VP 516/CHLH 516                                                                    Spring, 2006

                      Readings for April 6 - GIS/Spatial Analysis

1) T.P. Robinson. 2000. Spatial Statistics and Geographic Information Systems in
Epidemiology and Public Health.
In SI Hay, SE Randolph & DJ Rogers. Advances in Parasitology: Vol 47: 81-128
Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Sytems in Epidemiology.
The rest of this book has additional relevant material.

2) Beck L, Bobo M. and U Kitron. 2002, Remote sensing, GIS and landscape ecology:
means for studying disease and global change. In P Martens and T McMichael (eds.)
Environmental Change, Climate and Health: Issues and Research Methods, pp. 226-252.
Cambridge University Press.

3) Linthicum et al. 1999. Climate and Satellite indicators to forecast Rift Valley
    Fever Epidemics in Kenya. Science 285: 397-400.

4) Clennon JA, King CH, Muchiri EM, Kariuki HC, Ouma JH, Mungai P and U Kitron. 2004
    Spatial patterns of Urinary schistosomiasis infection in a highly endemic area of coastal
    Kenya.  Am. J. Trop. Med. Hygiene. 70: 443-448.

4) Visit the CHAART site and surf through it for a lot of relevant information,
     examples and resources: http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/health/chaart.html

Other readings for background to the growing field of landscape ecology/
epidemiology and applications of remote sensing and GIS. These rather
extensive readings are provided because someof them are quite old and
may not be readily available to many of you.
By no means, are you expected to read them for class.

5) Hay SI, Snow R.W & DJ Rogers. 1998. From Predicting Mosquito
    Habitat to Malaria Seasons using remotely sensed data: practice, problems
    and perspectives. Parasitology Today 14: 306-313.

6) PAHO . 1996. Use of Geographic Information Systems in Epidemiology.
   Epidemiological Bulletin 17: 1-6.

8) Hunsaker et al. 1990. Assessing ecological risk on a regional scale.
    Environmental Management 14: 325-332.

9) Lavers, C. P., and R. Haines-Young. 1993. Equilibrium landscapes and their
    aftermath: spatial heterogeneity and the role of new technology, pp. 57--73.
    In Landscape ecology and  geographic information systems.
    Taylor & Francis, London.

10) Meade, M., J. Florin, and W. Gesler. 1988. Medical geography. Chapter 3:
    Landscape Epidemiology.  Guilford, New York

11) Galuzo, 1975, pp. 73-95 (Landscape epidemiology). - from Ecology readings.

12) Cromley EK & McLafferty SL. 2002. GIS and Public Health.
      Guilford Press, New York, NY

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