Posters & Demonstrations
Presenter: Margaret Cox, Center for Health Promotion
Geographical Mapping of Adolescent Tobacco Use in Cuyahoga County
Additional Authors: Scott Frank, MD, MS and Elizabeth Larkin, MS
Adolescent cigar use is an underappreciated, underestimated risk behavior. Some justify cigar use as a reduced harm tobacco product due to decreased tobacco consumption frequency and the perception of decreased exposure. The Partnership Youth Tobacco Survey and two modified Youth Risk Behavior Survey versions were administered to 4,429 private, parochial, independent, and charter Cuyahoga County school students during 2005-2006. Items assessing current cigarette use and current cigar use were utilized to categorize students into current cigarette only use, current cigar only use, and current use of both cigarettes and cigars. Students reporting current smokeless tobacco use (3.7%, n=170) were not included in the analysis. These findings indicate a need for current tobacco policy adjustments, as cigar taxation and regulation policies are more permissive than cigarette policies. In the public health sector, adolescents need assessment all types of tobacco products.
Presenter: Chinelo Enwonwu
Public Health Mapping: Using GIS Methods to Plan for Proposed Health Centers
Geographic Information Systems was used as a planning tool for the advocacy and delivery of health promotion services for the aging population in Nigeria. The idea is to establish centers for health promotion and chronic disease prevention in as many states as possible. The goals of the study were to produce maps showing possible location sites and generate thoughts for future research. Cartographic modeling, suitability and spatial analysis, density mapping and database operations like query and statistical analysis were applied. Data for the study came from the World Health Organization’s Public Health Mapping unit and from 3D Technologies in Nigeria.
Presenter: Sravan Kakani, Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, Center for Global Health and Diseases
Planning for Rift Valley Fever Virus in Cuyahoga County: Use of GIS to Estimate the Human Health Threat
Additional Authors: Charles H. King, MD, Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, Center for Global Health and Diseases
The poster will display the zoonotic and vector abundance factors likely to be involved in determining the areas of highest risk for an outbreak of an exotic pathogen, Rift Valley Fever Virus (RVFV) within Cuyahoga County. Our objective is to begin the formulation of likely threats, and to map out areas for initial prioritization for public health interventions that will most effectively restrict transmission of RVFV. Based on the features of zoonotic spread likely to occur in the local environment, we examined ecological variables that included 1) measured density of June/July or August/September Culex and Aedes vexans mosquito species; 2) measured density of human population; and 3) projected pre and post-culling density estimates for White-tailed deer. It is expected that health planners can use our pre-formulated “temporal risk maps” to identify when and where control measures should be targeted spatially to reduce transmission in the event of an outbreak.
Presenter: Kevin Kelley, Cuyahoga County GIS Coordinator and Joseph Seppi
Cuyahoga County Enterprise Geospatial Information System (CEGIS)
Under the leadership of County Engineer, Robert C. Klaiber, Jr., P.E., P.S., Cuyahoga County, Ohio is implementing an enterprise Geospatial Information System designed to meet the diverse needs of county government and a region. The County and its team of consultants have designed and implemented the system known as “CEGIS.” The County’s innovative approach offers true interoperability between many disparate systems housing valuable location-based information.
Cuyahoga County has combined resources with the City of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District “NEORSD” on the development of an electronic base map that will serve as the geospatial framework for the development of a county-wide Geographic Information System “GIS.” The County is implementing Oracle Fusion Middleware as with comprehensive land base mapping is being developed and deployed on the Oracle Enterprise Database platform. The County is in a position to implement this service oriented architecture (SOA) at a fraction of the cost of the alternative, which has every department looking at their individual needs and not at the broader needs of the County. The new data can be utilized in concert with existing desktop and agency specific systems (geospatial or otherwise), where appropriate. The primary delivery system however is through the web. The main entry-point to the CEGIS database is a robust interactive web mapping environment. The CEGIS interactive web mapping tool(s) will be demonstrated.
Presenter: Rebecca Lee, Kent State University
Assessment of Demands and Capacity of Nursing Homes for Baby Boomers in Cuyahoga County, OH
Additional Authors: Jay Lee, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Department of Geography, Kent State University
Two basic forms of location-allocation models were used to assess the expected demands and capacity of nursing homes. Using Cuyahoga County, Ohio as the study area, they examined how the spatial organization of existing nursing homes matches the geographic patterns of population of the 50 - 64 and 65 & up age groups. Minimum distance and maximum coverage criteria were used in the location-allocation analysis of the data. The geography and capacity of nursing homes can be assessed to determine the existence of excess or insufficient capacity in the study area.
