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Development of a Web-based Secure Interface for Sequential Mapping and Spatial Exploration of Surveillance Data
This project will develop a secure Web application that will enable health officials to explore and describe health surveillance data from various public health organizations. Users will be equipped to quickly recognize possible disease clusters and health trends either locally or regionally. The Public Health Agency of Canada will manage this new capacity under a broader plan to provide public health organizations with the tools, expertise, and infrastructure to support surveillance, research and risk analysis.
The Web application will assist in the repetitive task of assessing point-pattern distributions of health events from surveillance databases. There is currently no cost-effective solution for providing this type of spatial-temporal data analysis tool to all public health and health surveillance professionals in Canada. This project will address this shortcoming by making use of valid, standardized, and updated spatial and demographic information available through the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) and its many contributors. The ability to analyze surveillance data using credible and valid methods will help and encourage end-users to share information with collaborators. This information exchange will promote the growth and enrichment of the CGDI in the public health sector. This capacity would otherwise be unavailable or unaffordable for many public health practitioners, especially those in remote or rural areas.
Primary Partner:
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa,
Ontario;
Partners: GIS laboratory of the Faculté de médicine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal; Public Health Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Funding From GeoConnections: $129,100.00 ( 33.9 %)
Estimated Inception Date: September 1, 2006
Estimated Completion Date: December 31, 2007
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: All provinces