Emerging technologies to measure neighborhood conditions in public health: Implications for interventions and next steps

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Schootman, M ^a   Nelson, E J ^a   Werner, K ^b   Shacham, E ^a   Elliott, M ^a   Ratnapradipa, K ^a   Lian, M ^c   McVay, A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment and public health; Geographic locations; Intervention studies; Neighborhood; Public health informatics; Residence characteristics; Social media

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL MEDIA; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CROWDSOURCING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRONE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RELIABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIAL MEDIA; VALIDITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROWDSOURCING; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84978114205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-016-0050-z     Document Type: Review

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