The application of geographic information system (GIS) in the field of public health

Author

Zhen, Zhang ; Jing-Min, Jin ; Liu, Fang

Author_Institution

Zhengzhou Inst. of Aeronaut. Ind. Manage., Zhengzhou, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

28-31 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

442

Lastpage

445

Abstract

Geographic information system (GIS) is a computer-based decision support system, which can manage, analyze and display spatial data in the environment of taking many factors as a whole. GIS has been widely applied in China´s public health, serving in disease surveillance, epidemiology, environmental health research, research of health care utilization and decision making, respond to health emergencies and other aspects. This paper has summarized the progress of GIS research and its applications in public health field, looking ahead the application prospects of its integration with GPS, RS and Internet.

Keywords

Internet; decision making; decision support systems; diseases; emergency services; geographic information systems; health care; public administration; surveillance; visual databases; China public health; Internet; computer based decision support system; decision making; disease surveillance; environmental health research; epidemiology; geographic information system; health care utilization; health emergency; spatial data; Diseases; Geographic Information Systems; Global Positioning System; Public healthcare; Spatial databases; Surveillance; Geographic information system; disease surveillance; environmental health; health emergencies; public health;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IITA-GRS), 2010 Second IITA International Conference on

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8514-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IITA-GRS.2010.5603111

Filename

5603111