Rebolledo Elizabeth Angélica Salinas, Chiaravalloti Francisco, Giatti Leandro Luiz
Facultad de Salud Pública, Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018 Sep 24;42:e153. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2018.153. eCollection 2018.
To review the empirical consequences of the use of geoprocessing in the management of primary health care (PHC) services, in order to disseminate the benefits of this technology and analyze the challenges that must be overcome for its contribution to the development of PHC.
A systematic review of primary studies published in Spanish, English or Portuguese between 2000 and 2017 was carried out. First, a review of the academic production was carried out by continent and type of objective. In a second stage, the studies that experimented with and evaluated the use of geoprocessing in empirical form were selected. Specific and generic benefits, as well as limitations, were reviewed.
134 articles were identified in the first stage of selection, half of them from the Region of the Americas. Only nine studies met the criteria and were reviewed in the second stage. These studies showed that the use of geoprocessing generates benefits that go beyond the technical benefits, with limitations that can be overcome.
Although the benefits of using geoprocessing have been widely discussed, few studies have evaluated its implementation in PHC empirically. Practical experiences, which could easily be reproduced in different communities, show that its continued use could increase the capacity to respond to the goals of PHC, as well as to the goals of sustainable development.
回顾地理信息处理技术在初级卫生保健（PHC）服务管理中的实际应用效果，以传播该技术的益处，并分析为促进初级卫生保健发展其应用所必须克服的挑战。
对2000年至2017年间以西班牙语、英语或葡萄牙语发表的原始研究进行系统综述。首先，按大陆和目标类型对学术成果进行综述。第二阶段，挑选以实证形式试验和评估地理信息处理技术应用的研究。对具体和一般的益处以及局限性进行综述。
在第一阶段筛选中识别出134篇文章，其中一半来自美洲地区。只有9项研究符合标准并在第二阶段进行了综述。这些研究表明，地理信息处理技术的应用所产生的益处超出了技术层面，其局限性也是可以克服的。
尽管地理信息处理技术应用的益处已得到广泛讨论，但很少有研究对其在初级卫生保健中的实际应用进行评估。在不同社区能够轻易复制的实践经验表明，持续应用该技术可提高实现初级卫生保健目标以及可持续发展目标的能力。
