Visual localisation of community health needs to rational decision-making in public health services Export

@article{Kaneko2003, abstract = {The objectives were to visualise the locations of community health needs and to develop a community health needs assessment geographic information system (GIS) for rational decision-making in public health services. We compiled census data, digital data of basic planning maps, digital data of topographic maps, contents of registers of medical and welfare facilities, and statistics of establishments into a geographical database; visualised geographical distributions of specific community health needs by integrating sets of indicators to reflect individual needs; and quantified their clustering by the nearest neighbour method. The database aggregated 3400 items of demographic, life and environmental factors. Thematic maps and clustering values showed different patterns of geographical distribution of the individual community needs. Means to match needs with services in smaller geographical units were discussed. This GIS will support appropriate resource allocation, intersectoral collaboration and greater transparency in planning and implementing services, by visualising locations of community health needs.}, author = {Kaneko, Y. and Takano, T. and Nakamura, K.}, citeulike-article-id = {1130059}, journal = {Health Place}, keywords = {administrationstatistics, adolescent, adult, and, atlas, community, control, data, databases, decision, demand, demography, diseasesprevention, factual, female, geriatrics, govt, health, humans, making, male, maternal, needs, non-us, numerical, promotion, public, research, services, servicesorganization, sexually, statistics, support, tokyo, transmitted}, month = {Sep}, number = {3}, pages = {241--51}, posted-at = {2007-02-28 15:56:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Visual localisation of community health needs to rational decision-making in public health services}, volume = {9}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - Kaneko2003 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1130059 N2 - The objectives were to visualise the locations of community health needs and to develop a community health needs assessment geographic information system (GIS) for rational decision-making in public health services. We compiled census data, digital data of basic planning maps, digital data of topographic maps, contents of registers of medical and welfare facilities, and statistics of establishments into a geographical database; visualised geographical distributions of specific community health needs by integrating sets of indicators to reflect individual needs; and quantified their clustering by the nearest neighbour method. The database aggregated 3400 items of demographic, life and environmental factors. Thematic maps and clustering values showed different patterns of geographical distribution of the individual community needs. Means to match needs with services in smaller geographical units were discussed. This GIS will support appropriate resource allocation, intersectoral collaboration and greater transparency in planning and implementing services, by visualising locations of community health needs. IS - 3 JF - Health Place EP - 51 TI - Visual localisation of community health needs to rational decision-making in public health services VL - 9 SP - 241 KW - administrationstatistics KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - and KW - atlas KW - community KW - control KW - data KW - databases KW - decision KW - demand KW - demography KW - diseasesprevention KW - factual KW - female KW - geriatrics KW - govt KW - health KW - humans KW - making KW - male KW - maternal KW - needs KW - non-us KW - numerical KW - promotion KW - public KW - research KW - services KW - servicesorganization KW - sexually KW - statistics KW - support KW - tokyo KW - transmitted AU - Kaneko, Y AU - Takano, T AU - Nakamura, K PY - 2003/Sep// ER -