scholarly journals Place and Health Infrastructure in the Gulf Cooperation Council: A Systematic Scoping Review of GIS Applications in Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dari Alhuwail ◽  
Saad AlSharrah ◽  
Neil T Coffee ◽  
Faisal H Al-Refaei ◽  
Mark Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Place And Health

The rising burden of non-communicable diseases is taxing health systems globally. Using data science and information systems is necessary to support public health practices. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are key to inform and help guide public health policies related to place (i.e. location or where one lives) and how it affects health. Despite the increasing use of GIS for public health globally, its applications to health in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states remains largely unknown. This systematic scoping review aimed to uncover how GIS has been used in the GCC states to understand “place” and “health”. A comprehensive search of the literature was performed in PubMed, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, ScienceDirect, Embase, IEEE Xplore, and ACM Digital Library during June 2020. All journal articles involving the use of GIS for human health applications in the GCC states published in English in peerreviewed scientific journals were considered. After removing duplicates and applying eligibility criteria, qualitative content analysis was performed for 24 of 630 studies. GIS uses in the GCC states were categorized as health access and planning (n=9), health risk analysis (n=8), disease surveillance (n=6) and community health profiling (n=1). The majority of the uncovered evidence in this study focused on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results of this study indicate a deficiency of published evidence regarding the use of GIS in support of public health in other GCC states. This stands to compromise planning and strategic decision making in health risk analysis, disease surveillance, community health profiling, health services provision and health interventions.

Public health risk analysis of European bat lyssavirus infection in The Netherlands

2008 ◽  
Vol 137 (6) ◽  
pp. 803-809 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. TAKUMI ◽  
P. H. C. LINA ◽  
W. H. M. VAN DER POEL ◽  
J. A. KRAMPS ◽  
J. W. B. VAN DER GIESSEN
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Public Health Risk ◽  
Northern Half ◽  
Viral Particles ◽  
Bat Rabies ◽  
Eptesicus Serotinus

SUMMARYWe present the frequency and the nature of contact incidents of the Serotine bat,Eptesicus serotinus, with humans and with companion animals (specifically cats and dogs), in The Netherlands between 2000 and 2005. Out of 17 bats in bite contact with humans, five tested positive for European bat lyssavirus (EBLV) type 1a. Cats had the most numerous contacts with bats (49 times) but a relatively low number of these bats were EBLV positive (six times). We estimated that the average incidence of human bat rabies infection might be between once per year and once per 700 years, depending mainly on the number of infectious viral particles in bat saliva. The risk of bat rabies is higher between April and October, and in the northern half of the country. This is the first study in Europe describing the risk of human bat rabies after bat contact incidents.

scholarly journals Communicable disease surveillance, prevention and control in Latvia

2004 ◽  
Vol 8 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Bormane ◽  
I Lucenko ◽  
J Perevoščikovs
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Communicable Diseases ◽  
And Control

The Latvian public health service dates back to 1947. The Sanitary Epidemiological Service, created in Soviet times, provided two main functions – assessment of health risk factors, including surveillance of communicable diseases, and inspection.

Assessing Utilization and Effectiveness in Public Participative and Volunteered Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Data

2019 ◽  
pp. 594-606
Author(s):  
April Moreno ◽  
Sarah Osailan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Stakeholder Groups

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can serve as a planning tool to promote community health at many levels, such as the policy, organizational and public levels. The Brownfields to Healthfields (B2H) program involves creating new opportunities to support community public health, including the development of park spaces and new hospital facilities. However, there was no existing portal for organizations to access a map of brownfields data to meet the required criteria of the organization in seeking a space for transformation to a “healthfield” or other public services facility. Since the various types of community and demographic data were scattered, it was necessary to combine the data in a web application available to all stakeholders. This paper discusses the utilization of a new concept of operation, which includes participative and volunteered approaches that are addressed to include the contribution of various stakeholder groups, and to further improve planning for public health.

Assessing Utilization and Effectiveness in Public Participative and Volunteered Geographic Information Systems for Environmental Data

2019 ◽  
pp. 1234-1246
Author(s):  
April Moreno ◽  
Sarah Osailan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Stakeholder Groups

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can serve as a planning tool to promote community health at many levels, such as the policy, organizational and public levels. The Brownfields to Healthfields (B2H) program involves creating new opportunities to support community public health, including the development of park spaces and new hospital facilities. However, there was no existing portal for organizations to access a map of brownfields data to meet the required criteria of the organization in seeking a space for transformation to a “healthfield” or other public services facility. Since the various types of community and demographic data were scattered, it was necessary to combine the data in a web application available to all stakeholders. This paper discusses the utilization of a new concept of operation, which includes participative and volunteered approaches that are addressed to include the contribution of various stakeholder groups, and to further improve planning for public health.

