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  1. Although prostate cancer-related incidence and mortality have declined recently, striking racial/ethnic differences persist in the United States. Visualizing and modelling temporal trends of prostate cancer la...

    Authors: Pierre Goovaerts and Hong Xiao
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:63
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  2. Health professionals and authorities strive to cope with heterogeneous data, services, and statistical models to support decision making on public health. Sophisticated analysis and distributed processing capa...

    Authors: Pau Dominkovics, Carlos Granell, Antoni Pérez-Navarro, Martí Casals, Àngels Orcau and Joan A Caylà
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:62
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  3. Many sub-Saharan countries are confronted with persistently high levels of infant mortality because of the impact of a range of biological and social determinants. In particular, infant mortality has increased...

    Authors: Benn KD Sartorius, Kurt Sartorius, Tobias F Chirwa and Sharon Fonn
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:61
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  4. Characterizing the interface between wild and domestic animal populations is increasingly recognized as essential in the context of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) that are transmitted by wildlife. More sp...

    Authors: Julien Cappelle, Nicolas Gaidet, Samuel A Iverson, John Y Takekawa, Scott H Newman, Bouba Fofana and Marius Gilbert
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:60
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  5. Various studies show major regional differences in the prevalence of cardio-vascular disease morbidity and mortality, both in Europe and within European countries. In Austria, these differences are documented ...

    Authors: Katharina V Stein, Anita Rieder and Thomas E Dorner
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:59
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  6. Many Canadian population health studies, including those focusing on the relationship between exposure to air pollution and health, have operationalized neighbourhoods at the census tract scale. At the same ti...

    Authors: Marie-Pierre Parenteau and Michael C Sawada
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:58
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  7. World maps are among the most effective ways to convey public health messages such as recommended vaccinations, but creating a useful and valid map requires careful deliberation. The changing epidemiology of h...

    Authors: Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah, Kathryn H Jacobsen and Steven T Wiersma
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:57
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  8. Respondent-driven sampling(RDS) is an increasingly widely used variant of a link tracing design for recruiting hidden populations. The role of the spatial distribution of the target population has not been rob...

    Authors: Nicky McCreesh, Lisa G Johnston, Andrew Copas, Pam Sonnenberg, Janet Seeley, Richard J Hayes, Simon DW Frost and Richard G White
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:56
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  9. Drowning is a constant global problem which claims approximately half a million victims worldwide each year, whereas the number of near-drowning victims is considerably higher. Public health strategies to redu...

    Authors: David A Groneberg, Ute Schilling, Cristian Scutaru, Stefanie Uibel, Simona Zitnik, Daniel Mueller, Doris Klingelhoefer and Beatrix Kloft
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:55
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  10. Disease maps of crude rates from routinely collected health data indexed at a small geographical resolution pose specific statistical problems due to the sparse nature of the data. Spatial smoothers allow area...

    Authors: Kristen H Hampton, Marc L Serre, Dionne C Gesink, Christopher D Pilcher and William C Miller
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:54
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  11. For many years, the detection of clusters has been of great public health interest. Several detection methods have been developed, the most famous of which is the circular scan method. The present study, which...

    Authors: Stéphanie Goujon-Bellec, Claire Demoury, Aurélie Guyot-Goubin, Denis Hémon and Jacqueline Clavel
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:53
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. Geographically weighted Poisson regression (GWPR) was applied to the relation between cervical cancer disease incidence rates in England and socio-economic deprivation, social status and family structure covar...

    Authors: Edith MY Cheng, Peter M Atkinson and Arjan K Shahani
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:51
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  14. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is a major public health problem caused by various factors. It is essential to systematically investigate the epidemiological and, in particular, the ecological factors of D...

    Authors: Yunxia Liu, Shiwen Jiang, Yanxun Liu, Rui Wang, Xiao LI, Zhongshang Yuan, Lixia Wang and Fuzhong Xue
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:50
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  15. The continuing spread of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus in Europe is of increasing public health concern due to the potential risk of new outbreaks of exotic vector-borne diseases that this species can...

    Authors: Markus Neteler, David Roiz, Duccio Rocchini, Cristina Castellani and Annapaola Rizzoli
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:49
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  16. Protection of public health from rabies is informed by the analysis of surveillance data from human and animal populations. In Canada, public health, agricultural and wildlife agencies at the provincial and fe...

    Authors: Erin E Rees, Bruno Gendron, Frédérick Lelièvre, Nathalie Coté and Denise Bélanger
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:48
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  17. Kulldorff's spatial scan statistic for aggregated area maps searches for clusters of cases without specifying their size (number of areas) or geographic location in advance. Their statistical significance is t...

