{"id":178,"date":"2016-06-03T21:28:34","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T21:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2016-09-01T18:39:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:39:22","slug":"spatial-analysis-and-high-priority-target-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/spatial-analysis-and-high-priority-target-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spatial Analysis and High Priority Target Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Quick Links<\/h3>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/data-and-policy-analyses-and-research\/\">Data and Policy &#8211; Analyses and Research<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/health-planning-analyses\/\">Health Planning Analyses<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/OMHHE\/policyanalysis\/irb.htm\">Institutional Review Board<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Spatial Analysis<\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Office of Health Equity maintains spatially referenced (geocoded) databases of all licensed currently active physician practice sites regardless of medical specialty. The Office has expanded its Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities and uses spatial analysis techniques, such as hotspot and cluster analysis, to circumscribe rational service areas.<\/p>\n<h2>High Priority Target Areas<\/h2>\n<p>The Office also uses GIS to identify \u201chigh priority target areas\u201d and develop GIS techniques for studying rational service areas. This has facilitated the development of primary care Health Professional Shortage Areas in several rural areas.<\/p>\n<h2>Recent Reports<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2016\/06\/New-Rich-SDOH-6-2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Distribution of Health, Disease, and Social Determinants of Health in Richmond, Chesterfield, and Henrico<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2016\/06\/Inequities-in-Birth-Outcomes-NOVA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Inequities in Birth Outcomes in Northern Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2016\/06\/hamptonroads-IM-SDOH-8-2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Inequities in Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight in Hampton Roads: Rethinking Birth Outcomes Using GIS and Geospatial Analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2016\/06\/spatial-analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Spatial Analysis of Health Data &amp; the Development of High Priority Target Areas<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact\">\n<p>For more information about Virginia designations, contact\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rexford.dwamena@vdh.virginia.gov\">Rexford Anson-Dwamena<\/a>, Social Epidemiologist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Links Data and Policy &#8211; Analyses and Research Health Planning Analyses Institutional Review Board Spatial Analysis The Office of Health Equity maintains spatially referenced (geocoded) databases of all licensed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Spatial Analysis and High Priority Target Areas - Health Equity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/health-equity\/spatial-analysis-and-high-priority-target-areas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spatial Analysis and High Priority Target Areas - Health Equity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Quick Links Data and Policy &#8211; 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