TY  - BOOK
AU  - Curtis,Andrew
AU  - Leitner,Michael
ED  - IGI eBooks.
ED  - IGI Global.
TI  - Geographic information systems and public health: eliminating perinatal disparity 
SN  - 9781591406105 (PDF)
AV  - RA566 .G462 2006e
U1  - 362.1/0285 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Hershey, Pa.
PB  - IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA)
KW  - Geographic information systems
KW  - Public health
KW  - Data processing
KW  - Geographic Information Systems
KW  - Infant Mortality
KW  - Community Health Planning
KW  - Pregnancy, High-Risk
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Explaining the geography of infant health -- 2. An introduction to GIS (all things data) -- 3. An introduction to GIS (all things spatial) -- 4. The geography of health risks -- 5. GIS and spatial analysis : keeping it simple -- 6. Advanced spatial analysis -- 7. Spatial/temporal stability in neighborhoods of risk : the mobility of mothers -- 8. Patient confidentiality -- 9. Creating the Baton Rouge healthy start GIS -- 10. Bioterrorism, pregnancy, and old white men --11. Rural health issues and their investigation in a GIS environment; Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers; Also available in print
N2  - "This book is designed to introduce a community health group to the potential of using a Geographic Information System to improve birth outcomes.   It provides an overview of why geography is important in the investigation of health, the importance of the main components of a GIS, how important neighborhood context is when using a GIS, and the general differences found between urban and rural health environments"--Provided by publisher
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ER  -