Related Health Care Resources

The following is a list of articles, websites and books available for purchase to help people to further research the field of GIS use in Public Health and Health Care. Simply click on one of the subsequent titles below to visit a site.

Books Available for Purchase:

• GIS and Public Health

Relevant Articles:

• Community Mapping for Heath Equity Advocacy
• The Benefits of the Application of Geographical Information Systems in Public Health and Environmental Health
• Place, Space, and Health:GIS and Epidemiology
• Choosing Area Based Socioeconomic Measures to Monitor Social Inequalities in Low Birth Weight and Childhood Lead Poisoning: The Publich Health Disparities Geocoding Project (US)
• Mapping Health on the Internet: A New Tool for Environmental Justice and Public Health Research.
• Digital Mappers Plot the Future of Maptivism
• Maps for Advocacy Guide

Websites:

•  GIS and CDC
• CDC GIS Exchange
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Public Health Research
• Health and GIS
• GIS in Public Health
• Improving Public Health Through Geographic Information Systems An Instructional Guide to Major Concept and their Implementations
• General Use of GIS in Public Health
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Wikipedia GIS and Public Health Page

Health Data:

• HealthData.gov
• Health Indicators Warehouse
• Stanford – Websites for GIS Health Data
• CDC – List of Environmental Public Health and Health Data