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Mapping community health, GIS for health & human services, edited by Christopher Thomas, Shannon Valdizon, Matt Artz

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Mapping community health, GIS for health & human services, edited by Christopher Thomas, Shannon Valdizon, Matt Artz
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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mapsillustrations
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
Mapping community health
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bibliography
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1274201837
Responsibility statement
edited by Christopher Thomas, Shannon Valdizon, Matt Artz
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Applying GIS
Sub title
GIS for health & human services
Summary
"Improving health outcomes, increasing access to health care, and building healthier communities requires a modern approach to understanding health and human service issues that are more complex, costly, and devastating than ever before. Public health service agencies around the world rely on geographic information systems (GIS) technology every day to address the opioid epidemic, homelessness, food insecurity, health and racial inequities, and more...Mapping Community Health: GIS for Health and Human Services explores a collection of real-life case studies about using geographic information system (GIS) technology to help build communities that improve health outcomes and increase accessibility to health care." --supplied by publisher
Table Of Contents
Part 1. Humans in crisis. Data and smart maps elevate human services -- GIS inspires a new way for the point-in-time count -- Infectious mosquitoes pose increasing health threat -- Researchers unlock opioid overdose patterns using geospatial analysis -- Part 2. Public Health Preparedness. GIS-based contact tracing initiative sets US precedent -- Part 3. Health Equity. How a map of trees helped city leaders tackle social inequities -- Mapping food and essentials to guide people -- Urban parks play a key role in curbing inequity -- Using location intelligence to match programs to member needs -- Food bank uses survey solution to support food delivery -- Part 4. Access to Care. Citywide health initiative improves lives -- Helping essential workers locate childcare facilities -- Better routing leads to better health care -- Part 5. Strategic Planning. Connecting location to better patient outcomes -- Improving community health -- Helping schools navigate the pandemic -- Next steps
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