    Authors: Alexandre CL Almeida, Anderson R Duarte, Luiz H Duczmal, Fernando LP Oliveira and Ricardo HC Takahashi
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:47
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  18. People who die from heart disease at home before any attempt at transport has been made may represent missed opportunities for life-saving medical intervention. In this study, we undertook a point-pattern spat...

    Authors: Elizabeth Barnett Pathak, Steven Reader, Jean Paul Tanner and Michele L Casper
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:46
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  19. This paper covers the use of depth sensors such as Microsoft Kinect and ASUS Xtion to provide a natural user interface (NUI) for controlling 3-D (three-dimensional) virtual globes such as Google Earth (includi...

    Authors: Maged N Kamel Boulos, Bryan J Blanchard, Cory Walker, Julio Montero, Aalap Tripathy and Ricardo Gutierrez-Osuna
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:45
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  20. This paper analyses the relationship between public perceptions of access to general practitioners (GPs) surgeries and hospitals against health status, car ownership and geographic distance. In so doing it exp...

    Authors: Alexis J Comber, Chris Brunsdon and Robert Radburn
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:44
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  21. The majority of studies of the local food environment in relation to obesity risk have been conducted in the US, UK, and Australia. The evidence remains limited to western societies. The aim of this paper is t...

    Authors: Tomoya Hanibuchi, Katsunori Kondo, Tomoki Nakaya, Miyo Nakade, Toshiyuki Ojima, Hiroshi Hirai and Ichiro Kawachi
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:43
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. Heatwaves present a significant health risk and the hazard is likely to escalate with the increased future temperatures presently predicted by climate change models. The impact of heatwaves is often felt stron...

    Authors: Charlie J Tomlinson, Lee Chapman, John E Thornes and Christopher J Baker
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:42
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  23. This study investigates the impact of tubewell user density on cholera and shigellosis events in Matlab, Bangladesh between 2002 and 2004. Household-level demographic, health, and water infrastructure data wer...

    Authors: Margaret Carrel, Veronica Escamilla, Jane Messina, Sophia Giebultowicz, Jennifer Winston, Mohammad Yunus, PKim Streatfield and Michael Emch
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:41
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  25. Every year, many deaths or health problems are directly linked to heat waves. Consequently, numerous jurisdictions around the world have developed intervention plans that are employed during extreme heat event...

    Authors: Steve Toutant, Pierre Gosselin, Diane Bélanger, Ray Bustinza and Sonia Rivest
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:39
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  27. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between residential exposure to fast-food entrées, using two measures of potential spatial access: proximity (distance to the nearest location) and co...

    Authors: Joseph R Sharkey, Cassandra M Johnson, Wesley R Dean and Scott A Horel
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:37
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  28. The deprived physical environments present in slums are well-known to have adverse health effects on their residents. However, little is known about the health effects of the social environments in slums. More...

    Authors: Oliver Gruebner, MdMobarak H Khan, Sven Lautenbach, Daniel Müller, Alexander Kraemer, Tobia Lakes and Patrick Hostert
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:36
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  29. Geographic profiling is a statistical tool originally developed in criminology to prioritise large lists of suspects in cases of serial crime. Here, we use two data sets - one historical and one modern - to sh...

    Authors: Steven C Le Comber, DKim Rossmo, Ali N Hassan, Douglas O Fuller and John C Beier
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:35
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  30. Trends in food retailing associated with the consolidation of smaller-format retailers into fewer, larger-format supercentres have left some rural areas with fewer sources of nutritious, affordable food. Acces...

    Authors: Richard C Sadler, Jason A Gilliland and Godwin Arku
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:34
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  31. A growing body of research emphasizes the importance of contextual factors on health outcomes. Using postcode sector data for Scotland (UK), this study tests the hypothesis of spatial heterogeneity in the rela...

    Authors: Sanjeev Sridharan, Julia Koschinsky and Jeremy J Walker
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:33
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  32. Epidemiological studies to assess risk factors for breast cancer often do not differentiate between different types of breast cancers. We applied a general linear model to determine whether data from the Surve...

    Authors: Sophie St-Hilaire, Rakesh Mandal, Amy Commendador, Sylvio Mannel and DeWayne Derryberry
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:32
    Content type: Research Published on:

  33. Parks provide ideal open spaces for leisure-time physical activity and important venues to promote physical activity. The spatial configuration of parks, the number of parks and their spatial distribution acro...

    Authors: Xingyou Zhang, Hua Lu and James B Holt
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:31
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  34. Alcohol related violence continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. In particular, there is substantial evidence of an association between alcohol outlets and assault. However, because...

    Authors: Tony H Grubesic and William Alex Pridemore
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:30
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. The Prospective Space-Time scan statistic (PST) is widely used for the evaluation of space-time clusters of point event data. Usually a window of cylindrical shape is employed, with a circular or elliptical ba...

