کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1048903 945511 2007 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Mapping health on the Internet: A new tool for environmental justice and public health research
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Mapping health on the Internet: A new tool for environmental justice and public health research
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper examines the prospects for integrating Internet platform GIS or ‘web-GIS’ into environmental justice and related public health research. Specifically, we document the development of a web-GIS created for investigating relationships between health, air quality and socioeconomic factors in Hamilton, Canada. After development of the web-GIS site, we assembled a focus group of public health professionals to test functionality and render opinions about the potential of the site and geographic information in their program implementation. Results show overwhelming support for the further integration of GIS into public health practice. The results also underscore the potential of web-GIS to alleviate concerns of cost and data availability that often limit the use of GIS in community debates centred on environmental justice issues.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Health & Place - Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2007, Pages 72–86
نویسندگان
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