From healthmaps@attbi.com Thu Apr 24 19:29:51 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 h3P2Tp1M045198 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:29:51 -0700 Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW03.04/8.12.1+UW03.02) with ESMTP id h3P2Tgf8030974 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:29:49 -0700 Received: from harriet (12-229-43-232.client.attbi.com[12.229.43.232]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <2003042502294300200o2st0e>; Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:29:43 +0000 From: "Richard Hoskins" To: Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: GIS and STD/HIV analysis Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:29:43 -0700 Message-ID: <000101c30ad2$8b5acee0$6401a8c0@harriet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: <013701c30abc$c9adb600$0500a8c0@rr2> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 I can tell you, CrimeStat is indeed a "natural" for STD-like data. I have used it for infant death data, cancer, etc. It has a great users manual which is almost a tutorial in spatial statistics. I know the author, Ned Levine and he is very sharp. SatScan and CrimeStat are great partners. But there are some commercial programs available too, see www.terraseer.com T 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 E. Spinello Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 4:54 PM To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: GIS and STD/HIV analysis 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 > > > > .