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ArticleInternational journal of health geographics2016

Utilization of Google enterprise tools to georeference survey data among hard-to-reach groups: strategic application in international settings.

Leo Beletsky, Jaime Arredondo, Dan Werb, Alicia Vera, Daniela Abramovitz, Joseph J Amon, Kimberly C Brouwer, Steffanie A Strathdee, Tommi L Gaines

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Article in International journal of health geographics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Impact of Public Safety Policies on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission Dynamics in Tijuana, Mexico.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Leo BeletskyNortheastern University School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences, 400 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA. leob@alumni.brown.edu.
Jaime ArredondoDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Dan WerbDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alicia VeraDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Daniela AbramovitzDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Joseph J AmonHealth and Human Rights Division, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, USA.
Kimberly C BrouwerDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Steffanie A StrathdeeDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Tommi L GainesDivision of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Funding

Impact of Drug Policy Reform on the HIV Risk Environment among IDUs in TijuanaR37DA019829 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI STRATHDEE, STEFFANIE A. · 2010 to 2019
$6.7M
Police Training to Reduce Occupational Needlesticks and HIV among Substance UsersR01DA039073 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BELETSKY, LEO, STRATHDEE, STEFFANIE A. · 2015 to 2019
$3.2M
Preventing HIV by modifying the context for injecting initiationDP2DA040256 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI WERB, DANIEL M · 2015 to 2015
$2.3M
Modeling the Complex Dynamics between Behaviors and Environments Shaping HIV/STIsK01DA034523 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GAINES, TOMMI LYNN · 2012 to 2016
$905k
CIHR MOP-79297NIDA NIH HHS DP2 DA040256NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA034523NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA039073NIDA NIH HHS R37 DA019829
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs geospatial data have become increasingly integral to health and human rights research, their collection using formal address designations or paper maps has been complicated by numerous factors, including poor cartographic literacy, nomenclature imprecision, and human error. As part of a longitudinal study of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico, respondents were prompted to georeference specific experiences.

resultsAt baseline, only about one third of the 737 participants were native to Tijuana, underscoring prevalence of migration/deportation experience. Areas frequented typically represented locations with no street address (e.g. informal encampments). Through web-based cartographic technology and participatory mapping, this study was able to overcome the use of vernacular names and difficulties mapping liminal spaces in generating georeferenced data points that were subsequently analyzed in other research.

conclusionIntegrating low-threshold virtual navigation as part of data collection can enhance investigations of mobile populations, informal settlements, and other locations in research into structural production of health at low- or no cost. However, further research into user experience is warranted.

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Geographic Information SystemsInternationalityResearch DesignSearch EngineFemaleHealth ResourcesHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMexicoSubstance Abuse, IntravenousSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesVulnerable PopulationsData collectionInnovationLiminal spacesResource-poor settingsTechnologyToolsVulnerable groups

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PMCPMC4964042

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