Geografische Ansätze in der Gesundheitsberichterstattung

TY - JOUR

T1 - Geografische Ansätze in der Gesundheitsberichterstattung

AU - Koller, Daniela

AU - Wohlrab, Doris

AU - Sedlmeir, Georg

AU - Augustin, Jobst

PY - 2020/9

Y1 - 2020/9

N2 - The interest in using geographic methods for health monitoring has grown strongly over the last two decades. Through these methods, analysis and visualization of health data can be more focused and target-group specific. The application in health monitoring is possible mostly due to broader technical possibilities and more available datasets. In this article, we show which geographic aspects are adapted in health monitoring at different levels (federal, state, municipality).For example, at the federal level, surveillance methods are used; at the state level health atlases are created; and on the municipality level geographic analyses are performed for possible public health interventions.Methods range from simple maps on different levels of aggregation to more complex methods like space-temporal visualization or spatial-smoothing methods. While the technical possibilities are in place, a broader implementation of geographic methods is mostly hindered by missing data access to small-area information and data protection policies. Better access to data could especially improve the possibility for geographic methods in health monitoring and could inform the population and decision makers to inform and improve population health or healthcare.

AB - The interest in using geographic methods for health monitoring has grown strongly over the last two decades. Through these methods, analysis and visualization of health data can be more focused and target-group specific. The application in health monitoring is possible mostly due to broader technical possibilities and more available datasets. In this article, we show which geographic aspects are adapted in health monitoring at different levels (federal, state, municipality).For example, at the federal level, surveillance methods are used; at the state level health atlases are created; and on the municipality level geographic analyses are performed for possible public health interventions.Methods range from simple maps on different levels of aggregation to more complex methods like space-temporal visualization or spatial-smoothing methods. While the technical possibilities are in place, a broader implementation of geographic methods is mostly hindered by missing data access to small-area information and data protection policies. Better access to data could especially improve the possibility for geographic methods in health monitoring and could inform the population and decision makers to inform and improve population health or healthcare.

KW - Geographic Information Systems

KW - Germany

KW - Public Health

U2 - 10.1007/s00103-020-03208-6

DO - 10.1007/s00103-020-03208-6

M3 - SCORING: Review

C2 - 32857174

VL - 63

SP - 1108

EP - 1117

JO - BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA

JF - BUNDESGESUNDHEITSBLA

SN - 1436-9990

IS - 9

ER -