Workshop - Mapping Health Data, March 18th, 2009

The goal of this workshop is to encourage participants already working with geographic information systems (GIS) to identify new strategies for developing or enhancing ongoing health-related research in British Columbia. Instructors will provide detailed information on key spatial analysis tools currently used for analyzing disease and health outcomes within a GIS as well as data sources for research in human health and well-being.

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have been provided with detailed information on core knowledge in applying geomatics to the study of disease distributions and health outcomes and will be able to use this information for new or ongoing research within their own agencies.

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Instructor - Nathanial Bell, PhD Candidate, Simon Fraser University

Content Development - Nathanial Bell, PdD Candidate, Simon Fraser University; Dr. Weimin Hu, Director of HuSun Consulting; Christy Lightowlers, Lead of Education and Training, Population Data BC; Dr. Ying MacNab, Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC, and Dr. Eleanor Setton, Carex Canada.

Prerequisite - Attendees should have strong working knowledge of GIS software. Knowledge of basic statistics is recommended, but not essential.

Audience - Anyone (students, researchers, analysts, health practitioners, health professionals) mapping health data.