From espinello@csun.edu Thu Apr 24 15:53:48 2003 Received: from mxu7.u.washington.edu (mxu7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.165]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3OMrm1M015274 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:53:48 -0700 Received: from plover.csun.edu (plover.csun.edu [130.166.1.24]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3OMrjf7010451 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:53:45 -0700 Received: from puffin.csun.edu (puffin.csun.edu [130.166.1.21]) by plover.csun.edu (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.3-GR) with ESMTP id AGW13646; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rr2 ([4.40.156.86]) by puffin.csun.edu (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.3-GR) with ESMTP id APR68151 (AUTH hchsc018); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 15:53:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <013701c30abc$c9adb600$0500a8c0@rr2> From: "E. Spinello" To: References: <000901c30ab1$85653f00$6401a8c0@harriet> Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: GIS and STD/HIV analysis Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:53:58 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 I will vouch for both programs. I have actually gotten quite a bit of use out of CrimeStat for identifying hot spots with crime locations. It provides a reasonably good platform to visualize and model points using a couple of different spatial-temporal methods. I haven't tried it with public health data yet but STD points would be a natural. Elio Spinello, MPH California State University, Northridge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hoskins" To: Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 3:33 PM Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: GIS and STD/HIV analysis > Others can comment in addition, but here are some ideas I have. > > You might be interested in seeing where concentrations of STDs are > greater than expected. One way to check this out is with SatScan see > http://srab.cancer.gov/satscan/ > > For a general spatial analysis check out CrimeStat > http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/crimestat.html#SOFTWARE > > Both of these often result compelling maps. > > Richard E. Hoskins > WA State Dept of Health > 1102 Quince Street, ms 47812 > Olympia, WA 98504-7812 > richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov > 360/236-4270 > fax: 360/236-4245 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu > [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Simmons, Cristal > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:12 PM > To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu' > Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: GIS and STD/HIV analysis > > > Sorry for the general request, it was done on purpose because I really > do not have any specific questions. I am just interested in seeing GIS > in use with the types of data I use. > > Since the Chicago Department of Public Health is the reporting agency > for STDs in Chicago, my office receives address level data for the > gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. I then geocode it to the address > level. We also have six clinics that we manage so that is additional > data that we have to geocode and analyze. > > Up to this point I have done thematic mapping comparing rates among > Chicago's 77 community areas, produced maps of the actual points to show > areas with high concentrations (no hot spot analysis though), used the > data for management purposes, i.e. where would we focus out reach and > testing campaigns. I even used the addresses to look at the distance our > patients travel for STD care. All of these analyses have been > interesting but I am interested in learning how others use GIS with STD > or HIV data. > > > Cristal > > > Cristal R. Simmons, MPH > Director of STD Surveillance and Information Systems > STD/HIV Prevention and Care Program > Chicago Department of Public Health > 530 E. 31st Street > Chicago, Il 60616 > p: 312-747-5419 f: 312-747-0160 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Hoskins [mailto:healthmaps@attbi.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 12:41 PM > To: waphgis@u.washington.edu > Subject: WAPHGIS: GIS and STD/HIV analysis > > > Please tell us more about specific questions you need to answer. > > Richard E. Hoskins > WA State Dept of Health > 1102 Quince Street, ms 47812 > Olympia, WA 98504-7812 > richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov > 360/236-4270 > fax: 360/236-4245 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu > [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Simmons, Cristal > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:48 AM > To: 'waphgis@u.washington.edu' > Subject: GIS and STD/HIV analysis > > > Hello, > > I would like to correspond with any researchers using GIS technology to > study STD and/or HIV/AIDS. I produce maps to look at our STD cases but > want to do more with it. > > Please contact me at > > simmons_cristal@cdph.org > > Thanks > > Cristal R. Simmons, MPH > Director of STD Surveillance and Information Systems > STD/HIV Prevention and Care Program > Chicago Department of Public Health > 530 E. 31st Street > Chicago, Il 60616 > p: 312-747-5419 f: 312-747-0160 > > > > .