The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation hosted this symposium to raise awareness among U.S. Department of Health and Human Services leaders and key staff about the rapidly emerging uses of spatial analysis and GIS technologies in the health and human services arena.
We are pleased to display the speakers' presentation slides here, as a prelude to the formal symposium proceedings document that will be available in late January 2000. To view the slides for a particular session, simply click on the presentation title. In order to view the presentations, you must have a Microsoft "Power Point" program or a "shareware" version of "Power Point Viewer." You may download the free shareware from a number of Internet pages including ones at the following addresses: 1) http://shareware.netscape.com and 2) http://microsoft.com/downloads/ Finally, you must use Powerpoint commands to view the presentations. A fairly straightforward technique is to choose the "slideshow" button on the tool bar at the top of the Powerpoint screen. This will display the presentation's initial slide. There will be buttons on each slide that will enable you to maneuver through the presentation.
Please keep in mind that each of the presentation files is quite large. Your computer may take several minutes to download the file before you may view it.
List of Participants -- Click here to view a list of names and addresses of everyone who registered to attend the symposium.
More Information -- If you have questions or suggestions, send an e-mail note to Jim Gatz or call him on 202/260-0397.
Presentations
Introduction to Spatial Data and Uses of GIS Technologies
Charles M. Croner, Ph.D., Office of Research and Methodology, HHS/National Center for Health StatisticsWilliam D. Henriques, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., GIS Coordinator, HHS/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Overview of GIS Technology ( 56 slides, 13.4M)
Plenary Session: Case Presentations by State and Local Officials
Walter "Pete" Bailey and David Alexander, South Carolina Office of Research & Statistics
Mapping for Policy: Linking Health and Human Services Data and GIS to Improve Government Services (1.41M)Richard W. Jacobsen, Jr., Director, Department of Social Services, Mecklenberg County, North Carolina
Applications of GIS in the Delivery of Health and Human Services to Families in Mecklenburg County(9.57M)Michael Barndt, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Non-Profit Center
Understanding Neighborhoods Through Local Partnerships, Local Data and Visual and Analytic Tools
HHS-Supported Projects
Ellen Heineman, Ph.D., HHS/National Cancer Institute
GIS technology in National Cancer Institute's Long Island Breast Cancer Study Dr. Heineman's presentation is posted on the Long Island Breast Cancer Study webpage. Click here to go to that site. When the page appears on your screen, click on the "Library and Reports" button. Next, click on the icon for the December 2 presentation.Kevin Fiscella, M.D., M.P.H., University of Rochester
Using GIS To Eliminate Disparities in Health Care(118k)
Human Services Projects
Gary Johnson, Fresno County Human Services System, Fresno, California
Using Geographic Information Systems to Analyze Human Services Data: The Fresno County Experience(874k)Dennis Culhane, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Using Administrative Data to Create a Longitudinal, Spatial Data Archive for Policy Analysis (Part One, (30k)Part Two(584k))
Health Planning Projects
Claudia L. Johnston, Ph.D., R.N., Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, Texas
The Nursing Workforce: Beyond 2000 Project (3.78M)Thomas C. Ricketts, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Using GIS Tools for Primary Care Workforce Planning in North Carolina