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Harvard School of Public Health http://www.hsph.harvard.e du/gis/gis-at-harvard/ Estephanie Mosquera-Ortiz

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Harvard School of Public Health

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gis/gis-at-harvard/

Estephanie Mosquera-Ortiz

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Purpose of Website The purpose of this website is to actually

implement the use of GIS and spatial statistics in more research that is centered around health.

This website used GIS software to show the data found when students research health problems related to air pollution in the United States.

Examples of this research can be found in the Worcester Heart Attack Study and the Eastern Massachusetts Pollution Study.

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Analysis of the GIS Included The content provided in this website of GIS

software are maps that show the data for the research that was studied. For example the Environmental Epidemiology and Risk Program that is part of Environment Health Studies shows maps using GIS software that is focusing on how the six stages of air pollution effects health conditions. These maps incorporate spatial data so that the area that is most affected by pollution is easier to differentiate.

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Analysis of the GIS Included Continued…

The effectiveness of showing the GIS maps is that as you review the research and why that specific area was analyzed you can easily follow along in seeing which areas have greater health problems and see data that proves the research is accurate or consistent.

The GIS content is extremely easy to use because the maps can be presented side by side with the information so that the research is more understandable.

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What Makes the Website Valuable This website is valuable because it shows

how important it is to incorporate both GIS content and spatial content into research regarding health.

Overall the website helps someone who may not be experienced with health studies understand how an environment may deteriorate a person’s health. As well as how useful it is to have data on hand when presenting health research.