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WebInternational Journal of Health Geographics is fully dedicated to publishing novel, high quality and internationally significant manuscripts on all aspects of geospatial information …

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The Population Health Approach: health GIS as a bridge from …

WebThe Population Health Approach, proposed by Health Canada, is the articulation of a long advocated model of human health. This approach strives to ensure that the health …

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Choropleth map legend design for visualizing community health

WebDisparities in health outcomes across communities are a central concern in public health and epidemiology. Health disparities research often links differences in health outcomes …

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Gaining a better understanding of respiratory health inequalities …

WebBackground In recent years, there have been a growing number of studies on spatial inequalities in health covering a variety of scales, from small areas to metropolitan areas …

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Spatial patterns of diabetes related health problems for vulnerable

WebRates for Diabetes Mellitus continue to rise in most urban areas of the United States, with a disproportionate burden suffered by minorities and low income populations. This paper …

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Capturing exposure in environmental health research: challenges …

WebBackground The built environment health promotion has attracted notable attention across a wide spectrum of health-related research over the past decade. However, the results …

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Exploring the potential for planning support systems to bridge the

WebBackground There is consensus that planning professionals need clearer guidance on the features that are likely to produce optimal community-wide health benefits. However, …

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Geographic information systems and the spiritual dimension of …

WebThe WHO's well known definition of health stressed the indivisibility of human well-being, physical and otherwise, by stating that health is "not merely the absence of disease or …

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Inequalities in neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics: …

WebBackground Population health planning aims to improve the health of the entire population and to reduce health inequities among population groups. Socioeconomic factors are …

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The good, the bad, and the environment: developing an area …

WebBackground Accounting for the co-occurrence of multiple environmental influences is a more accurate reflection of population exposure than considering isolated influences, aiding in …

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A machine learning approach to small area estimation: predicting …

WebBackground Local policymakers require information about public health, housing and well-being at small geographical areas. A municipality can for example use this information to …

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Use of mobile technology-based participatory mapping …

WebIdentifying fine-scale spatial patterns of disease is essential for effective disease control and elimination programmes. In low resource areas without formal addresses, novel …

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Towards Web-based representation and processing of health …

WebBackground There is great concern within health surveillance, on how to grapple with environmental degradation, rapid urbanization, population mobility and growth. The …

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A cross-sectional ecological analysis of international and sub …

WebBackground Commercial geospatial data resources are frequently used to understand healthcare utilisation. Although there is widespread evidence of a digital divide for other …

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Spatial analysis of elderly access to primary care services

WebBackground Admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs) are considered preventable admissions, because they are unlikely to occur when good preventive …

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A spatially filtered multilevel model to account for spatial …

WebBackground This study aims to suggest an approach that integrates multilevel models and eigenvector spatial filtering methods and apply it to a case study of self-rated health …

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Health indicators and human development in the Arab region

WebBackground The present paper deals with the relationship between health indicators and human development in the Arab region. Beyond descriptive analysis showing geographic …

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Pathways of neighbourhood-level socio-economic determinants …

WebBackground Although socio-economic factors have been identified as one of the most important groups of neighbourhood-level risks affecting birth outcomes, uncertainties still …

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