
Mid-Year
Perspective GIS and Public Health
No. 52, May 2003
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650 KB
This report includes information on:
May 28,
2003 NCHS Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture
Study
of GIS and Environmental Risk and Justice
US EPA
Green Book: Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants
Homeland
Security and Geographic Information Systems
USGS and
Public Health: Research Agendas and Opportunities for Partnerships
No. 51, March 2003
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650 KB
This
report includes information on:
April
17, 2003 NCHS Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture
CDC’s
Interactive Injury Mortality Atlas
GIS
Study of Campylobacter Infection in South Australia
USGS
National Health-Related Research Conference
USGS
“Customer Listening Sessions: The Role of Public Science
No. 50, January 2003
Unavailable for download at this time
This
report includes information on:
January
15 NCHS GIS Lecture by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Brief
Primer on Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR)
Study
in Yellow Fever Disease Vector Ecology
National
Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Adjusted
Census 2000 Numbers
A
Strategy for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure
No. 49, November 2002
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215 KB
This report includes information on:
News
from the Department of Health and Human Services agencies
Availability
of XML Web Services slide presentation
CDC
moves forward on Environmental Health Tracking Network
More
on OMB's Geospatial One-Stop and E-Government
GeoHealth
2002--new milestone for public health and GIS
No. 48, September 2002
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151 KB
This report includes information on:
GIS
Lecture on XML Web Services
ZCTAs
and ZIP Codes
NRC
Study of New Technologies in GIScience
Release
of Long Island Cancer Study
DHHS
Strategic Plan
No. 47, July 2002
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710 KB
This report includes information on:
19th
Annual HBCU Summer Faculty GIS Workshop
HHS
National Leadership Summit on Minority Health
Primary
Care Service Area Project (PCSA)
OMB
and FGDC on Geospatial Coordination
Minority
Health Disparities and GIScience
No. 46, May 2002
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388 KB
This report includes information on:
Bill Moyers report
on Environmental Toxins and Children's Health
NCHS GIS Guest Lecture on
Remote Sensing and Public Health
Census Bureau's American
Community Survey--Sampling begins in 2003
FGDC Tribal Working Group
Charter--Tribal Spatial Data Development
Regional Health-Environment
Alliance--Access, Integration, Forecast, and Response
No. 45, March 2002
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630 KB
This report includes information on:
Funding available for
metadata assistance (FGDC CAP Program)
April 16 NCHS
"Metadata Tutorial" Presentation
Remote Sensing and Human
Welfare proposed study from National Academy of Sciences
Housing and Urban
Development perspective on chronic disease and housing
NYC perspective on
homeland security based on 9/11/01
CDC's goal of
Environmental Health Tracking Network with focus on chronic disease
No. 44, January 2002
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678 KB
This report includes information on:
February
12 NCHS Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture
Special
Report on Historical Black Colleges and Universities Summer GIS Workshops
Special
Report from the Open GIS Consortium
DHHS
Interim Report on Privacy and Confidentiality
E-Government
Geospatial One-Stop plan from OMB and FGDC
On
the Detection of Clusters
No. 43, November 2001
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543 KB
This report includes information on:
14th Annual NCHS
Geography Awareness Week GIS Program
Special Report to Protect
Public Drinking Water in Chester County, PA
Public
Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Program
Homeland Security and
Geographic Information Systems
Public Health and
Bioterrorism
N.No. 42, September 2001
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2 MB
This report includes information on:
September
13 and October 17 NCHS GIS lectures
Report
on 18th Annual HBCU Summer Faculty GIS Workshop
Mapping
Teenage Birth Rates in California
Web Access and the New
York State Cancer Registry
National Spatial Data
Infrastructure Developments in Maryland
Animation:
A Visual Tool for Public Health Display and Analysis
No. 41, July 2001
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This report includes information on:
GIScience and
Vector-Borne Diseases
Digital Earth-Virtual
Representation of the Planet
July 23 and August 15
NCHS GIS Lectures
GIS Summer Training
Opportunities
18th Annual HBCU Summer
Faculty GIS Workshop
No. 40, May 2001
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348 KB
This report includes information on:
May
16, 2001, NCHS Geocoding Program
Mississippi
Delta Project
Update
on West Nile Virus activites
FGDC
Cooperative Agreement Awards
Vector-Borne
Disease Initiative
No. 39, March 2001
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KB
This report includes information on:
Atlas of Prenatal Care Utilization, California 1998
Wyoming Department of Health and GIS: Epi Maps
Upcoming NCHS Cartography and GIS Guest Lecture
National Science and Technology Report
NSDI Community Demonstration Projects
The Role of Scale
No. 38, January 2001
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889 KB
This report includes information
on:
Groundwater
Monitoring in Mahoning County, Ohio
Climate
Atlas of the United States
Public
Health GIS at The 2001 AAG Meeting
FGDC
Cooperative Agreements Program
Digital
Government Consortium GIS Research
No. 37, November 2000
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182 KB
This report includes information
on:
13th
Annual NCHS Geography Awareness Week
Environmental
Justice and GIS report
Deduplicating
address records
CDC/ATSDR
Global Health Strategy
FGDC
Metadata Training
New
Developments in Crisis Response and Management
No. 36, September 2000
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This report includes information
on:
September
7 and October 24 NCHS GIS presentations
Availability
of West Nile Virus multimedia and interactive maps
Age-Adjustment
of rates using new 2000 population standard
DHHS
report on racial and ethnic data
OMB
Geospatial Information Roundtable
No. 35, July 2000
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This report includes information
on:
17th Annual Historical Black Colleges and
Universities GIS
Computations for geographic data masking
July 19 and September 7 NCHS GIS presentations
July 27 GIS session at NCHS Data Users
Conference
The new NCHS GIS Web site
No. 34, May 2000
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486 KB
This report includes information
on:
GIS to
Improve Public Health
GIS and the
Epidemic Intelligence Service
Telephone
sampling and the use of ZIP codes for spatial analysis
The GIS vision of the
U.S. Coast Guard's National Response Center (NRC)
No. 33, March
2000
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This report includes information
on:
The
GIS part of the Long Island Breast Cancer Study
Project
The Second International Health Geographics
Conference
Open GIS Web Map Server Interface
Specification
NCHS legislative activities
The
National Spatial Data Infrastructure, the
National Atlas of the United States of AmericaTM and Census 2000
No. 32, January 2000
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This report includes information
on:
GIS Models to Study EMF and Childhood Leukemia
Health Care and Financing Administrations
social marketing strategy
An oral health
initiative
The Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United
States
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
No. 31, November
1999
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This report includes information
on:
Mapping cancer sources in New York
The availability of CrimeStat software
GIS papers presented at American
Public Health
Association
Medical privacy and confidentiality issues
facing congressional review
The Chaordic Alliance
Spatial data collection accomplishments
No. 30, September
1999
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This report includes
information on:
Integrated Information Solutions in the 21st
Century
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