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Rapidly measuring spatial accessibility of COVID-19 healthcare resources: a case study of Illinois, USA
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, has infected millions of people and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths. While COV... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - September 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jeon-Young Kang, Alexander Michels, Fangzheng Lyu, Shaohua Wang, Nelson Agbodo, Vincent L. Freeman and Shaowen Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research

Differentiating anomalous disease intensity with confounding variables in space
The investigation of perceived geographical disease clusters serves as a preliminary step that expedites subsequent etiological studies and analysis of epidemicity. With the identification of disease clusters ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - September 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Chih-Chieh Wu and Sanjay Shete Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Adults ’ leisure-time physical activity and the neighborhood built environment: a contextual perspective
Context-free outcome measures, such as overall leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), are habitually applied to study the neighborhood built environment correlates of physical activity. This cross sectional st... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - September 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anna Kajosaari and Tiina E. Laatikainen Tags: Research Source Type: research

Gridded population survey sampling: a systematic scoping review of the field and strategic research agenda
In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), household survey data are a main source of information for planning, evaluation, and decision-making. Standard surveys are based on censuses, however, for many LMIC... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - September 9, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Dana R. Thomson, Dale A. Rhoda, Andrew J. Tatem and Marcia C. Castro Tags: Review Source Type: research

Detecting multiple spatial disease clusters: information criterion and scan statistic approach
Detecting the geographical tendency for the presence of a disease or incident is, particularly at an early stage, a key challenge for preventing severe consequences. Given recent rapid advancements in informat... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - September 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kunihiko Takahashi and Hideyasu Shimadzu Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

A multimethod approach for county-scale geospatial analysis of emerging infectious diseases: a cross-sectional case study of COVID-19 incidence in Germany
As of 13 July 2020, 12.9 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide. Prior studies have demonstrated that local socioeconomic and built environment characteristics may significantly contribute to vira... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - August 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christopher Scarpone, Sebastian T. Brinkmann, Tim Gro ße, Daniel Sonnenwald, Martin Fuchs and Blake Byron Walker Tags: Research Source Type: research

Virtual audits of the urban streetscape: comparing the inter-rater reliability of GigaPan ® to Google Street View
Although previous research has highlighted the association between the built environment and individual health, methodological challenges in assessing the built environment remain. In particular, many research... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - August 12, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Katherine N. Bromm, Ian-Marshall Lang, Erica E. Twardzik, Cathy L. Antonakos, Tamara Dubowitz and Natalie Colabianchi Tags: Research Source Type: research

Estimating health service utilization potential using the supply-concentric demand-accumulation spatial availability index: a pulmonary rehabilitation case study
The potential for a population at a given location to utilize a health service can be estimated using a newly developed measure called the supply-concentric demand accumulation (SCDA) spatial availability inde... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - August 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kevin A. Matthews, Anne H. Gaglioti, James B. Holt, Anne G. Wheaton and Janet B. Croft Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Prediction of hospital visits for the general inpatient care using floating catchment area methods: a reconceptualization of spatial accessibility
The adequate allocation of inpatient care resources requires assumptions about the need for health care and how this need will be met. However, in current practice, these assumptions are often based on outdate... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - July 27, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: J. Bauer, D. Klingelh öfer, W. Maier, L. Schwettmann and D. A. Groneberg Tags: Research Source Type: research

Modeling spatial access to cervical cancer screening services in Ondo State, Nigeria
Women in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) remain at high risk of developing cervical cancer and have limited access to screening programs. The limits include geographical barriers related to road networ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - July 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kathleen Stewart, Moying Li, Zhiyue Xia, Stephen Ayodele Adewole, Olusegun Adeyemo and Clement Adebamowo Tags: Research Source Type: research

Geostatistical COVID-19 infection risk maps for Portugal
The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has simultaneous time and space dynamics. This behaviour results from a complex combination of factors, including social ones, which lead to significant differences ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - July 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Leonardo Azevedo, Maria Jo ão Pereira, Manuel C. Ribeiro and Amílcar Soares Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Street masking: a network-based geographic mask for easily protecting geoprivacy
Geographic masks are techniques used to protect individual privacy in published maps but are highly under-utilized in research. This leads to continual violations of individual privacy, as sensitive health rec... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - July 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David Swanlund, Nadine Schuurman, Paul Zandbergen and Mariana Brussoni Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Improving geographical accessibility modeling for operational use by local health actors
Geographical accessibility to health facilities remains one of the main barriers to access care in rural areas of the developing world. Although methods and tools exist to model geographic accessibility, the l... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - July 6, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Felana Angella Ihantamalala, Vincent Herbreteau, Christophe R évillion, Mauricianot Randriamihaja, Jérémy Commins, Tanjona Andréambeloson, Feno H. Rafenoarimalala, Andriamihaja Randrianambinina, Laura F. Cordier, Matthew H. Bonds and Andres Garchitore Tags: Research Source Type: research

A spatially explicit analysis of chronic diseases in small areas: a case study of diabetes in Santiago, Chile
There is a strong spatial correlation between demographics and chronic diseases in urban areas. Thus, most of the public policies aimed at improving prevention plans and optimizing the allocation of resources ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ricardo Crespo, Claudio Alvarez, Ignacio Hernandez and Christian Garc ía Tags: Research Source Type: research

The association between spatial access to physical activity facilities within home and workplace neighborhoods and time spent on physical activities: evidence from Guangzhou, China
Urban residents from the developing world have increasingly adopted a sedentary lifestyle and spend less time on physical activities (PA). Previous studies on the association between PA facilities and individu... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ye Liu, Xiaoge Wang, Suhong Zhou and Wenjie Wu Tags: Research Source Type: research