From JMoore@astho.org Thu Aug 5 10:35:10 1999 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id KAA43132 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:35:09 -0700 Received: from smtp-out.kivex.com (smtp-out.kivex.com [204.177.32.18]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.06) with ESMTP id KAA12989 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:35:09 -0700 Received: from exchange.astho.org (exchange.astho.org [209.193.199.195]) by smtp-out.kivex.com (8.8.8/8.8.7-KIVEX) with ESMTP id NAA14736 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:37:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: by exchange.astho.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:21:12 -0400 Message-ID: From: Jane Moore To: "'waphgis@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: WAPHGIS: International Health Geographics conference 2000 Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 13:21:10 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ASTHO would be able to post information about the meeting on its web site and place a story in an upcoming newletter. I think there would be stroang interest among our state health agency members. -----Original Message----- From: Hoskins, Richard E. [mailto:reh0303@doh.wa.gov] Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:55 PM To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Subject: WAPHGIS: International Health Geographics conference 2000 International Health Geographics Conference 2000 March 2000, Washington, DC, USA Background: This is the second International Health Geographics Conference (IHGC 2K), building upon the very successful First IHGC held in October 1998.The First IHGC, principally sponsored by Johns Hopkins University and ESRI, Inc., brought together professionals with a common interest in the spatial aspects of health, whether as program directors, academics, end-users, or anywhere within the broad spectrum of commonality between GIS and Health. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have evolved as an empowering technology, enabling the health geographics professional to use, analyze and present information in ways not possible with textual and numerical information systems (e.g., word processors, data bases, spreadsheets). With GIS, the user is able to analyze the spatial and pattern information inherent in geographically based health data. In comparison with other relevant technologies, GIS offers greater awareness and ability to respond to health care, medical and research issues at the appropriate scale. The robustness of GIS is illustrated best by a diverse variety applications: space/time cluster analysis, spatial trends, siting of facilities, modeling heterogeneity with covariates, optimizing delivery of goods and services, predicting risk, exposure assessment, identifying at-risk populations and defining corrective interventions, image classification, spatial reasoning and cognition, spatial multimedia, animation, visualization, correlations and so on. Purpose of Conference: The International Health Geographics Conference 2000 (IHGC 2K) will bring together people from many different disciplines who share a common foundation: the geographic aspects of health. IHGC 2K will foster dialogue between: doctors, medical researchers, epidemiologists, environmental scientists, geographers, geologists, computer scientists, statisticians, hydrologists, entomologists, toxicologists, ecologists, archaeologists, business managers, regulators, and indeed, all those appreciative of the links between GIS and health. This year, one of the primary areas of focus will be spatial statistics. The program of the overall meeting will be unrestricted within the domain of GIS and health; we seek to [promote] continue and enhance the international dialogue and shared learning that was overwhelmingly acknowledged in the first IHGC through the presentation and discussion of high-quality research and applications. There are a variety of disciplines already identified to lead us towards this aim; case examples from Managed Care/Insurance, Epidemiology, Demography, Environmental Health, Infrastructure/Facilities Management, Emergency Systems, Medicine, Web-based GIS, Community Health Status and others will be integrated with Methods and Processes focusing on Data Creation/Acquisition, Spatial & Statistical Analysis, Data Dissemination/Presentation, Automated Systems, and Health Information Management to provide a uniquely informative and enjoyable experience for attendees. ***We would like to invite participants for the Scientific Committee; suggestions for Session Chairs (as well as suggestions for Session Topics); and themes for both this conference as well as the next one (the 3rd IHGC).**** Details about IHGC/2K as well as the first IHGC will be found at our the IHGC website at http://www.jhsph.edu/ihgc You can now submit your abstract online! Please contact the co-chairs with any questions: Omar A. Khan Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health okhan@jhsph.edu Ric Skinner New Jersey Dept. of Health & Senior Services wskinner@fast.net We look forward to your participation! -- *To post a message to the list, send it to ai-geostats@gis.psu.edu. *As a general service to list users, please remember to post a summary of any useful responses to your questions. *To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@gis.psu.edu with no subject and "unsubscribe ai-geostats" in the message body. DO NOT SEND Subscribe/Unsubscribe requests to the list! .