Health GIS Syllabus for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
Health GIS B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows
OBJECTIVES:
The course is on geospatial analysis methods in health and to the kinds of problems for which these methods are appropriate. The course is appropriate as an elective for those who may have no background in human sciences but who have fair knowledge in RS and GIS and interested in questions of the health of populations in geographic context.
UNIT I : MAPPING DISEASE ECOLOGY [9 hours]
Disease types and causes – environmental and social factors – genetic and chronic aspects – gender and occupational bias – time and space factors in disease distribution – life cycle, statistical curves and modelling – hazards, disasters, accidents and health. Health Care and Delivery Systems: Health Care Systems and Delivery in India and Tamil Nadu; Medical Services and Facilities, Health Information and Planning; Issues and Prospects – Ecosystem Approach, The issue, The Approaches, Lessons and Successes – Future Directions
UNIT II: GEOSPATIAL DATA FRAMEWORK [9 hours]
Disease records and georeferencing – birth, movements and permanency – individuals, families and communities – problems of address coding and digitization – the privacy of records – risk and vulnerability – short term and long term trends – resurgence – historical records and reliability.
UNIT III : DISEASE MAPPING [9 hours]
Spatial patterns of disease – mapping causal factors – endemic and epidemic zonation – tests for spatial clustering and fragmentation – applications of RS and GIS in disease mapping – deterministic stochastic and uncertainty models -vulnerability and comforts.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES: At the end of the course the student will be able to understand
- Techniques used for disease ecology mapping and disease mapping
- The usefulness of GIS for location allocation of health resources
- The tools for development of Health GIS systems
TEXTBOOKS :
- Phillips, D.R. Health and Health Care in the Third World, Longmans Scientific. London, 1990
- Levine, A.J Viruses, Scientific American, New York ,1992
REFERENCES:
- Ravi Maheswaran and Massimo Craglia, GIS in Public Health Practice, Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2004
- Lai C, Ann S.H Mak. “GIS for Health and the environment: Development in Asia Pacific Region, Berlin, 2000
- Anthony C Gatrell “GIS and Health, Markku Loytonen, European Science Foundation, 1998
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