The crossroads of GIS and health information: a workshop on developing a research agenda to improve cancer control.
The crossroads of GIS and health information: a workshop on developing a research agenda to improve cancer control.
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DOI：
10.1186/1476-072x-5-51
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发表时间：
2006-11-21
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4.9
通讯作者：
Stinchcomb, David G
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作者：
Pickle, Linda Williams;Szczur, Martha;Stinchcomb, David G
癌症控制研究人员寻求通过研究干预措施，其在特定人群中的影响以及更好地使用它们的方法来减少癌症负担。癌症控制的第一步是确定癌症负担升高的地方，这表明需要干预的地方。地理信息系统（GIS）和其他空间分析方法提供了这样的解决方案，因此可以在癌症控制中发挥重要作用。本报告介绍了2005年6月16日至17日举行的研讨会的结果，该研讨会将专家和利益相关者聚集在一起，讨论地理信息系统科学和癌症控制方面的当前问题。与会者代表了广泛的专门知识和兴趣领域，包括流行病学、地理学、统计学、环境卫生、社会科学、癌症控制、癌症登记业务和癌症宣传。这次研讨会的目的是就重要的政策和研究问题建立共识，查明这一领域今后取得进展的障碍，并提出克服这些障碍的建议。
Cancer control researchers seek to reduce the burden of cancer by studying interventions, their impact in defined populations, and the means by which they can be better used. The first step in cancer control is identifying where the cancer burden is elevated, which suggests locations where interventions are needed. Geographic information systems (GIS) and other spatial analytic methods provide such a solution and thus can play a major role in cancer control. This report presents findings from a workshop held June 16-17, 2005, to bring together experts and stakeholders to address current issues in GIScience and cancer control. A broad range of areas of expertise and interest was represented, including epidemiology, geography, statistics, environmental health, social science, cancer control, cancer registry operations, and cancer advocacy. The goals of this workshop were to build consensus on important policy and research questions, identify roadblocks to future progress in this field, and provide recommendations to overcome these roadblocks.