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Session: GIS Facilitating Health Planning and Evaluation
3252.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
GIS Facilitating Health Planning and Evaluation
This session will present the development and uses of GIS to facilitate planning and evaluation in public health programs.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn: 1)How GIS can facilitate the planning of community based interventions; 2)To understand the spatial distribution of various determinants of health; 3)To identify components of GIS applicable to policy evaluation studies; nad 4)To articulate GIS data requirements.
Moderator(s):Ruth B. Pickard, PhD
2:30 PMMapping inequalities in access to health and health outcomes in Ontario and the Commonwealth of Virginia  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sorina O. Vlaicu, MD, MPH, PhD, Connie L. McNeely, PhD
2:45 PMFaster, smarter, better: Using geographic information systems technology to reconfigure California's medical service study areas using 2000 U.S. Census data  [ Recorded presentation ]
J. Scott Christman, Konder Chung
3:00 PMUtilizing geographic information systems (GIS) for policy evaluation: Missouri nurse recruitment and retention policy (1991-2001)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Karen L. Courtney, RN, MSN
3:15 PMA Community Health Assessment Resource for Texas (CHART): Enhancing Access to Health Statistics through Collaboration  [ Recorded presentation ]
William Spears, PhD, Helena Von Ville
3:30 PMUsing geographical information systems to facilitate community based public health planning
Daniel J. Kruger, PhD, Lauren Shirey, MPH, Jan Brady, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA