Geospatial Analysis of Public Health (Page 1 to 50)

Abstract

Present book provides a research based study on vector borne disease in India through geospatial technology. The studies focused on the infectious disease i sub-tropical and ho humid environment. The present book also gathers creative research on geomedical applications using remote sensing and GIS technology. In this book, we have analyzed the basic concept and role of remote sensing, GIS and vector borne disease. Also, the present book represents the modern trends of geospatial technology in infectious disease risk assessment with appropriate illustration, statistical modelling and examples. This book comprises with spatial data, GIS, and spatial statistics to describe and interpret distributions of health related outcomes in public health problems. Chapters 1 and 2, provides an overview of spatial issues in public health, an introduction to typical analytical methods in epidemiology, and an introduction to basic issues in geographical science. In Chap. 3, we have merged the ideas of geography and statistics through exploration of methods, challenges, and approaches associated with mapping disease data. In Chap. 4, have provide an introduction to image processing techniques and methods for the analysis of spatial data and extend them to a particular issue of identifying disease cluster which is often in interest in public health. Chapter 5 described about the ecological pattern and its associated with the vector borne disease pattern. In Chaps. 6 and 7 focused on the disease risk analysis and health-care planning policy. Finally, we have discussed several issues and challenges of policy implementation undertaken to control the diseases using space technology.