ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
Using Google Earth as an innovative tool for community mapping.
Article in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Validity of secondary retail food outlet data: a systematic review.American journal of preventive medicine · 2013Pooled it
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- Agreement between a web collaborative dataset and an administrative dataset to assess the retail food environment in Mexico.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Exploring the Retail Food Environment Surrounding Two Secondary Schools with Predominantly Pacific Populations in Tonga and New Zealand to Enable the Development of Mapping Methods Appropriate for Testing in a Classroom.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Geographic Distribution of Healthy Resources and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.Maternal and child health journal · 2016Article
- Spatial and temporal changes in household structure locations using high-resolution satellite imagery for population assessment: an analysis in southern Zambia, 2006-2011.Geospatial health · 2016Article
- The role of prehealth student volunteers at a student-run free clinic in New York, United States.Journal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2015Article
- Differences in access to services in rural emergency departments of Quebec and Ontario.PloS one · 2015Article
- It's Your Game…Keep It Real: can innovative public health prevention research thrive within a comparative effectiveness research framework?The journal of primary prevention · 2013Article
- Tracking the polio virus down the Congo River: a case study on the use of Google Earth in public health planning and mapping.International journal of health geographics · 2009Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Maps are used to track diseases and illustrate the social context of health problems. However, commercial mapping software requires special training. This article illustrates how nonspecialists used Google Earth, a free program, to create community maps. The Bronx, New York, is characterized by high levels of obesity and diabetes. Residents and medical students measured the variety and quality of food and exercise sources around a residency training clinic and a student-run free clinic, using Google Earth to create maps with minimal assistance. Locations were identified using street addresses or simply by pointing to them on a map. Maps can be shared via e-mail, viewed online with Google Earth or Google Maps, and the data can be incorporated into other mapping software.
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