Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Explaining the geography of infant health -- An introduction to GIS (all things data) -- An introduction to GIS (all things spatial) -- The geography of health risks -- GIS and spatial analysis: keeping it simple -- Advanced spatial analysis -- Spatial/temporal stability in neighborhoods of risk: patient confidentiality -- Creating the baton rouge healthy start GIS -- Bioterrorism, pregnancy, and old white men -- Rural health issues and their investigation in a GIS -- About the authors -- Index
Summary
"This book provides an overview of why geography is important in the investigation of health, the importance of the main components of a GIS, how important neighborhood context is when using a GIS, and the general differences found between urban and rural health environments"--Provided by publisher
