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GIS in Public Health Breakout Detail - Monday, June 8
Monday, June 8, 2009
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8:30am - 10:00am |
Breakout Sessions |
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10:00am - 10:30am |
Networking Break |
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10:30am - 12:00pm |
Closing Plenary Session & Keynote Speaker |
8:30am - 10:00am
Breakout Sessions
Spatial Perspectives on Crime & Violence
Crime and violence are important factors affecting the health status of populations. Papers in this session demonstrate the use of spatial analysis to document patterns of crime and violence in a range of community settings.
- Spatial Patterns of Methamphetamine Labs in the Midwest
Wendy Edwards, National Center for Supercomputing Applications,Urbana, IL
Marilyn Ruiz, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL - Campus Crime Analysis: Rutgers University
Wansoo Im, Vertices Inc., New Brunswick, NJ
Children’s Health and GIS Methods
Papers in this session address the use of GIS in identifying children vulnerable populations for health research and prevention planning.
- Sampling for National Children’s Study: Applying GIS and Vulnerability Concepts
Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Clark University, Worcester, MA - Defining Medical Homelessness: Spatial Analysis of Emergency Room Data
Kim Haire, Providence Plan, Providence, RI
Peter Simon, Rhodes Island Department of Health, Providence, RI - Place-Based Approach ot Childhood Obesity Prevention Planning
Christine Schweidler and Janice Burns, Advancement Project, Los Angeles, CA
Environmental Health Methods
The papers in this session address spatial sampling and spatial analytic methods used in environmental monitoring and exposure modeling.
- Developing a Geographic Sampling Methodology for Air Pollution Monitoring
Jason Booza, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Alice Grgicak-Mannion, University of Windsor, ON Canada - Spatial Interpolation for the Mapping of Exposure to NO2 in Ottawa, Canada
Marie-Pierre Parenteau, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON Canada
10:30am - 12:00pm
Closing Plenary Session & Keynote Speaker
GIS in Public Health Conference attendees will gather to hear some closing comments and then welcome Leslie Lenert, MD, MS, Director of the National Center for Public Health Informatics who will provide the closing keynote address.
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