International Journal of Health Geographics

International Journal of Health Geographics Table of Contents and Abstracts

International Journal of Health Geographics is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, online journal fully dedicated to publishing quality manuscripts on all aspects of geospatial information systems and science applications in health and healthcare.

International Journal of Health Geographics aims to cover a wide range of interdisciplinary geospatial topics in a health/healthcare context, from spatial data infrastructure and Web geospatial interoperability research, to research into real-time Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-enabled surveillance services, remote sensing applications, spatial epidemiology, spatio-temporal statistics, and even cyberspace mapping. The journal is thus of interest to audiences from many different fields.

Health geographics improves our understanding of the important relationships between people, location (and its characteristics: for example environmental or socio-economic), time, and health; it therefore assists us in discovering and eliminating disease, in public health tasks like disease prevention and health promotion, and also in better healthcare service planning and delivery.

Currently health geographics papers are offered very little room, priority and recognition in peer reviewed journals dealing with medical informatics, public health, statistics or GIS in general. All such journals available today are not specifically focused on the broader spectrum of geospatial information science in health and healthcare, and are at best journals of social medicine, public health, planning and policy with an emphasis on the concept of place. International Journal of Health Geographics is filling this serious gap in existing journals by providing a credible central venue for researchers and practitioners to publish their health geographics research.

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Towards Web-based Representation and Processing of Health Information Web-based mapping is now emerging as an important tool to enable health practitioners, policy makers, and the public to understand spatial health risks, population health trends, and vulnerabilities.
Journal Article, November 02, 2009
Risk Factors for Human Infection With West Nile Virus in Connecticut A real-time model using three variables to predict West Nile Virus risk appears feasible, researchers from Yale University report.
Journal Article, November 01, 2009
Geographic Analysis of LBW and Infant Mortality Using Automated Zoning Methodology What are the spatial patterns of low birthweight and infant mortality at the zip code level using automated zone matching methodology and minimum case and population threshold recommendations?
Journal Article, October 29, 2009
Complexities of Measuring Access to Parks and Physical Activity Sites in NYC Geographic information systems were used to conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of park accessibility in New York City.
Journal Article, October 26, 2009
Performance of Tests for Spatial Randomness on Prostate Cancer Data What is the geographic distribution of prostate cancer after evaluating data on histologic tumor grade and stage of disease at diagnosis for incident cases?
Journal Article, October 22, 2009
Spatio-Temporal Cluster Analysis of County-Based West Nile Virus Incidence in Continental US What is the spatial and temporal clustering of human West Nile virus incidence at the county level in the continental United States from 2002-2008?
Journal Article, October 19, 2009
Geographic Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival How might a recently developed spatial scan statistic method for analyzing time-to-event data determine whether colorectal cancer patient survival varies by place of residence?
Journal Article, October 15, 2009
An Agent-Based Approach For Modeling Dynamics Of Contagious Disease Spread How does a spatially explicit epidemiologic model of infectious disease explain disease's spatial diffusion through a network of human contacts?
Journal Article, October 12, 2009
Spatial Patterns of Natural Hazards Mortality in the United States Previous hazard mortality studies often lack a breadth of hazard types and utilize limited geographic scales. Which natural hazard contributes most to hazard-induced mortality?
Journal Article, December 17, 2008
Open Source GIS for HIV/AIDS Management Is it feasible to develop a geographic information system (GIS) for basic infrastructure planning and management of HIV/AIDS information at the local level using open source software?
Journal Article, October 22, 2008
Evidence-based Decision Making for Health Care Allocations in Rural Areas Intuitive tools that analyze and display spatial data could facilitate policy and resource allocation decisions. Learn about the value of graphical user interfaces as health services are rationalized.
Journal Article, September 15, 2008
Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Breast Cancer in Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts What raises breast cancer rates in upper Cape Cod? What do population-based case-control studies providing residential histories indicate about associations between space, time and breast cancer risk?
Journal Article, August 13, 2008
EpiScanGIS: Online Geographic Surveillance System for Meningococcal Disease The development and implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) that visualizes the dynamics of the spread of meningococcal disease, including results of scan statistics, is described.
Journal Article, July 01, 2008
Heterogeneity in Mammography Use Across the Nation Mammography use is lower than national guidelines and evidence of a recent drop has raised concern. Which factors explain disparities in mammography use within and across 11 heterogeneous US regions?
Journal Article, June 30, 2008
Risk Maps for Range Expansion of the Lyme Disease Vector, Ixodes scapularis A Lyme disease tick vector has an expanding geographic range that will cause the disease to emerge in new areas. What potential do risk maps hold in predicting the occurrence of this vector?
Journal Article, May 22, 2008
Using Built Environment Characteristics to Predict Walking for Exercise Pedestrian-oriented environments make walking feasible and may help residents maintain active lifestyles. Could built environment characteristics near the home predict walking for exercise?
Journal Article, February 29, 2008
Online GIS Services for Mapping and Sharing Disease Information Web-based GIS could represent disease info rapidly and analyze spread dynamically, helping the response to specific outbreaks. What disease mapping architecture can overcome disease mapping challenges
Journal Article, February 25, 2008
Dioxin From a Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator and Breast Cancer Risk Is environmental dioxin exposure associated with risk of invasive breast cancer? Dioxin emissions from municipal solid waste incinerators are examined as a source among women living by a facility.
Journal Article, January 28, 2008
Analysis of the Accessibility of Video Lottery Terminals: Case of Montreal How geographically accessible are video lottery terminal sites in Montreal in consideration of the vulnerability of socioeconomically underprivileged communities to gambling?
Journal Article, January 18, 2008
Spatial Distribution of Traffic Induced Noise Exposures in a US City An examination of the spatial distribution of community noise exposures and annoyance in San Francisco.
Journal Article, June 21, 2007