GIS has given new meaning to public health professionals who need to utilize the technology as part of their daily research activities. With many available functions to view, understand, question, interpret, and visualize data , researchers can utilize for disease surveillance, data collection, and data visualization. In this blog, we will go over how GIS is continually used in healthy research and promotion such as disease surveillance, community health projects, or other research projects which it has encountered. The potential and applicability will be discussed in the blog.
- Wansoo Im, Ph.D., VERTICES, LLC
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