GIS in public health practice

Introduction and overview Ravi Maheswaran, Massimo Craglia DISEASE MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS Basic Issues in Geographical Analysis Ravi Maheswaran, Robert P. Haining Disease Mapping - Basic Approaches and New Developments Andrew B. Lawson Clustering of Disease Clive E. Sabel, Markku Loytonen GIS APPLICATIONS IN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROTECTION GIS and Communicable Disease Control Thomas Kistemann, Angela Queste New Zealand Experience of Salmonella Brandenburg Infection in Humans and Animals John Holmes Using GIS for Environmental Exposure Assessment: Experiences from the Small Area Health Statistics Unit Kees de Hoogh, David Briggs, Samantha Cockings, Alex Bottle Using Modelled Outdoor Air Pollution Data for Health Surveillance Paul Brindley, Ravi Maheswaran, Tim Pearson, Stephen Wise, Robert P. Haining Health and Environment Information Systems Paul Aylin, Samantha Cockings GIS APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH CARE PLANNING AND POLICY Health GIS in the English National Health Service - a Regional Solution Ralph Smith GIS in District Public Health Work Edmund Jessop Using GIS to Assess Accessibility to Primary Health Care Services Andrew Lovett, Gilla Sunnenberg, Robin Haynes GIS in Public Health Care Planning - a United States Perspective Gregory A. Elmes DATA PROTECTION AND E-GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH GIS and Public Health in the Information Society Massimo Craglia, Alessandro Annoni Data Protection and Medical Research Deryck Beyleveld, David Townend Public and Patient Attitudes to the Use of Their Health Information: A Review of the Literature Rupert Suckling, Darren Shickle, Susan Wallace Mobile Phone Positioning Systems and the Accessibility of Health Services Markku Loytonen, Clive E. Sabel Conclusions and Future Prospects Massimo Craglia, Ravi Maheswaran