?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Web+GIS+and+Public+Health&rft.creator=Najafabadi%2C+AT&rft.creator=Pourhassan%2C+M&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Both+government+and+private+sector+organizations+are+seeking+ways+to+maintain+and+improve+the+health+of+the+public+in+the+world+to+control+the+costs+at+the+same+time.+For+this+aim+internet+and+use+of+georeferenced+public+health+information+for+Geographic+Information+System+application+is+an+important+and+exciting+development+for+the+nation%E2%80%99s+Department+of+Health+and+Human+Services+and+other+health+agencies.+Technological+progress+towards+public+health+geospatial+data+integration%2C+analysis%2C+and+visualization+of+space-time+events+using+the+Web+portends+eventual+robust+use+of+Geographic+Information+System+by+public+health+and+other+sectors+of+the+economy.+Increasing+Web+resources+from+distributed+spatial+data+portals+and+global+geospatial+libraries%2C+and+a+growing+suite+of+Web+integration+tools%2C+will+provide+new+opportunities+to+advance+disease+surveillance%2C+control+and+prevention%2C+and+insure+public+access+and+community+empowerment+in+public+health+decision+making.&rft.publisher=Dr.+BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-04-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6972%2F1%2F2009-4-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Najafabadi%2C+AT+and+Pourhassan%2C+M++(2010)+Web+GIS+and+Public+Health.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6972%2F