Atlas of State and Local Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Maps To Improve Community Health

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Richards ◽  
Charles M. Croner ◽  
Lloyd F. Novick
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Improve Community Health

Assessing Utilization and Effectiveness in Public Participative and Volunteered Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Data

2019 ◽  
pp. 594-606
Author(s):  
April Moreno ◽  
Sarah Osailan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Stakeholder Groups

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can serve as a planning tool to promote community health at many levels, such as the policy, organizational and public levels. The Brownfields to Healthfields (B2H) program involves creating new opportunities to support community public health, including the development of park spaces and new hospital facilities. However, there was no existing portal for organizations to access a map of brownfields data to meet the required criteria of the organization in seeking a space for transformation to a “healthfield” or other public services facility. Since the various types of community and demographic data were scattered, it was necessary to combine the data in a web application available to all stakeholders. This paper discusses the utilization of a new concept of operation, which includes participative and volunteered approaches that are addressed to include the contribution of various stakeholder groups, and to further improve planning for public health.

Assessing Utilization and Effectiveness in Public Participative and Volunteered Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Data

2019 ◽  
pp. 1234-1246
Author(s):  
April Moreno ◽  
Sarah Osailan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Stakeholder Groups

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can serve as a planning tool to promote community health at many levels, such as the policy, organizational and public levels. The Brownfields to Healthfields (B2H) program involves creating new opportunities to support community public health, including the development of park spaces and new hospital facilities. However, there was no existing portal for organizations to access a map of brownfields data to meet the required criteria of the organization in seeking a space for transformation to a “healthfield” or other public services facility. Since the various types of community and demographic data were scattered, it was necessary to combine the data in a web application available to all stakeholders. This paper discusses the utilization of a new concept of operation, which includes participative and volunteered approaches that are addressed to include the contribution of various stakeholder groups, and to further improve planning for public health.

scholarly journals Participatory process for mapping socio-environmental determinants of health by community agents: Contributions to urban management and planning

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Renata Ferraz de Toledo ◽  
Ana Paula Koury ◽  
Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho ◽  
Francisco Nilson Paiva dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Determinants Of Health ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Environmental Determinants ◽  
Environmental Determinants Of Health

Studies about socio-environmental determinants are recognized as important to better understand the factors that influence health and quality of life, and how they operate to generate inequalities. This article reports the mapping of socio-environmental determinants of health, carried out by community health agents from the community of Paraisópolis, the second-largest slum in the city of São Paulo (state of São Paulo), seeking to analyze potential contributions of this participatory process to urban management and planning. As part of an action research study and following the stages of Paulo Freire’s Research Itinerary (Culture Circles), the mapping was carried out by integrating the Talking Map technique with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), in what has been called Participatory GIS or Geographic Information Systems with Social Participation (PGIS). Positive aspects were recognized and addressed by community agents, as well as several situations of socio-environmental vulnerability as a result of the agglomerated nature of the place, directly related to urban management and planning needs. This shows that, through a participatory mapping process, citizens cannot only better identify, but also more effectively communicate their needs and qualify intervention strategies in the territory. Therefore, it is possible to address the residents’ priorities more representatively, especially in places where traditionally marginalized social groups live. And also, community health agents, who play a central role in this research process because they live and work in the same place, are fundamental to boost, mobilize, and support the complex aspects involved, both in Primary Health Care, as well as in urban management and planning.

Digital Government and Geographic Information Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 248-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Gant ◽  
Donald S. Ijams
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The United States ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
State And Local

The focus of this chapter is to examine how government agencies are deploying geographic information systems (GIS) to enhance the delivery of digital government. We will explain how critical technological advances are enabling government agencies to use GIS in web-based applications In addition, we will illustrate the approaches that state and local governments in the United States are taking to deploy GIS for e-government applications using examples from Indianapolis, Indiana, Tucson, Arizona, Washington D.C. and the State of Oregon’s Department of Environmental Protection. While these examples greatly improve service delivery performance and enhance public decision-making, we raise the issue that e-government GIS applications may be more broadly deployed in organizations that are better adept at dealing with the managerial and technical issues related to using GIS.

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