GIS Live 2004
"Crossing Boundaries with GIS"

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Environmental Health and GIS
Dianne Enright
NC Center for Health Statistics

Description:

How does the environment affect your health? The Health and Spatial Analysis Unit uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other software to describe and analyze the spatial and temporal relationships that exist among diseases, mortality, births, environments, and population characteristics within a public health context.

Learn how GIS provides a common analytical framework in which public health authorities can understand problems and formulate a response, improving incident management and health planning.

Preparing for the Session:

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What are ways in which the environment can impact your health? What are the best places to live in the United States as far as health is concerned and why?

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How is GIS being used to analyze health topics such as cancer, infectious disease, births, and mortality?

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What questions do you have about where you live and the relationships to your health?