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APHEO GIS Interest Group Environmental Scan

APHEO GIS Interest Group Environmental Scan. May 1, 2008. Demographics . 22 Surveys Completed 77.3% Public Health Units 59% Epidemiologists Others include Spatial Analysts, Health Analysts, Professors Primary User Role 54.5% -- Analyst/Technical. Education.

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APHEO GIS Interest Group Environmental Scan

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  1. APHEO GIS Interest Group Environmental Scan May 1, 2008

  2. Demographics • 22 Surveys Completed • 77.3% Public Health Units • 59% Epidemiologists • Others include Spatial Analysts, Health Analysts, Professors • Primary User Role • 54.5% -- Analyst/Technical

  3. Education • 64% have a Masters in Epidemiology • 13.6% have a Bachelors in Geography • 27.3% have a Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma in GIS

  4. GIS Training • 41% received training in post graduate level geospatial methods • GIS in Public Health, Spatial Epidemiology, Geospatial, Interpolation, Regression Modeling, Spatial Statistics, Cluster Analysis, Spatial Modeling, Remote Sensing • 54% received vendor specific training • ESRI, APHEO Workshop, Intergraph Intro to GeoMedia,

  5. Knowledge, Application and Experience • Knowledge and application of GIS • 82% have at least some knowledge • 18% are very experienced • Hands-on GIS experience • 32% are quite/very experienced • 41% have at some experience

  6. GIS at Work • 13% -- Daily • 18% -- Weekly • 27% -- Monthly • 23% -- do not use

  7. Analytical Methods and Techniques • 79% -- Exploratory Data Analysis • 77% -- Geocoding Techniques • 59% -- Buffering, Vector Overlays • 32% -- Cluster Analysis, Spatial Autocorrelation • 27% -- Raster or Grid Analysis • 27% -- Network Analysis • 27% -- Interpolation methods

  8. GIS Projects • Mapping • Census data by DA • cases/rates of disease, • locations of facilities • tobacco vendors within 2 km radius of schools • adverse water results • Vector-Borne Surveillance (WNv, Lyme) • Early Years EDI Data • Emergency Medical Services Ambulance Mapping • Beach Monitoring and Surveillance • Inspection Boundary Re-Districting • Boil Water Advisory Logistics • Pandemic Planning, • Client Distribution Mapping. • Neighbourhood analysis • Niday data - calculated distance traveled to delivery hospital • Generate Ward profiles, to map reproductive and other health data by Wards • Development of interactive mapping function for inTool • Small area mapping of cancer risk, as well as risk assessment of the possible relationship between environmental exposures and cancer

  9. Software Use, Familiarity, Skill • Software used to access/process/map • 82% ESRI (ArcGIS) • 14% Open Source GIS or Other

  10. Implementation of OPHS and PHAS Protocol • Can we meet the spatial expectations presented in the new standards/protocols? • 50% said yes, 36% said no • Does your organization have policies and procedures specific to the use of GIS? • 18% said yes, 68% said no • Is there a need for standardization of spatial activities and/or indicators? • 73% said yes, 18% said no

  11. APHEO GIS Interest Group • Why did you Join? • 86% -- General • 46% -- New analytical methods • 32% -- Core indicator development • 73% -- Promoting the use of GIS in public health • 54% -- Access GIS support

  12. APHEO GIS Interest Group • Focus • Standardizing processes so that there is the ability to compare between PHU's, LHINs, etc. • Establishing a basis level of proficiency in each organization • Coordinate educational sessions to increase awareness, knowledge and use of GIS in public health units • Putting together some sort of resource list for members to access • Analysis issues • Skills development • Development of spatial indicators • Develoment of an inventory of what has been done • Sharing of templates/worksheets that can be used by others • Exploring potential for advanced spatial analysis • Immediate and long-term training needs • Methods of expanding the use of GIS in public health

  13. APHEO GIS Interest Group • Ideas for education topics • Demonstration of ArcView • Basic cartography • Basic spatial data handling - creating geospatial databases • Software for statistical approaches • Geocoding , address cleaning, standardization • Available data sources and what you can do with them • Case studies - use of GIS in public health (local, relevant topics) • Learning about/how to incorporate enhanced graphics • Advanced GIS tips and tools • Interactive mapping tools for on-line mapping • Cluster analysis and spatial statistics • Potential uses of GIS in infectious diseases surveillance given limitations of low numbers and limited resource • Interfaces with other software • Time series and trend analysis using GIS

  14. APHEO GIS Interest Group • APHEO Website • 32% feel that it is VERY important to enhance the GIS Interest Group presence • 41% feel that it is important • 23% feel that it is of moderate importance

  15. APHEO GIS Interest Group • Elements that should be included on the Website: • Examples of members work • Calendar of GIS Events, Upcoming educational sessions • FAQs for mapping in Public Health • Data Acquisition and Quality issues • Links to product help sites, Presentations, PDF's, Lectures, Reference Material Categorized, GIS Data Sources • Portals devoted to specific areas of GIS and Public Health • Focus on Public Health Web Mapping Applications • Policies and procedures • GIS-specific indicators • Standards and Best Practices • Contact info of expert users, so people can ask questions

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