| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveEditorial Web GIS in practice VI: a demo playlist of geo-mashups for public health neogeographers Maged N Kamel Boulos, Matthew Scotch, Kei-Hoi Cheung, and David Burden Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 38. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-38.PMCID: PMC2491600 Methodology Estimating the accuracy of geographical imputation Kevin A Henry and Francis P Boscoe Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 3. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-3.PMCID: PMC2266732 Measuring the geographic coverage of methadone maintenance programme in Hong Kong by using geographic information system (GIS) Tak Ting P Pang and Shui Shan Lee Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 5. Published online 2008 January 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-5.PMCID: PMC2268919 How does Poisson kriging compare to the popular BYM model for mapping disease risks? Pierre Goovaerts and Samson Gebreab Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 6. Published online 2008 February 4. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-6.PMCID: PMC2276482 Comparing alternative approaches to measuring the geographical accessibility of urban health services: Distance types and aggregation-error issues Philippe Apparicio, Mohamed Abdelmajid, Mylène Riva, and Richard Shearmur Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 7. Published online 2008 February 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-7.PMCID: PMC2265683 A flexibly shaped space-time scan statistic for disease outbreak detection and monitoring Kunihiko Takahashi, Martin Kulldorff, Toshiro Tango, and Katherine Yih Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 14. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-14.PMCID: PMC2386448 A GIS-based method for household recruitment in a prospective pesticide exposure study Justine LE Allpress, Ross J Curry, Carol L Hanchette, Michael J Phillips, and Timothy C Wilcosky Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 18. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-18.PMCID: PMC2396611 Using GPS-enabled cell phones to track the travel patterns of adolescents Sarah E Wiehe, Aaron E Carroll, Gilbert C Liu, Kelly L Haberkorn, Shawn C Hoch, Jeffery S Wilson, and J Dennis Fortenberry Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 22. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-22.PMCID: PMC2426678 A procedure to characterize geographic distributions of rare disorders in cohorts Karla C Van Meter, Lasse E Christiansen, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Rahman Azari, and Tim E Carpenter Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 26. Published online 2008 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-26.PMCID: PMC2430550 Integrating open-source technologies to build low-cost information systems for improved access to public health data Qian Yi, Richard E Hoskins, Elizabeth A Hillringhouse, Svend S Sorensen, Mark W Oberle, Sherrilynne S Fuller, and James C Wallace Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 29. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-29.PMCID: PMC2432052 Distributed usability evaluation of the Pennsylvania Cancer Atlas Tanuka Bhowmick, Anthony C Robinson, Adrienne Gruver, Alan M MacEachren, and Eugene J Lengerich Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 36. Published online 2008 July 11. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-36.PMCID: PMC2490686 Joint disease mapping using six cancers in the Yorkshire region of England Amy Downing, David Forman, Mark S Gilthorpe, Kimberley L Edwards, and Samuel OM Manda Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 41. Published online 2008 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-41.PMCID: PMC2515288 High-resolution spatiotemporal weather models for climate studies Michael A Johansson and Gregory E Glass Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 52. Published online 2008 October 8. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-52.PMCID: PMC2576170 Geovisual analytics to enhance spatial scan statistic interpretation: an analysis of U.S. cervical cancer mortality Jin Chen, Robert E Roth, Adam T Naito, Eugene J Lengerich, and Alan M MacEachren Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 57. Published online 2008 November 7. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-57.PMCID: PMC2596098 Proof of concept of a method that assesses the spread of microbial infections with spatially explicit and non-spatially explicit data Ariel L Rivas, Kevin L Anderson, Roberta Lyman, Stephen D Smith, and Steven J Schwager Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 58. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-58.PMCID: PMC2613142 Development of a wearable global positioning system for place and health research Daniel Rainham, Daniel Krewski, Ian McDowell, Mike Sawada, and Brian Liekens Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 59. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-59.PMCID: PMC2613379 An effective and efficient approach for manually improving geocoded data Daniel W Goldberg, John P Wilson, Craig A Knoblock, Beate Ritz, and Myles G Cockburn Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 60. Published online 2008 November 26. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-60.PMCID: PMC2612650 Spatio-temporal analysis of the relationship between WNV dissemination and environmental variables in Indianapolis, USA Hua Liu, Qihao Weng, and David Gaines Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 66. Published online 2008 December 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-66.PMCID: PMC2615761 Research Validation of the geographic position of EPER-Spain industries Javier García-Pérez, Elena Boldo, Rebeca Ramis, Enrique Vidal, Nuria Aragonés, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Marina Pollán, and Gonzalo López-Abente Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 1. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-1.PMCID: PMC2254386 An analysis of the accessibility of video lottery terminals: the case of Montréal Éric Robitaille and Patrick Herjean Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 2. Published online 2008 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-2.PMCID: PMC2248165 Dioxin emissions from a municipal solid waste incinerator and risk of invasive breast cancer: a population-based case-control study with GIS-derived exposure Jean-François Viel, Marie-Caroline Clément, Mathieu Hägi, Sébastien Grandjean, Bruno Challier, and Arlette Danzon Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 4. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-4.PMCID: PMC2267447 Online GIS services for mapping and sharing disease information Sheng Gao, Darka Mioc, Francois Anton, Xiaolun Yi, and David J Coleman Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 8. Published online 2008 February 25. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-8.PMCID: PMC2277489 Using remote sensing to map larval and adult populations of Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera: Culicidae) a potential malaria vector in Southern France Annelise Tran, Nicolas Ponçon, Céline Toty, Catherine Linard, Hélène Guis, Jean-Baptiste Ferré, Danny Lo Seen, François Roger, Stéphane de la Rocque, Didier Fontenille, and Thierry Baldet Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 9. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-9.PMCID: PMC2291038 Using built environment characteristics to predict walking for exercise Gina S Lovasi, Anne V Moudon, Amber L Pearson, Philip M Hurvitz, Eric B Larson, David S Siscovick, Ethan M Berke, Thomas Lumley, and Bruce M Psaty Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 10. Published online 2008 February 29. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-10.PMCID: PMC2279119 Hydrological modeling of geophysical parameters of arboviral and protozoan disease vectors in Internally Displaced People camps in Gulu, Uganda Benjamin G Jacob, Ephantus J Muturi, Erick X Caamano, James T Gunter, Enoch Mpanga, Robert Ayine, Joseph Okelloonen, Jack Pen-Mogi Nyeko, Josephat I Shililu, John I Githure, James L Regens, Robert J Novak, and Ibulaimu Kakoma Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 11. Published online 2008 March 14. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-11.PMCID: PMC2275725 Locating suitable habitats for West Nile Virus-infected mosquitoes through association of environmental characteristics with infected mosquito locations: a case study in Shelby County, Tennessee Esra Ozdenerol, Elzbieta Bialkowska-Jelinska, and Gregory N Taff Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 12. Published online 2008 March 29. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-12.PMCID: PMC2322965 Geocoding accuracy and the recovery of relationships between environmental exposures and health Soumya Mazumdar, Gerard Rushton, Brian J Smith, Dale L Zimmerman, and Kelley J Donham Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 13. Published online 2008 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-13.PMCID: PMC2359739 Enhanced spatial models for predicting the geographic distributions of tick-borne pathogens Michael C Wimberly, Adam D Baer, and Michael J Yabsley Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 15. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-15.PMCID: PMC2373776 Mapping the evolution of 'food deserts' in a Canadian city: Supermarket accessibility in London, Ontario, 1961–2005 Kristian Larsen and Jason Gilliland Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 16. Published online 2008 April 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-16.PMCID: PMC2387138 Addressing diarrhea prevalence in the West African Middle Belt: social and geographic dimensions in a case study for Benin Saket Pande, Michiel A Keyzer, Aminou Arouna, and Ben GJS Sonneveld Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 17. