The short paper provides an overview on how geographic issues have become increasingly
relevant to public health research and policy, particularly through the lens of geographic …

We introduce an analytical framework for analyzing tweets to (1) identify and categorize fine-
grained details about a disaster such as affected individuals, damaged infrastructure and …

Analysis of cancer data, particularly with a small geographic unit, often suffers from the small
population (numbers) problem, which causes unstable rate estimates and data suppression …

The reporting and analysis of population-based cancer statistics in the United States has
traditionally been done for counties. However, counties are not ideal for analysis of cancer …

Similar geographic areas often have great variations in population size. In health data
management and analysis, it is desirable to obtain regions of comparable population by …

Background The growing interest in the effects of contextual environments on health
outcomes has focused attention on the strengths and weaknesses of alternate contextual …

The article is composed of two sections. In the first section, the authors describe the
application of minimum line dimensions which are dependent on line shape, width and the …

BACKGROUND Despite significant advances in the prevention and treatment of pediatric
trauma, preventable injuries continue to burden the lives of millions of children. To target …

Background Maps of disease rates produced without careful consideration of the underlying
population distribution may be unreliable due to the well-known small numbers problem …

Abstract Introduction The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
(NBCCEDP) is a cancer screening program whose mission is to reduce cancer morbidities …