Using GIS in MCH Research and Planning
Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 2:00-3:00 p.m., EST (1:00-2:00 p.m. CST, 12:00-1:00 p.m. MST, 11:00-12:00 p.m. PST)

Overview | Presenter Information | Agenda | Resources | Archive

Resources

Presentation Slides:

• "Overview of GIS Methodology and Its Applications in Public Health"
  - Russell Kirby, Ph.D., M.S., FACE
• "Immigrant Reproductive Health Disparities: A GIS Analysis"
  - Sara McLafferty, Ph.D.
• "GIS for Policy, Program Planning, and Evaluation: Lessons Learned"
  - Gene R. Takahashi, Ph.D., M.P.H.

For more information regarding Dr. Gene Takahashi’s presentation:

• California Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program reports and publications
  http://www.mch.dhs.ca.gov/reportspubs
• California Department of Public Health home page
  www.cdph.ca.gov
• California GIS catalog (including Medical Service Study Area)
  http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/BrowseCatalog.epl?id=1044
• California Healthcare Atlas http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/General_Info/Healthcare_Atlas.html

For GIS software and resources:

• Freely Available Software:
  • EpiMap: http://www.cdc.gov/epiinfo/maps.htm
  • GeoDa: https://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/
  • SatScan: http://www.satscan.org/
• FreeGIS: http://freegis.org/

Commercial Software (listed alphabetically):

• ArcGIS (ESRI)
• MapInfo
• Maptitude
• SAS/Graph

Resources on segregation and maternal/child health:

• Acevedo-Garcia, D., Lochner, K., Osypuk, T., Subramanian, S., 2003, Future directions in residential segregation and health research: A multilevel approach. American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 93(2), 215-220.
• Collins, C.A., Williams, D.R., 1999, Segregation and
  mortality: The deadly effects of racism? Sociological Forum, Vol. 14(3): 495-523.
• Grady, S.C., 2006, Racial disparities in low birthweight and the contribution of residential segregation: A multilevel analysis. Social Science and Medicine, 63:3013-3029.
• Grady, S.C. and McLafferty S. 2007 Segregation, nativity and health: Reproductive health inequalities for immigrant and native-born black women in New York City, Urban Geography, 28(3).
• Polednak, A., 1996, Trends in U.S. urban black infant mortality, by degree of residential segregation. American Journal of Public Health Vol. 86(5), 723-26.
• Williams, D.R., Collins, C., 2002, Racial residential
  segregation: A fundamental cause of racial disparities in health. In Laveist, T.A., editor Race, Ethnicity and Health: A Public Health Reader, San Francisco: Jossey Bass.