Qader, Sarchil Hama Lefebvre, Veronique Tatem, Andrew J. Pape, Utz Jochem, Warren Himelein, Kristen Ninneman, Amy Wolburg, Philip Nunez-Chaim, Gonzalo Bengtsson, Linus
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundHousehold surveys are the main source of demographic, health and socio-economic data in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). To conduct such a survey, census population information mapped into enumeration areas (EAs) typically serves a sampling frame from which to generate a random sample. However, the use of census information to ge...
Bozigar, Matthew Lawson, Andrew Pearce, John King, Kathryn Svendsen, Erik
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundEcologic health studies often rely on outcomes from health service utilization data that are limited by relatively coarse spatial resolutions and missing geographic information, particularly neighborhood level identifiers. When fine-scale geographic data are missing, the ramifications and strategies for addressing them are not well resear...
Kamel Boulos, Maged N. Geraghty, Estella M.
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International Journal of Health Geographics
In December 2019, a new virus (initially called ‘Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV’ and later renamed to SARS-CoV-2) causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (coronavirus disease COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and rapidly spread to other parts of China and other countries around the world, despite China’s massive efforts to contain t...
Wang, Jue Kwan, Mei-Po
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundPersonal privacy is a significant concern in the era of big data. In the field of health geography, personal health data are collected with geographic location information which may increase disclosure risk and threaten personal geoprivacy. Geomasking is used to protect individuals’ geoprivacy by masking the geographic location informatio...
Johnson, Olatunji Diggle, Peter Giorgi, Emanuele
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International Journal of Health Geographics
Background Life expectancy at birth (LEB), one of the main indicators of human longevity, has often been used to characterise the health status of a population. Understanding its relationships with the deprivation is key to develop policies and evaluate interventions that are aimed at reducing health inequalities. However, methodological challenges...
Rotejanaprasert, Chawarat Ekapirat, Nattwut Areechokchai, Darin Maude, Richard J.
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundThe ability to produce timely and accurate estimation of dengue cases can significantly impact disease control programs. A key challenge for dengue control in Thailand is the systematic delay in reporting at different levels in the surveillance system. Efficient and reliable surveillance and notification systems are vital to monitor healt...
Lippi, Catherine A. Mao, Liang Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M. Heydari, Naveed Ayala, Efraín Beltrán Burkett-Cadena, Nathan D. Blackburn, Jason K. Ryan, Sadie J.
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundVector-borne disease places a high health and economic burden in the American tropics. Comprehensive vector control programs remain the primary method of containing local outbreaks. With limited resources, many vector control operations struggle to serve all affected communities within their districts. In the coastal city of Machala, Ecua...
Wilson, Emily Hazel, Elizabeth Park, Lois Carter, Emily Moulton, Lawrence H. Heidkamp, Rebecca Perin, Jamie
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundDemographic and Health Survey (DHS) data are an important source of maternal, newborn, and child health as well as nutrition information for low- and middle-income countries. However, DHSs are often unavailable at the administrative unit that is most interesting or useful for program planning. In addition, the location of DHS survey clust...
Makacha, Liberty Makanga, Prestige Tatenda Dube, Yolisa Prudence Bone, Jeffrey Munguambe, Khátia Katageri, Geetanjali Sharma, Sumedha Vidler, Marianne Sevene, Esperança Ramadurg, Umesh
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International Journal of Health Geographics
BackgroundTravel time to care is known to influence uptake of health services. Generally, pregnant women who take longer to transit to health facilities are the least likely to deliver in facilities. It is not clear if modelled access predicts fairly the vulnerability in women seeking maternal care across different spatial settings.ObjectivesThis c...
Sadler, Richard C. Sanders-Jackson, Ashley N. Introne, Josh Adams, Robyn
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International Journal of Health Geographics
Worldwide, interest in research on methods to define access to healthy food at the local level has grown, given its central connection to carrying out a healthy lifestyle. Within this research domain, papers have examined the spatial element of food access, or individual perceptions about the food environment. To date, however, no studies have prov...
