Participants learned about spatial health data and area socio-economic data available in BC, spatial exposure assessment methods, analytical approaches, and limitations of spatial epidemiology.

July 29th - The Rapid Inquiry Facility is an extension to ESRI ArcGIS for rapid analysis of routinely collected health and population data. The RIF can be used for risk analysis and disease mapping. For more information or to download RIF go to: http://www.sahsu.org/related_studies.php#RIF

Prerequisite - Participants are required to have a working knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS and basic statistical regression techniques to conduct in class exercises on the 27th and 28th.

Instructors - Perry Hystad, PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, >Dr. Linda Beale, Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of London

Audience - Health researchers with some experience using GIS and who would like to expand their knowledge of spatial epidemiology.