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November 2007, Vol 97, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1974-1981
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.076851

GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, AND LAW

Use of Geographic Information Systems for Planning HIV Prevention Interventions for High-Risk Youths

Catherine G. Geanuracos, MSW, Shayna D. Cunningham, PhD, George Weiss, BA, Draco Forte, MEd, Lisa M. Henry Reid, MD and Jonathan M. Ellen, MD

At the time of the study, Catherine G. Geanuracos was with the University of California, San Francisco. Shayna D. Cunningham was with the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Md. George Weiss was with Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif. Draco Forte and Lisa M. Henry Reid were with the John H. Stroger Jr Hospital, Chicago, Ill, and the Core Center, Chicago. Jonathan M. Ellen was with Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jonathan M. Ellen, MD, Mason F. Lord Center Tower, 5200 Eastern Ave, Suite 4200, Baltimore, MD 21224 (e-mail: jellen{at}jhmi.edu).

Geographic information system (GIS) analysis is an emerging tool for public health intervention planning. Connect to Protect, a researcher–community collaboration working in 15 cities to reduce HIV infection among youths, developed GIS databases of local health, crime, and demographic data to evaluate the geographic epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections and HIV risk among adolescents.

We describe the process and problems of data acquisition, analysis, and mapping in the development of structural interventions, demonstrating how program planners can use this technology to inform and improve planning decisions.

The Connect to Protect project’s experience suggests strategies for incorporating public data and GIS technology into the next generation of public health interventions.






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