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-17.PMCID: PMC2377241 Landscape, demographic, entomological, and climatic associations with human disease incidence of West Nile virus in the state of Iowa, USA John P DeGroote, Ramanathan Sugumaran, Sarah M Brend, Brad J Tucker, and Lyric C Bartholomay Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 19. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-19.PMCID: PMC2396613 Linking stroke mortality with air pollution, income, and greenness in northwest Florida: an ecological geographical study Zhiyong Hu, Johan Liebens, and K Ranga Rao Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 20. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-20.PMCID: PMC2396612 Analysis of the spatial distribution of infant mortality by cause of death in Austria in 1984 to 2006 Thomas Waldhoer, Martin Wald, and Harald Heinzl Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 21. Published online 2008 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-21.PMCID: PMC2432051 The potential impact of climate change on annual and seasonal mortality for three cities in Québec, Canada Bernard Doyon, Diane Bélanger, and Pierre Gosselin Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 23. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-23.PMCID: PMC2410102 Risk maps for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis, in Canada now and with climate change Nicholas H Ogden, Laurie St-Onge, Ian K Barker, Stéphanie Brazeau, Michel Bigras-Poulin, Dominique F Charron, Charles M Francis, Audrey Heagy, L Robbin Lindsay, Abdel Maarouf, Pascal Michel, François Milord, Christopher J O'Callaghan, Louise Trudel, and R Alex Thompson Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 24. Published online 2008 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-24.PMCID: PMC2412857 Buruli ulcer disease prevalence in Benin, West Africa: associations with land use/cover and the identification of disease clusters Tyler Wagner, M Eric Benbow, Travis O Brenden, Jiaguo Qi, and R Christian Johnson Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 25. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-25.PMCID: PMC2423183 Geographical variations and contextual effects on age of initiation of sexual intercourse among women in Nigeria: a multilevel and spatial analysis Olalekan A Uthman Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 27. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-27.PMCID: PMC2414823 Cluster of liver cancer and immigration: A geographic analysis of incidence data for Ontario 1998–2002 Yue Chen, Qilong Yi, and Yang Mao Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 28. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-28.PMCID: PMC2426679 Spatial and multidimensional visualization of Indonesia's village health statistics Bambang Parmanto, Maria V Paramita, Wayan Sugiantara, Gede Pramana, Matthew Scotch, and Donald S Burke Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 30. Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-30.PMCID: PMC2494543 Seasonality of cholera from 1974 to 2005: a review of global patterns Michael Emch, Caryl Feldacker, M Sirajul Islam, and Mohammad Ali Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 31. Published online 2008 June 20. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-31.PMCID: PMC2467415 Heterogeneity in mammography use across the nation: separating evidence of disparities from the disproportionate effects of geography Lee R Mobley, Tzy-Mey (May) Kuo, David Driscoll, Laurel Clayton, and Luc Anselin Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 32. Published online 2008 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-32.PMCID: PMC2474591 EpiScanGIS: an online geographic surveillance system for meningococcal disease Markus Reinhardt, Johannes Elias, Jürgen Albert, Matthias Frosch, Dag Harmsen, and Ulrich Vogel Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 33. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-33.PMCID: PMC2483700 Relationships between climate and year-to-year variability in meningitis outbreaks: A case study in Burkina Faso and Niger Pascal Yaka, Benjamin Sultan, Hélène Broutin, Serge Janicot, Solenne Philippon, and Nicole Fourquet Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 34. Published online 2008 July 2. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-34.PMCID: PMC2504476 The geosimulation of West Nile virus propagation: a multi-agent and climate sensitive tool for risk management in public health Mondher Bouden, Bernard Moulin, and Pierre Gosselin Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 35. Published online 2008 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-35.PMCID: PMC2492840 Practice postcode versus patient population: a comparison of data sources in England and Scotland Gary McLean, Bruce Guthrie, Graham Watt, Mark Gabbay, and Catherine A O'Donnell Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 37. Published online 2008 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-37.PMCID: PMC2490685 Spatial variations in estimated chronic exposure to traffic-related air pollution in working populations: A simulation Eleanor M Setton, C Peter Keller, Denise Cloutier-Fisher, and Perry W Hystad Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 39. Published online 2008 July 18. