Perspectives in Medical Geography

Amy J. Blatt earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, USA; Master of Science degree in Biology from the University of Houston, USA; and Ph.D. degree in Geography from the University of Cincinnati, USA. She is certified by the GIS Certification Institute as a Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP).

• Foreword Paige Andrew and Katherine H. Weimer 1. Maps, Geography Libraries, and Health Outcomes: Gazing into the Future of Medical Geography Amy J. Blatt 2. The Role of the Map and Geographic Information Library in Medical Geographic Research Ellen K. Cromley 3. Enabling Geographic Research Across Disciplines: Building an Institutional Infrastructure for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University Weihe Wendy Guan, Bonnie Burns, Julia L. Finkelstein and Jeffrey C. Blossom 4. Transforming Community Health and Primary Care Education Using Clinical and Administrative Data and Geographic Information Systems Arthur Seiji Hayashi, Andrew Bazemore and Jessica McIntyre 5. Harnessing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Enable Community-Oriented Primary Care Andrew Bazemore, Robert L. Phillips and Thomas Miyoshi 6. Embracing the Open-Source Movement for Managing Spatial Data: A Case Study of African Trypanosomiasis in Kenya Shaun A. Langley and Joseph P. Messina 7. Analyzing Geographical Access to HIV Sentinel Clinics in Relation to Other Health Clinics in Zambia Imelda K. Moise, Ezekiel Kalipeni and Leo C. Zulu 8. Maternity Ward Closures in Philadelphia: Using GIS to Measure Disruptions in Essential Health Services Sarah Cordivano 9. Role of Race and Ethnicity Predictive Modeling and Spatial Analysis in Addressing Health Disparities Zachary D. Vernon and Grace H. Ting 10. Using Spatial Analysis to Improve Health Care Services and Delivery at Baystate Health Jane L. Garb and Richard B. Wait 11. Applying GIS Methods to Public Health Research at Harvard University Jeffrey C. Blossom, Julia L. Finkelstein, Weihe Wendy Guan and Bonnie Burns 12. From Snow to GIS Librarians: The Case for Health GIS and Informatics Within the Library James Boxall 13. Health-Related Geospatial Data and Social Media: Can You Harvest Geosocial Data? John A. Olson 14. Suggested Resources Katherine H. Weimer

'The book is a useful and well researched volume; it has already been peer reviewed as two special issues of the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, but having it in book format with generous colour plates is a very handy option.' - Dr. Maged Boulos, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Health Geographics'Perspectives in Medical Geography is a worthy addition to conversations about how libraries can best support GIS and spatial data approaches to health care and medical research. It concludes with an excellent list of suggested resources.' - Greg Matthews, Cataloging Librarian, Reviews of Atlases, Books, and Digital Resources"The book is well illustrated with maps and graphics, all the chapters have references and some have notes. It is indexed, and there is a good "Suggested Resources" section as well. Even in this era of tight budgets, this book would be a good addition to a collection for libraries wanting or needing something in this area, as there a very few books that cover this topic." – Mina Davenport, University of California – San Francisco, J Med Lib Assoc 102(4) October 2014.