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Public Health and Spatial Modeling

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Mapping; Spatial models; Disease mapping

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In this chapter the emphasis is on the analysis of health data which are geo‐referenced. Often data of this kind arise in the analysis of clustering of disease, or in the estimation of excess or relative risk in small administrative regions. Another aspect of this analysis may be the need to assess the relation between the spatial location of cases of disease and covariates, often spatially distributed. This is often called ecological analysis, especially when a change of spatial scale is involved. Finally, the possibility of carrying out prospective surveillance of disease maps is considered.

Historical Background

Spatial modeling of Public Health data is a wide subject and encompasses a range of topics where the geographical or spatial distribution of disease is of importance. In what follows there will be an emphasis on disease analysis as opposed to other aspects of Public Health sciences (such as health services...

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  1. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

    Andrew B. Lawson

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    Shashi Shekhar (McKnight Distinguished University Professor) (McKnight Distinguished University Professor)

  2. Management Science and Information Systems Department, Rutgers Business School Newark and New Brunswick Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA

    Hui Xiong (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

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Lawson, A. (2008). Public Health and Spatial Modeling. In: Shekhar, S., Xiong, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35973-1_1048

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