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-39.PMCID: PMC2515287 A Bayesian approach to study the space time variation of leprosy in an endemic area of Tamil Nadu, South India Vasna Joshua, Mohan D Gupte, and M Bhagavandas Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 40. Published online 2008 July 21. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-40.PMCID: PMC2533653 Demographic, seasonal, and spatial differences in acute myocardial infarction admissions to hospital in Melbourne Australia Margaret E Loughnan, Neville Nicholls, and Nigel J Tapper Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 42. Published online 2008 July 30. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-42.PMCID: PMC2517067 Establishing the soundness of administrative spatial units for operationalising the active living potential of residential environments: an exemplar for designing optimal zones Mylène Riva, Philippe Apparicio, Lise Gauvin, and Jean-Marc Brodeur Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 43. Published online 2008 July 31. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-43.PMCID: PMC2533655 Spatial and demographic patterns of Cholera in Ashanti region - Ghana Frank B Osei and Alfred A Duker Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 44. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-44.PMCID: PMC2533654 Re-identification of home addresses from spatial locations anonymized by Gaussian skew Christopher A Cassa, Shannon C Wieland, and Kenneth D Mandl Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 45. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-45.PMCID: PMC2526988 Spatial-temporal analysis of breast cancer in upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts Verónica M Vieira, Thomas F Webster, Janice M Weinberg, and Ann Aschengrau Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 46. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-46.PMCID: PMC2538515 Three-dimensional visualization of cultural clusters in the 1878 yellow fever epidemic of New Orleans Andrew J Curtis Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 47. Published online 2008 August 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-47.PMCID: PMC2538514 Interfield dysbalances in research input and output benchmarking: Visualisation by density equalizing procedures Beatrix Groneberg-Kloft, Carolin Kreiter, Tobias Welte, Axel Fischer, David Quarcoo, and Cristian Scutaru Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 48. Published online 2008 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-48.PMCID: PMC2533656 A Web-based graphical user interface for evidence-based decision making for health care allocations in rural areas Nadine Schuurman, Margo Leight, and Myriam Berube Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 49. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-49.PMCID: PMC2556654 A study of the distribution and abundance of the adult malaria vector in western Kenya highlands Li Li, Ling Bian, and Guiyun Yan Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 50. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-50.PMCID: PMC2559835 Comparison of Poisson and Bernoulli spatial cluster analyses of pediatric injuries in a fire district Craig R Warden Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 51. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-51.PMCID: PMC2559834 Open source GIS for HIV/AIDS management Bas Vanmeulebrouk, Ulrike Rivett, Adam Ricketts, and Melissa Loudon Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 53. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-53.PMCID: PMC2584066 Geographic distribution and ecological niche of plague in sub-Saharan Africa Simon B Neerinckx, Andrew T Peterson, Hubert Gulinck, Jozef Deckers, and Herwig Leirs Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 54. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-54.PMCID: PMC2582229 Spatial heterogeneity of malaria in Indian reserves of Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil Reinaldo Souza-Santos, Maurício VG de Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Escobar, Ricardo Ventura Santos, and Carlos EA Coimbra, Jr Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 55. Published online 2008 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-55.PMCID: PMC2588568 Geographic disparities in the risk of perforated appendicitis among children in Ohio: 2001–2003 Robert B Penfold, Deena J Chisolm, Benedict C Nwomeh, and Kelly J Kelleher Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 56. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-56.PMCID: PMC2586023 Spatial patterns of natural hazards mortality in the United States Kevin A Borden and Susan L Cutter Int J Health Geogr. 2008; 7: 64. Published online 2008 December 17. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-64.PMCID: PMC2614968 |