Use of GIS mapping as a public health Tool–-From cholera to cancer

GJ Musa, PH Chiang, T Sylk, R Bavley… - Health services …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
The field of medical geographic information systems (Medical GIS) has become extremely
useful in understanding the bigger picture of public health. The discipline holds a substantial …

G6PD deficiency: global distribution, genetic variants and primaquine therapy

RE Howes, KE Battle, AW Satyagraha, JK Baird… - Advances in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is a potentially pathogenic inherited
enzyme abnormality and, similar to other human red blood cell polymorphisms, is …

When context has content: A case study of new teacher induction in the University of Chicago's Urban Teacher Education Program

K Hammerness, KK Matsko - Urban Education, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Reviews of research evaluating the impact of beginning teacher induction suggest that the
mixed results may be due to the fact that the programs do not fully address school context …

Applied geography in a digital age: The case for mixed methods

CD Yeager, T Steiger - Applied Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
Although it is known by different names, the qualitative–quantitative divide is a common
enough description for battles between the general and the unique in the social sciences …

Confronting the data-divide in a time of spatial turns and volunteered geographic information

J Cinnamon, N Schuurman - GeoJournal, 2013 - Springer
Geography is enjoying a period of unparalleled visibility, driven by the growing use of
geographic methods and concepts across the sciences and humanities—the so-called …

Geographic disparities in patient travel for dialysis in the United States

JM Stephens, S Brotherton, SC Dunning… - The journal of rural …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To estimate travel distance and time for US hemodialysis patients and to compare
travel of rural versus urban patients. Methods Dialysis patient residences were estimated …

Exploring the unequal landscapes of healthcare accessibility in lower-income urban neighborhoods through qualitative inquiry

TL Hawthorne, MP Kwan - Geoforum, 2013 - Elsevier
Geographers and public health researchers recognize that healthcare accessibility is a multi-
dimensional concept contingent upon the interplay of a variety of spatial and non-spatial …

Travel distance to outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities for Spanish-speaking clients

EG Guerrero, D Kao, BE Perron - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Travel distance and English proficiency skills are widely recognized factors
associated with service access and treatment engagement. As Latino populations represent …

[PDF][PDF] Neighborhood-level hot spot maps to inform delivery of primary care and allocation of social resources

NS Hardt, S Muhamed, R Das, R Estrella… - Perm J, 2013 - thepermanentejournal.org
Challenges to health care access in the US are forcing local policymakers and service
delivery systems to find novel ways to address the shortage of primary care clinicians. The …

Towards key issues of disaster aid based on wireless body area networks

J Liu, Q Wang, J Wan, J Xiong… - KSII Transactions on …, 2013 - koreascience.kr
With recent advances in wireless communication and low-power miniaturized biomedical
sensor and semiconductor technologies, wireless body area networks (WBAN) has become …