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Putting Chronic Disease on the Map: Building GIS Capacity in State and Local Health Departments
Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD; Michele Casper, PhD; Joshua Tootoo, MCP; Linda Schieb, MSPH
Suggested citation for this article: Miranda ML, Casper M, Tootoo J, Schieb L. Putting Chronic Disease on the Map: Building GIS Capacity in State and Local Health Departments. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:120321. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120321.
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Abstract
Techniques based on geographic information systems (GIS) have been widely adopted and applied in the fields of infectious disease and environmental epidemiology; their use in chronic disease programs is relatively new. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention is collaborating with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and the University of Michigan to provide health departments with capacity to integrate GIS into daily operations, which support priorities for surveillance and prevention of chronic diseases. So far, 19 state and 7 local health departments participated in this project. On the basis of these participants’ experiences, we describe our training strategy and identify high-impact GIS skills that can be mastered and applied over a short time in support of chronic disease surveillance. We also describe the web-based resources in the Chronic Disease GIS Exchange that were produced on the basis of this training and are available to anyone interested in GIS and chronic disease (www.cdc.gov/DHDSP/maps/GISX). GIS offers diverse sets of tools that promise increased productivity for chronic disease staff of state and local health departments.La importancia de crear conciencia sobre las enfermedades crónicas: creación de capacidad para los sistemas GIS en los departamentos de salud locales y estatales
Marie Lynn Miranda, PhD; Michele Casper, PhD; Joshua Tootoo, MCP; Linda Schieb, MSPH
Citación sugerida para este artículo: Miranda ML, Casper M, Tootoo J, Schieb L. Putting Chronic Disease on the Map: Building GIS Capacity in State and Local Health Departments. Prev Chronic Dis 2013;10:120321. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120321.
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