From wskinner@fast.net Wed Mar 1 05:10:56 2000 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id FAA52844 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 05:10:39 -0800 Received: from dhssqb01.doh.state.nj.us (dhssqb01.doh.state.nj.us [205.148.40.4]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id FAA26228 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 05:10:37 -0800 Received: from fast.net ([10.17.1.96]) by dhssqb01.doh.state.nj.us (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.1a) with ESMTP id 2000030108071457:12148 ; Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:07:14 -0500 Message-ID: <38BD1673.6C3CA859@fast.net> Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 08:09:07 -0500 From: Ric Skinner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "'arcview@listbot.com'" , "ARCVIEW-L@ESRI.COM" , Judy Klotz , Subject: Subject: IHGC workshop UPDATE X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on dhssqb01/NJDHSS(Release 5.0.1a|August 17, 1999) at 03/01/2000 08:07:14 AM, Serialize by Router on dhssqb01/NJDHSS(Release 5.0.1a|August 17, 1999) at 03/01/2000 08:07:46 AM, Serialize complete at 03/01/2000 08:07:46 AM X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii *********Apologies for cross postings************* International Health Geographics Conference 2000 March 17-19, 2000 Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA Sign up today or tomorrow for exclusive IHGC workshops! See www.jhsph.edu/ihgc/agenda for the conference agenda and also list of presentations! Only on-site registration will be available after March 1, 2000 UPDATE: Please note: the workshop originally titled : GIS and Spatial Statistics has been renamed: " Spatial Statistics for the Rest of Us: What to do When No Statistician is Around". We are very pleased to offer the workshop twice - once in the morning and once in the afternoon due to the great response from our participants! See below for workshop descriptions: All workshops will be held March 17, 2000 at the National 4 H Council in Chevy Chase, MD (Note timings on website are different and will be updated shortly to match timings below) 1. Epi Info / Epi Map 2000 Workshop (1:00-4:00) Facilitator: Andrew Dean, Thomas Arner and Catherine Schenck-Yglesias, CDC This workshop is intended for members of the public health community who are interested in using public domain software from CDC for analyzing and mapping their public health data. Epi Info 2000 and Epi Map 2000 for Windows 95/98/NT are public domain programs from the Centers for Disease Control. Epi Map 2000 is built around Map Objects 2 from ESRI and is compatible with other popular GIS software and file formats. The 3-hour workshop will provide an introduction to data entry and analysis in Epi Info 2000 and to GIS techniques using Epi Map 2000. Rapid tour of Epi Info 2000 Creating questionnaire views and data tables Data analysis in Epi Info 2000 Importing files from various formats using Analysis Tour of Epi Map 2000 Mapping resources on the Internet Alabama NETSS data exercise ? mapping NETSS data downloaded from the CDC Website John Snow exercise ? mapping mortality data on a local street map Using Epi Info and Epi Map in combination with Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word and other programs A fully "Hands-on" approach will be used, and enrollment is limited to 30 individuals. There will be no more than 2 participants at each workstation. Instructional modules for teaching spatial epidemiology on the www (9:00-12:00) Facilitator: Geoff Jacquez and Andy Long, Biomedware Inc. This workshop will familiarize participants with web-based instructional modules for teaching spatial epidemiology. The objective of the workshop is to provide sufficient introduction to these materials to enable: (1) Continued distance-based learning by participants so they may continue to absorb the course materials after the workshop is over, and (2) Incorporation of the modules into courses offered at the participants institution. These modules were developed in collaboration by BioMedware and The University of Michigan, and are the basis of the graduate-level course "Spatial Analysis of Disease Pattern and Process" offered in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. Participants in the workshop will be given a tour of the website, including all of the available course modules, and an overview of how the modules are being used at the University of Michigan. They will then step through a lecture and its corresponding lab. Particpants will learn: - How to access the web-based course tools; - How to incoporate the modules into their own courses; - The educational philosophy underlying these tools; - How to download and access software used in the modules for the analysis of spatial disease patterns. The course tools were developed under a grant from the National Cancer Institute. A fully "Hands-on" approach will be used, and enrollment is limited to 30 individuals. There will be no more than 2 participants at each workstation. Effective Use of GIS in Public Health Organizations (1:00-4:00) Facilitator: William C. Hoffman, Public Health Research Laboratories GIS technology promises much, yet often delivers moderate value for many public health organizations. When critically examined the GIS expenditures of many organizations cannot be rationalized in light of results obtained. However, some organizations use GIS with great effectiveness and efficiency. Savings and cost reductions are possible when GIS is used properly. This workshop explores the most effective ways of implementing and using GIS within health organizations. Spatial Statistics for the Rest of Us: What to do When No Statistician is Around (9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00) Facilitator: Richard Hoskins, Washington State Department of Health This workshop is for public health practitioners who are interested in incorporating geography and some spatial statistics into their assessment and surveillance activities, especially when no statistician is around. Just what do you need to know and do? How can GIS be used? What spatial statistical models or tests are right to use and what needs to be left aside, especially when (spatial) statistical help is far away? We will talk about disease rate mapping and about a cancer cluster that was investigated using satellite images, GIS, census data, a cancer registry, spatial scan statistics and more. We will talk about the details and answer questions you have wanted to ask about how to get started with GIS and spatial statistics. Finally, we will talk about the resources and help the practitioner can get from the Internet. There is more out there than one might imagine. .