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Use of mobile technology-based participatory mapping approaches to geolocate health facility attendees for disease surveillance in low resource settings
Identifying fine-scale spatial patterns of disease is essential for effective disease control and elimination programmes. In low resource areas without formal addresses, novel strategies are needed to locate ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kimberly M. Fornace, Henry Surendra, Tommy Rowel Abidin, Ralph Reyes, Maria L. M. Macalinao, Gillian Stresman, Jennifer Luchavez, Riris A. Ahmad, Supargiyono Supargiyono, Fe Espino, Chris J. Drakeley and Jackie Cook Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

A log-Weibull spatial scan statistic for time to event data
Spatial scan statistics have been used for the identification of geographic clusters of elevated numbers of cases of a condition such as disease outbreaks. These statistics accompanied by the appropriate distr... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Iram Usman and Rhonda J. Rosychuk Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Food environments and dietary intakes among adults: does the type of spatial exposure measurement matter? A systematic review
The relationships between food environments and dietary intake have been assessed via a range of methodologically diverse measures of spatial exposure to food outlets, resulting in a largely inconclusive body ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alexia Bivoltsis, Eleanor Cervigni, Gina Trapp, Matthew Knuiman, Paula Hooper and Gina Leslie Ambrosini Tags: Review Source Type: research

Ambient air quality and spatio-temporal patterns of cardiovascular emergency department visits
Air pollutants have been associated with various adverse health effects, including increased rates of hospital admissions and emergency room visits. Although numerous time-series studies and case-crossover stu... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eun-Hye Yoo, Patrick Brown and Youngseob Eum Tags: Research Source Type: research

Stress experiences in neighborhood and social environments (SENSE): a pilot study to integrate the quantified self with citizen science to improve the built environment and health
Identifying elements of one ’s environment—observable and unobservable—that contribute to chronic stress including the perception of comfort and discomfort associated with different settings, presents many meth... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - June 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Benjamin W. Chrisinger and Abby C. King Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Differences in physical environmental characteristics between adolescents ’ actual and shortest cycling routes: a study using a Google Street View-based audit
The objective evaluation of the physical environmental characteristics (e.g. speed limit, cycling infrastructure) along adolescents ’ actual cycling routes remains understudied, although it may provide importan... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hannah Verhoeven, Linde Van Hecke, Delfien Van Dyck, Tim Baert, Nico Van de Weghe, Peter Clarys, Benedicte Deforche and Jelle Van Cauwenberg Tags: Research Source Type: research

Spatially explicit assessment of heat health risk by using multi-sensor remote sensing images and socioeconomic data in Yangtze River Delta, China
The increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events, which are potentially associated with climate change in the near future, highlights the importance of heat health risk assessment, a signific... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 25, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Qian Chen, Mingjun Ding, Xuchao Yang, Kejia Hu and Jiaguo Qi Tags: Research Source Type: research

A cross-sectional ecological analysis of international and sub-national health inequalities in commercial geospatial resource availability
Commercial geospatial data resources are frequently used to understand healthcare utilisation. Although there is widespread evidence of a digital divide for other digital resources and infra-structure, it is u... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Winfred Dotse-Gborgbortsi, Nicola Wardrop, Ademola Adewole, Mair L. H. Thomas and Jim Wright Tags: Research Source Type: research

Association between number of institutions with coronary computed tomography angiography and regional mortality ratio of acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide ecological study using a spatial Bayesian model
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) has demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for detection of coronary artery stenosis, and healthcare providers can detect coronary artery disease in earlier stages... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hideaki Kawaguchi, Soichi Koike, Ryota Sakurai and Kazuhiko Ohe Tags: Research Source Type: research

Quantifying multi-dimensional attributes of human activities at various geographic scales based on smartphone tracking
Advancement in location-aware technologies, and information and communication technology in the past decades has furthered our knowledge of the interaction between human activities and the built environment. A... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Xiaolu Zhou and Dongying Li Tags: Research Source Type: research

Residential scene classification for gridded population sampling in developing countries using deep convolutional neural networks on satellite imagery
Conducting surveys in low- and middle-income countries is often challenging because many areas lack a complete sampling frame, have outdated census information, or have limited data available for designing and... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Robert F. Chew, Safaa Amer, Kasey Jones, Jennifer Unangst, James Cajka, Justine Allpress and Mark Bruhn Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Evaluation of threshold selection methods for adaptive kernel density estimation in disease mapping
Maps of disease rates produced without careful consideration of the underlying population distribution may be unreliable due to the well-known small numbers problem. Smoothing methods such as Kernel Density Es... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 8, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Warangkana Ruckthongsook, Chetan Tiwari, Joseph R. Oppong and Prathiba Natesan Tags: Methodology Source Type: research

Evaluating neighborhood structures for modeling intercity diffusion of large-scale dengue epidemics
Dengue fever is a vector-borne infectious disease that is transmitted by contact between vector mosquitoes and susceptible hosts. The literature has addressed the issue on quantifying the effect of individual ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - May 3, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tzai-Hung Wen, Ching-Shun Hsu and Ming-Che Hu Tags: Research Source Type: research

Intelligent judgements over health risks in a spatial agent-based model
Millions of people worldwide are exposed to deadly infectious diseases on a regular basis. Breaking news of the Zika outbreak for instance, made it to the main media titles internationally. Perceiving disease ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - March 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shaheen A. Abdulkareem, Ellen-Wien Augustijn, Yaseen T. Mustafa and Tatiana Filatova Tags: Research Source Type: research

Geostatistical modelling of the association between malaria and child growth in Africa
Undernutrition among children under 5 years of age continues to be a public health challenge in many low- and middle-income countries and can lead to growth stunting. Infectious diseases may also affect child ... (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - February 27, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Benjamin Amoah, Emanuele Giorgi, Daniel J. Heyes, Stef van Burren and Peter John Diggle Tags: Research Source Type: research