Brijnath Bianca, de Souza Dziedzom K
Department of General Practice, School of Primary Health Care, Monash University, Building 1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road, Notting Hill, Victoria 3168, Australia.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Nov;23(4):1410-20. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0146.
Focusing specifically on infectious diseases in low-income countries, this paper discusses four ways Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can facilitate health service planning and delivery: (1) deeper insight into where health care services should be located; (2) improved health surveillance and real-time planning for disease control and population health; (3) stronger accountability and evidence-informed dialogue between funders and the service providers and; (4) greater opportunities to translate complex data into more accessible formats which policymakers can quickly interpret and act on. Taking its use beyond just a research instrument, GIS is a way to undertake multidisciplinary work and improve health service planning and delivery.
本文专门聚焦低收入国家的传染病，探讨了地理信息系统（GIS）促进卫生服务规划与提供的四种方式：（1）更深入了解卫生保健服务应设置在何处；（2）改善卫生监测以及疾病控制和人群健康的实时规划；（3）增强资助者与服务提供者之间的问责制和基于证据的对话；（4）有更多机会将复杂数据转化为政策制定者能够快速解读并据此采取行动的更易获取的形式。GIS不仅仅是一种研究工具，它还是开展多学科工作以及改善卫生服务规划与提供的一种方式。
