The following information is from the official Call for Papers:
SUBMISSION DUE DATE: July 1, 2011
SPECIAL ISSUE ON GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS IN DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH (IJAGR)
Guest Editor: Amy J. Blatt, Ph.D., GISP
GIS is an excellent visualization tool for analyzing epidemiological data, revealing trends,
and identifying dependencies and inter-relationships. GIS serves as an ideal platform for the convergence of multi-disease surveillance activities. Public health resources, specific diseases and other health events can be mapped in relation to their surrounding environment and existing health and social infrastructures. Such information creates a powerful tool for monitoring and management of epidemics.
OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
The purpose of this special issue is to gather current and up-to-date research from scientists and policy makers working in the area of disease surveillance to better understand the challenges and opportunities of real-time disease surveillance and visualization, and to develop integrated solutions for future approaches that are efficient, cost-effective, and fulfill the needs of both policy and science.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Design of surveillance systems in developing and developed countries
- Remote sensing applications in disease surveillance
- Visualization and management of disease outbreaks
- Endemic disease surveillance
- Exotic and emerging disease surveillance
- Data collection, transmission, and management
- Implementation of surveillance using GIS
- Modeling outbreaks (social network analysis, multi-agent systems)
- Integrating different scales of surveillance
- On-line collaborations, including Web 2.0 initiatives
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