GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Applications in Public Health and Spatial Epidemiology

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2026

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Relevance of the uMap Collaborative Platform as Support for Choropleth Mapping of a Traffic-Light Statistical Signal Atlas of All-Cause Mortality During the First French Lockdown: Geospatial Analysis

Anne Quesnel-Barbet, Thierry Pages, Julien Soula, Gilles Maignant, Arnaud Hansske

JMIR Med Inform 2026 (Aug 27); 14:e82855

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Patient Portal Activation Disparities by Ward, Census Tract, and Zip Code in an Urban Landscape Among Neurology Patients: Cross-Sectional Multi-Scale Analysis

Nicholas Streicher

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Aug 26); 28:e98695

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Reimagining Data for Equity: Reaching the Unreached Map Explorer for Localized Public Health Intelligence in the Western Pacific Region

Sumbul Hashmi, Anne-Laure Budts, Vincent Meurrens, Jessica Sarah Stow, Fukushi Morishita, Rajendra-Prasad Yadav

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (Aug 26); 12:e93324

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A Multi-Pathway Approach to Pesticide Exposure in Agricultural Communities: Protocol for an Observational Study

Raphaëlle Teysseire, Jonathan Chevrier, Pedro Alejandro Segura, Benoit Barbeau, Amadou Barry, Jacques Brodeur, Louise Hénault-Ethier, Marc-André Verner, Maryse F Bouchard

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Aug 21); 15:e94740

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Built Environment Audits Across Space and Time for Estimating Time-Varying Exposures: Cohort Study

Fangyi Wang, Xinyi Xu, Elizabeth Ghias, Stephen J Mooney, Andrew G Rundle, Wilmot A Sowa, Kevin Henry, Antoinette Stroup, Gerald Harris, Jie Li, Peter P Stanich, Heather Hampel, Jesse J Plascak

JMIR Form Res 2026 (Aug 19); 10:e86279

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Using Ecological Momentary Assessment, Geolocation Tracking, and Neuroimaging to Assess Effects of Tobacco Retail Exposure on Smoking Behavior: Protocol for the GeoSmoking Study

Nicole Cooper, Benjamin Muzekari, Anthony Resnick, Alexandra M Paul, Omaya Torres-Grillo, Farah Sayed, Elizabeth Beard, Melis E Cakar, Jose Carreras-Tartak, Susan Hao, Bradley Mattan, Mary Andrews, Darin Johnson, Christian Benitez, Emily Zhou, Christin Scholz, Ian Barnett, Michael Fichman, Lisa Henriksen, Thomas R Kirchner, David M Lydon-Staley, Andrew A Strasser, Emily B Falk

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Jul 10); 15:e89627

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Health Atlas: Tutorial of a Visualization Tool and Data Resource for Place-Based Social and Structural Determinants of Health

Debora L Oh, Kathryn E Kemper-McIsaac, Dan Meltzer, Eric Brelsford, Kelsey Taylor, Dhananjay Vinay Dixit, Andrea Nickerson, Riya Desai, Salma Shariff-Marco, Courtney Lyles, Scarlett Gomez, Mark J Pletcher, Mindy C DeRouen

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Jul 09); 28:e89065

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The Evolving Burden of Stroke in China’s 832 Poverty-Alleviated Counties (2019-2024): Nationwide Spatiotemporal Analysis

Mengdi Chen, Dong Xia, Wenping Li, Jie Wang, Zhiyu Lv, Jiapeng Chen, Lulu Zhang

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (Jun 03); 12:e91487

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Detecting Spatiotemporal Patterns of Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection in the China-Myanmar Border Region, 2010 to 2022: Longitudinal Observational Study

Jin Yang, Qiyu Zhu, Pei Liu, Jibao Wang, Xing Duan, Yikui Wang, Shijiang Yang, Yuecheng Yang, Runhua Ye, Peng Xu, Song Duan, Cong Jin

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (May 20); 12:e81767

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Neighborhood Revitalization and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Midlife and Older Adults Living in Low-Income Neighborhoods in the Bronx, New York: Protocol for a Natural Experiment and Multimethod Community-Based Study