Information systems in support of public health in high-income countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa ◽  
Liam Smeeth
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Healthcare Intervention ◽  
Healthcare Interventions

Public health activities are dependent on the availability of information and ability to disseminate information to clinicians/healthcare providers, individuals, and communities. The increasing computerization of healthcare systems can offer opportunities to improve these activities. Databases of electronic healthcare records are used for disease surveillance and monitoring healthcare interventions. The quality and quantity of reporting of notifiable diseases may be improved by regular review of the electronic healthcare records. Randomized trials that recruit patients at the point of care and use electronic healthcare records for collection of follow-up information can be used to test the effectiveness of healthcare intervention in routine clinical practice. Cluster trials that randomize different clinics or regions can compare different public health policies and improve the evidence base for the pragmatic use of public health interventions. Data generated within clinical information systems can be used to provide feedback and guidance to clinicians and patients as part of clinical care. Better information systems providing data on risks and benefits of healthcare interventions will provide an important impetus to evidence-based public health.

Adding Human Health Risk Analysis Tools to Geographic Information Systems

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdi L. Hellweger ◽  
Lesley Hay Wilson ◽  
Eugenia M. Naranjo ◽  
Paul J. Anid
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Health Risk ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Analysis Tools

scholarly journals Facilitating Healthier Eating at Restaurants: A Multidisciplinary Scoping Review Comparing Strategies, Barriers, Motivators, and Outcomes by Restaurant Type and Initiator

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1479
Author(s):  
Melissa Fuster ◽  
Margaret A. Handley ◽  
Tamara Alam ◽  
Lee Ann Fullington ◽  
Brian Elbel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Important Food ◽  
Promotion Strategies ◽  
Improve Community Health

Restaurants are understudied yet increasingly important food environment institutions for tackling diet-related diseases. This scoping review analyzes research and gray literature (n = 171 records) to assess which healthy eating promotion strategies have been implemented in restaurants and the associated motivations, barriers, and outcomes, compared by restaurant type (corporate/chain vs. independently owned restaurants) and initiator (restaurant-initiated vs. investigator-initiated). We found that the most commonly reported strategy was the increase of generally healthy offerings and the promotion of such offerings. Changes in food availability were more common among corporate restaurants and initiated by restaurants, while environmental facilitators were more commonly initiated by investigators and associated with independently owned restaurants. Aside from those associated with revenue, motivations and barriers for healthy eating promoting strategies varied by restaurant type. While corporate restaurants were also motivated by public health criticism, independently owned restaurants were motivated by interests to improve community health. Revenue concerns were followed by food sourcing issues in corporate restaurants and lack of interest among independently owned restaurants. Among reporting sources, most outcomes were revenue positive. This study shows the need for practice-based evidence and accounting for restaurant business models to tailor interventions and policies for sustained positive changes in these establishments.

scholarly journals Digital technology and disease surveillance in the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e053962
Author(s):  
Lorie Donelle ◽  
Jodi Hall ◽  
Brad Hiebert ◽  
Jacob J Shelley ◽  
Maxwell J Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Disease Prevention ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Digital Surveillance ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Media Channels

IntroductionInfectious diseases pose a risk to public health, requiring efficient strategies for disease prevention. Digital health surveillance technologies provide new opportunities to enhance disease prevention, detection, tracking, reporting and analysis. However, in addition to concerns regarding the effectiveness of these technologies in meeting public health goals, there are also concerns regarding the ethics, legality, safety and sustainability of digital surveillance technologies. This scoping review examines the literature on digital surveillance for public health purposes during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify health-related applications of digital surveillance technologies, and to highlight discussions of the implications of these technologies.Methods and analysisThe scoping review will be guided by the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley and the guidelines outlined by Colquhoun et al and Levac et al. We will search Medline (Ovid), PsycInfo, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL (EBSCOhost), ACM Digital Library, Google Scholar and IEEE Explore for relevant studies published between December 2019 and December 2020. The review will also include grey literature. Data will be managed and analysed through an extraction table and thematic analysis.Ethics and disseminationFindings will be disseminated through traditional academic channels, as well as social media channels and research briefs and infographics. We will target our dissemination to provincial and federal public health organisations, as well as technology companies and community-based organisations managing the public response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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