TY - JOUR
T1 - An online geographic data visualization tool to relate preterm births to environmental factors
AU - Jankowska, Marta M.
AU - Yang, Jiue An
AU - Block, Jessica
AU - Baer, Rebecca J.
AU - Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Laura L.
AU - Flores, Sandra
AU - Pacheco-Warner, Tania
AU - Costantino, Amber
AU - Fuchs, Jonathan
AU - Chambers, Christina D.
AU - Newel, Gail
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - Preterm birth ( < 37 weeks gestation) continues to be a significant cause of disease and death in the United States. Its complex causes are associated with several genetic, biological, environmental, and sociodemographic factors. Organizing and visualizing various data that may be related to preterm birth is an essential step for pattern exploration and hypothesis generation and presents an opportunity to increase public and stakeholder involvement. In this article, we describe a collaborative effort to create an online geographic data visualization tool using open software to explore preterm birth in Fresno County, where rates are the highest in California. The tool incorporates information on births, environmental exposures, sociodemographic characteristics, the built environment, and access to care. We describe data sets used to build the tool, the data-hosting platform, and the process used to engage stakeholders in its creation. We highlight an important example of how collaboration can increase the utility of geographic data visualization to improve public health and address health equity in birth outcomes.
AB - Preterm birth ( < 37 weeks gestation) continues to be a significant cause of disease and death in the United States. Its complex causes are associated with several genetic, biological, environmental, and sociodemographic factors. Organizing and visualizing various data that may be related to preterm birth is an essential step for pattern exploration and hypothesis generation and presents an opportunity to increase public and stakeholder involvement. In this article, we describe a collaborative effort to create an online geographic data visualization tool using open software to explore preterm birth in Fresno County, where rates are the highest in California. The tool incorporates information on births, environmental exposures, sociodemographic characteristics, the built environment, and access to care. We describe data sets used to build the tool, the data-hosting platform, and the process used to engage stakeholders in its creation. We highlight an important example of how collaboration can increase the utility of geographic data visualization to improve public health and address health equity in birth outcomes.
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U2 - 10.5888/pcd16.180498
DO - 10.5888/pcd16.180498
M3 - Article
C2 - 31400100
AN - SCOPUS:85071282070
SN - 1545-1151
VL - 16
JO - Preventing Chronic Disease
JF - Preventing Chronic Disease
IS - 8
M1 - 180498
ER -