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ArticleJournal of community health2009

Methodological complexities and the use of GIS in conducting a community needs assessment of a large U.S. municipality.

Michael J Kazda, Elizabeth Rossmann Beel, Dorian Villegas, Jessica Good Martinez, Nita Patel, Witold Migala

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Article in Journal of community health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Michael J KazdaEpidemiology & Assessment Division, City of Fort Worth Public Health Department, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Elizabeth Rossmann Beel
Dorian Villegas
Jessica Good Martinez
Nita Patel
Witold Migala

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reliable assessment of health and social needs within a community ensures that local input drives strategic planning and programmatic decisions. Results are used to determine the priorities and focus of local public health departments and to support the activities of health and social service agencies. We utilized a geographic information system in the planning, administration, and analysis of a recent community needs assessment to ensure a reliable and randomly distributed sample of a diverse urban population and to allow for small geographic area analysis of disease prevalence data. Collection of location data at the time of the 3,361 face-to-face assessment interviews allowed for the association of spatial data with measures of health conditions and behaviors. Results of the assessment indicated a need for public health programs designed to address emerging public health concerns in the community. Incorporating a spatial component in analyses of morbidity and needs assessment data allows for efficient integration of demographic and socio-economic census data and permits ad hoc analyses of varied and changing geographic strata.

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Community Health PlanningGeographic Information SystemsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedNeeds AssessmentUnited StatesYoung Adult

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