Main description:

Updated for ArcGIS (R) 10.2 for Desktop , GIS Tutorial for Health, Fifth Edition supports GIS skill-building with exercises focusing on significant health care and health policy issues. From map basics to spatial analysis, this step-by-step workbook shows health professionals and students how to use ArcGIS software to analyze and manage health data. Exercise data can be downloaded. Instructor resources are available separately.

Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1 GIS benefits and map basics
Chapter 1: Introducing GIS and health applications
Chapter 2: Visualizing health data
Part 2 Preparation of map data
Chapter 3: Designing maps for a health study
Chapter 4: Projecting, downloading, and using spatial data
Chapter 5: Downloading and preparing spatial and tabular data
Chapter 6: Geocoding tabular data
Part 3 Spatial analysis
Chapter 7: Processing and analyzing spatial data
Chapter 8: Transforming data using approximate methods
Chapter 9: Using ArcGIS Spatial Analyst for demand estimation
Part 4 GIS case studies
Chapter 10: Studying food-borne disease outbreaks
Chapter 11: Forming local chapters of ACHE
Appendix A Task index
Appendix B Data source credits
Appendix C Data license agreement