Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IITA-GRS), 2010 Second IITA International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8514-7
DOI :
10.1109/IITA-GRS.2010.5603111
