Center of Research on Geographic Information Systems and Management in HealthDepartment of Public HealthUniversity of GuadalajaraGuadalajaraMexico.
Center of Social Sciences and HumanitiesDepartment of Geography and Territorial OrderingUniversity of GuadalajaraGuadalajaraMexico.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2016 Mar 16;2(1):e11. doi: 10.2196/publichealth.5255. eCollection 2016 Jan-Jun.
Maps have been widely used to provide a visual representation of information of a geographic area. Health atlases are collections of maps related to conditions, infrastructure or services provided. Various countries have put resources towards producing health atlases that support health decision makers to enhance their services to the communities. Latin America, as well as Spain, have produced several atlases of importance such as the interactive mortality atlas of Andalucía, which is very similar to the one that is presented in this paper. In Mexico, the National Institute of Public Health produced the only health atlas found that is of relevance. It was published online in 2003 and is currently still active.
The objective of this work is to describe the methods used to develop the Health Atlas of Jalisco (HAJ), and show its characteristics and how it interactively works with the user as a Web-based service.
This work has an ecological design in which the analysis units are the 125 municipalities (counties) of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. We created and published online a geographic health atlas displaying a system based on input from official health database of the Health Ministry of Jalisco (HMJ), and some databases from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (NISGI). The atlas displays 256 different variables as health-direct or health-related indicators. Instant Atlas software was used to generate the online application. The atlas was developed using these procedures: (1) datasheet processing and base maps generation, (2) software arrangements, and (3) website creation.
The HAJ is a Web-based service that allows users to interact with health and general data, regions, and categories according to their information needs and generates thematic maps (eg, the total population of the state or of a single municipality grouped by age or sex). The atlas is capable of displaying more than 32,000 different maps by combining categories, indicators, municipalities, and regions. Users can select the entire province, one or several municipalities, and the indicator they require. The atlas then generates and displays the requested map.
This atlas is a Web-based service that interactively allows users to review health indicators such as structure, supplies, processes, and the impact on public health and related sectors in Jalisco, Mexico. One of the main interests is to reduce the number of information requests that the Ministry of Health receives every week from the general public, media reporters, and other government sectors. The atlas will support transparency, information diffusion, health decision-making, and the formulation of new public policies. Furthermore, the research team intends to promote research and education in public health.
地图被广泛用于提供地理区域信息的可视化表示。健康地图集是与条件、基础设施或提供的服务相关的地图集合。各国投入资源制作支持卫生决策者改善向社区提供服务的健康地图集。拉丁美洲以及西班牙都制作了一些重要的地图集，如安达卢西亚交互式死亡率地图集，这与本文介绍的地图集非常相似。在墨西哥，国家公共卫生研究所制作了唯一一份相关的健康地图集。该地图集于 2003 年在线发布，目前仍然活跃。
本工作的目的是描述开发哈利斯科健康地图集（HAJ）所使用的方法，并展示其特征以及它如何作为一个基于网络的服务与用户进行交互。
本工作采用生态设计，分析单位为墨西哥哈利斯科州的 125 个市/县。我们创建并在线发布了一个地理健康地图集，该地图集显示了一个基于哈利斯科州卫生部（HMJ）官方卫生数据库和国家统计和地理研究所（NISGI）部分数据库输入的系统。该地图集显示了 256 个不同的变量，包括卫生直接或与卫生相关的指标。Instant Atlas 软件用于生成在线应用程序。地图集使用以下步骤开发：（1）数据表处理和基础地图生成，（2）软件安排，（3）网站创建。
HAJ 是一个基于网络的服务，允许用户根据其信息需求与健康和一般数据、地区和类别进行交互，并生成专题地图（例如，按年龄或性别分组的全州或单个市/县的总人口）。该地图集能够通过组合类别、指标、市/县和地区显示超过 32000 张不同的地图。用户可以选择整个省份、一个或多个市/县以及所需的指标。然后，地图集生成并显示请求的地图。
该地图集是一个基于网络的服务，允许用户交互查看健康指标，如结构、供应、流程以及对墨西哥哈利斯科州公共卫生和相关部门的影响。主要目的之一是减少卫生部每周收到的来自公众、媒体记者和其他政府部门的信息请求数量。该地图集将支持透明度、信息传播、卫生决策制定和新公共政策的制定。此外，研究团队打算促进公共卫生领域的研究和教育。