Presenter: Liz Madigan, Case Western Reserve University, School of Nursing
Patterns of Post Acute Care for End of Life in Rural Areas in the United States
The demand for end of life (EOL) post-acute care is projected to increase, yet there is relatively little empirical data on the supply of EOL post-acute providers(home health care, skilled nursing facility and hospice) especially in rural areas. The purpose of the study was to examine the availability of EOL PAC providers in eight states using geospatial mapping and traditional statistics. When examining numbers of rural counties by provider, hospices were the least available EOL PAC provider in rural counties with 62 to 92% of rural counties not having hospice providers (exception Vermont). When examining the number of providers by population over 65, there were no differences in metropolitan, micropolitan and rural areas for four states (California, Louisiana, Montana and Vermont). There are substantially fewer providers of some types in the most rural areas which may raise issues of access to care services.
Presenters: Kristen Mikelbank & Michael Schramm, Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
The NEO CANDO Database: How it can be Used to Help Understand the Surrounding Environment
Additional Authors: Tsui Chan and Claudia Coulton
The Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing (NEO CANDO) database is a constantly evolving, web-based information technology tool designed as a “one stop shop” to help inform decisions about the surrounding environment. The geographic focus of NEO CANDO is the 17 counties of Northeast Ohio and the various geographic levels within those counties. Within NEO CANDO, users can extract and map data across geography, time, and data source. Available data sources in NEO CANDO include the U.S. Census Bureau, the United States Postal Service, the Internal Revenue Service, the Ohio Department of Health, the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, the Cuyahoga Department of Children and Family Services, and the Cleveland Police Department. Demonstrations on how to use NEO CANDO will be available and other information about the Poverty Center’s research will also be presented.
Presenter: Susan Victoria Standen, Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University
Using ArcGIS to Organize Paleontological Data: Plotting Time and Place in the Gona Paleonanthropological Research (GPRP) Area, Ethiopia
Additional Authors: Scott W. Simpson, Ph.D.
Fieldwork in the Afar region of Ethiopia conducted by the Gona Paleoanthropological Research Project has revealed a rich faunal and archaeological assemblage documenting the last six million years of human evolution, including the earliest known stone tools (2.6 Ma) and numerous hominid fossils from the earliest known human ancestor, Ardipithecus kadabba, to Homo sapiens. Using ArcGIS software, we synthesized geographic, geologic, and paleontologic data from the GPRP study area into a four-layer ArcMap map document. Aerial photos, topographic maps, and fossil collection localities were geo-referenced to a UTM registered Aster satellite image. Localities were assigned labels that link to important site information including geologic age, fossil and archaeological content and association, and isotopic composition of soil carbonates and teeth. This single data package facilitates the query and analysis of these data, elucidating the spatial and temporal distribution of environmental proxies providing contextual information of hominid evolution at Gona.
Presenter: Kenneth J. Stein, Ph.D., Public Health Consultant
Threat Assessment Modeling and Disease Vector Databases at Camp LeJeune, NC
Without question, people will encounter a host of pestiferous arthropods while engaging in outdoor summertime activities in the Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Some of these are vectors of disease, while others are severe nuisance pests. If individuals were provided with GIS-based maps that could reliably predict the presence or absence of disease vectors and pests, then such maps would serve as an effective prevention strategy. During August 2007 at Camp Lejeune, NC, Dr. Stein collected ticks and recorded their locations using a GPS/ArcPad interfaced with a Panasonic Toughbook. In addition, he recorded detailed habitat information at each site whether it was positive for ticks or not. Within these same areas, he recorded the presence and absence of chiggers based on complaints and historical information. The above data, as well as current and historical mosquito trap data were extracted to a database and mapped using ArcGIS 9.2. The resulting maps for ticks, chiggers, and mosquitoes will be displayed.
Presenters: Bruce Robinson, PE, PS, Joshua Appleman, GIS Coordinator, B.L Robinson Engineering and Surveying and Chris Walls, 39 Degrees North, LLC
Real-time GIS using ArcGIS Server Web and Mobile
B.L. Robinson Engineering and Surveying (BLR) of Akron, Ohio will be demonstrating ESRI’s new ArcGIS Server technology. BLR has created an ArcGIS Server application for the Great Lakes Watershed that allows web users and mobile devices to send and receive real-time GIS data. This integration will allow everyone from health officials to surveyors the ability to stay up-to-date with changes that are constantly taking place in the office and the field.