    Authors: Luiz H Duczmal, Gladston JP Moreira, Denise Burgarelli, Ricardo HC Takahashi, Flávia CO Magalhães and Emerson C Bodevan
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:29
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  36. The severity of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa varies between and within provinces, with differences noted even at the suburban scale. We investigated the geographical variability of HIV infection in ru...

    Authors: Handan Wand, Claire Whitaker and Gita Ramjee
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:28
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  37. Authors: Rosa Puigpinós-Riera, Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo, Mercè Gotsens, Carme Borrell, Gemma Serral, Carlos Ascaso, Montse Calvo, Antonio Daponte, Felicitas M Domínguez-Berjón, Santiago Esnaola, Ana Gandarillas, Gonzalo López-Abente, Carmen M Martos, Miguel A Martínez-Beneito, Agustín Montes-Martínez, Imanol Montoya…
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:27
    Content type: Erratum Published on:

    The original article was published in International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:6

  38. Little is known about the effects of geographic variation on outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The present study investigated the relationship between population density, time between emergenc...

    Authors: Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroaki Miyata, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Seizan Tanabe, Manabu Akahane, Toshio Ogawa, Soichi Koike and Tomoaki Imamura
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:26
    Content type: Research Published on:

  39. The Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease (HFMD) is the most common infectious disease in China, its total incidence being around 500,000 ~1,000,000 cases per year. The composite space-time disease variation is the result o...

    Authors: Jin-feng Wang, Yan-Sha Guo, George Christakos, Wei-Zhong Yang, Yi-Lan Liao, Zhong-Jie LI, Xiao-Zhou LI, Sheng-Jie Lai and Hong-Yan Chen
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:25
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  40. Over the past twenty years, racial/ethnic disparities between late-stage diagnoses and mortality outcomes have widened due to disproportionate medical benefits that different racial/ethnic groups have received...

    Authors: Nancy Tian, JGaines Wilson and FBenjamin Zhan
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:24
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  41. Kulldorff's spatial scan statistic has been one of the most widely used statistical methods for automatic detection of clusters in spatial data. One limitation of this method lies in the fact that it has to re...

    Authors: Zhijun Yao, Junmei Tang and FBenjamin Zhan
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:23
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  42. Drinking water contamination, with the capability to affect large populations, poses a significant risk to public health. In recent water contamination events, the impact of contamination on public health appe...

    Authors: Adam J Haas, Darcy Gibbons, Chrissy Dangel and Steve Allgeier
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:22
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  43. Ecological niche modeling integrates known sites of occurrence of species or phenomena with data on environmental variation across landscapes to infer environmental spaces potentially inhabited (i.e., the ecol...

    Authors: Sarah Bodbyl-Roels, ATownsend Peterson and Xiangming Xiao
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:21
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  45. The goal of visual analytics is to facilitate the discourse between the user and the data by providing dynamic displays and versatile visual interaction opportunities with the data that can support analytical ...

    Authors: Maged N Kamel Boulos, Teeradache Viangteeravat, Matthew N Anyanwu, Venkateswara Ra Nagisetty and Emin Kuscu
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:19
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  46. Efforts to stem the diabetes epidemic in the United States and other countries must take into account a complex array of individual, social, economic, and built environmental factors. Increasingly, scientists ...

    Authors: John E Stewart, Sarah E Battersby, Ana Lopez-De Fede, Kevin C Remington, James W Hardin and Kathy Mayfield-Smith
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  47. Population antimicrobial use may influence resistance emergence. Resistance is an ecological phenomenon due to potential transmissibility. We investigated spatial and temporal patterns of ciprofloxacin (CIP) p...

    Authors: Carlos RV Kiffer, Eduardo CG Camargo, Silvia E Shimakura, Paulo J Ribeiro Jr, Trevor C Bailey, Antonio CC Pignatari and Antonio MV Monteiro
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. The authors analyse the spatio-temporal variations of the incidence of bladder cancer between 1973 and 2004 in Utah at the census tract level (496 areas) to highlight areas of high and low relative risks that ...

    Authors: Léa Fortunato, Juan José Abellan, Linda Beale, Sam LeFevre and Sylvia Richardson
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:16
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  49. Despite the demonstrated utility of GIS for health applications, there are perceived problems in low resource settings: GIS software can be expensive and complex; input data are often of low quality. This stud...

    Authors: Rohan P Fisher and Bronwyn A Myers
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:15
    Content type: Research Published on:

  50. Reducing childhood mortality is the fourth goal of the Millennium Development Goals agreed at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000. However, childhood mortality in developing countries remain...

    Authors: Geòrgia Escaramís, Josep L Carrasco, John J Aponte, Delino Nhalungo, Ariel Nhacolo, Pedro Alonso and Carlos Ascaso
    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2011 10:14
    Content type: Research Published on:
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