From healthmaps@home.com Sat Mar 31 03:31:08 2001 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f2VBV1292598 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:31:01 -0800 Received: from femail11.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail11.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.107]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f2VBV1U02336 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:31:01 -0800 Received: from c501552d ([24.19.225.248]) by femail11.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20010331113101.YLHA26203.femail11.sdc1.sfba.home.com@c501552d> for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:31:01 -0800 From: "Health Maps" To: Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: GIS & Public Health training Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:31:01 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 In-Reply-To: <00d401c0b9b6$8142d0c0$eabf2e3f@oemcomputer> Dr Hozumi: Best to respond to my email healthmaps@home.com rather than the entire list. I would very much like to have you attend, however I am concerned that you may be too advanced for the course. If you are already using GIS and working at the level of developing optimal location models, then my course will prove too elementary. Students who have some epidemiology and statistical background but no GIS background will benefit the most. If you need to get started in spatial statistics and have some GIS background already then check out Luc Anselin's course: http://www.spacestat.com/ I am away until April 9 or 10 if you would like to discuss this over the phone. Best regards, Richard Hoskins healthmaps@home.com GMT -8 -----Original Message----- From: WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:WAPHGIS-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Dai Hozumi Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 11:45 PM To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Cc: ctetrick@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: WAPHGIS: GIS & Public Health training Dr. Hoskins, i would like to join the course. i am sending an application tomorrow with check to the institute. what i am looking for: i am a research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health and my research topic is health service planning in developing countries. my project helped Malawi government to estalbish health facility GIS (health facility inventory database combined with GPS, with census data for ArcView). I am trying to combine linear programming with GIS to model optimal locations of health facilities based on physical distances and other factors. I would be interested in knowing more on spatial statistics. Statistics was never my favorite subject, but i am forced to think with that now. I would also like to know how to process raster images so that i can contruct matrix with travel time based on terrain conditions from one place to another. Best regards. Dai Hozumi, MD, MPH Department of Population and International Health Harvard School of Public Health 665 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA, 02115 617-432-3998 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Health Maps" To: ; "WAPHGIS" ; "Croner, Charles M." Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 7:08 PM Subject: WAPHGIS: GIS & Public Health training > This summer I am offering a week long course at the University of Washington > through the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, 8am-5pm June > 11-15th on using GIS in Public Health. There will be a lot on GIS, but even > more on public health. Check out http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/ > the link to check is "Summer Institute 2001." and then "Geographic > Information Systems." > > Includes a fully functional version of Maptitude (www.caliper.com) > > You can be a beginner or further along. Its a good idea to have had an > epidemiology course and a statistics course as this year I will be teaching > some basic spatial statistics and some spatial modeling. Last year we did > two three day sessions accommodating a total of ~45 students. This year I > will offer only 1 session but it will run for 5 days so that a greater depth > of material can be covered at a higher level for a class size of about 20. > > We will use Maptitude (www.caliper.com ) as the GIS software. Easy to use > and with functions we need for this course that other packages do not have. > If you have to use other software when you go home, you will find the > transition pretty easy. > > I have not developed a detailed syllabus yet but topics will include: > > A through introduction to using the GIS software, but more importantly - to > public health GIS - you will be at an intermediate level when you leave. > Using GIS files from other packages (a snap in Maptitude), map projections > (even easier), > Thematic mapping, building your own layers from vital statistics data or > disease registries, using census data, > Geocoding using street files and using GPS data, building a GIS database, > SQL and spatial queries, making pretty maps to please your boss and > yourself, > finding and using free GIS data, descriptive spatial statistics using SPLUS, > CrimeStat. Cluster investigations, spatial scan statistics, spatial > regression modeling, spatial autocorrelation, profiling neighborhoods around > toxic waste sites (environmental equity), empirical Bayesian smoothing, > small area studies, web mapping. > > I am open to additional topics. Send me a note. You can bring your own data. > If you are interested in coming, please let me know what you are looking > for. > > For issues concerning cost, logistics, housing, contact: > > Crystal Tetrick > ctetrick@u.washington.edu > Northwest Center for Public Health Practice > University of Washington > Box 354809 > Seattle, WA 98195-4809 > 206-685-2147 > > For issues concerning the content or to make suggestions about the content > contact me (I am away until April 9 - but the mailbox is open) > richard.hoskins@doh.wa.gov > > Of course since you are going to be very busy I won't tell you about the > incredible venue - sea, mountains, great food, world class music (rock and > classical), so forth. I suggest you tack on a few days on the end. > > Richard E. Hoskins, PhD MPH > WA State Public Health Geographer & > Senior Epidemiologist > Office of the Assistant Secretary > Epidemiology, Public Health Labs and Health Statistics > WA State Department of Health > 1102 Quince Street > Olympia, WA 98504-7812 > tel: (360) 236 - 4270 > fax: (360) 236 - 4245 > > > > .