Earle C Chambers, David B Hanna, David W Lounsbury, Diana Hernández, Qi Gao, Lihua Li, Ryung S Kim, Sean C Lucan, Yan Li

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (May 14); 15:e89056

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Epidemiological Distribution Characteristics of Tuberculosis Among Older Adults in Chongqing (2020-2024): Spatial-Temporal Analysis

Bojie Gao, Yu Xin, Wenping Liao, Lin Shi, Chengguo Wu, Jun Fan, Qingya Wang, Shanrong Huang, Xinyuan Yi, Yong Li, Wen Zhang, Chuan Pu

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (May 05); 12:e89671

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Investigating Children’s Exposure to Outdoor Food Marketing in 2 Swedish Cities Using a Smartphone App: Cross-Sectional Study

Sofia Spolander, Billy Langlet, Ioannis Sarafis, Ioannis Ioakimidis, Petter Fagerberg

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2026 (Mar 24); 14:e70192

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Enhancing COVID-19 Screening Models With Epidemiological and Mobility Features: Machine-Learning Model Study

Hyunwoo Choo, Hyo Jung Kim, Dohyung Lee, Soo-Yong Shin, Jiwoo Lee, Duhun Lee, Eonji Kim, Namsoo Oh, Christina Kim, Myeongchan Kim

JMIR AI 2026 (Mar 05); 5:e54956

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Disparities in Antiemetic Prophylaxis Care Processes Predicted by Patient Neighborhood: Retrospective Cohort and Geospatial Analysis

Jiuying Han, Neng Wan, Cameron K Jacobson, Nathan L Pace, Cade K Kartchner, Alexander Hohl, Robert B Schonberger, Douglas A Colquhoun, Richard P Dutton, Michael Andreae, John F Pearson

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (Feb 24); 12:e69133

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The Potential Impact of Federal Funding Cuts on Access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Atlanta, Georgia: Geographic Modeling Study

Noah Mancuso, Patrick S Sullivan

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (Feb 13); 12:e89473

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Risk Factors Associated With Tuberculosis Diagnostic Delay in the Jiangsu Province, China (2011-2021): Spatiotemporal Database Analysis Study

Yifan Tang, Sifan Wang, Kai Wang, Mingming Chen, Cheng Chen, Yi Lin, Qiao Liu, Chengxiu Ling, Tenglong Li, Limei Zhu

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2026 (Jan 26); 12:e80052

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Environmental Exposure and Mental Health in Hong Kong: Protocol for a GPS- and Biosensor-Based Observational Study

Yanjia Cao, Tianyu Li, Calvin P Tribby, Dorita H F Chang

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Jan 08); 15:e84919

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2025

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Aligning a Household-Level Service Array Through a Jurisdiction-Wide Child Maltreatment Prevention Effort: Protocol for a Geospatial and Counterfactual Modeling Study

Jamaal Green, Brian Glass, Jordan Purdy, Dyann Daley

JMIR Res Protoc 2025 (Dec 30); 14:e71997

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Mapping the Availability of Rehabilitation Providers Using Public Licensure and Population Data for a Geographic Information System–Based Approach to Workforce Planning: Cross-Sectional Feasibility Study

Madeline Ratoza, Rupal M Patel, Julia Chevan, Wayne Brewer, Katy Mitchell

JMIR Form Res 2025 (Dec 23); 9:e85025

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Elderly Activity Life-Space Envelopes (EASE): Development and Feasibility of a Comprehensive, Integrated Protocol for Life-Space Mobility Research in Population Health

Yee Sien Ng, Fang Zhao, Lynn Yi-Ching Ho, Laura Tay, Eugene Shum, Aisyah Latib, Silvana Choo, Sharon Chew, Teresa Leong, Yong Hao Pua, Belinda Yuen, Sam Conrad Joyce, Xin Yang, Angelique Chan, Ad Maulod, Yunjie Wong, Donny Soh, Rajesh Krishna Balan, Lian Leng Low, Julian Thumboo, Yew Yoong Ding, Helen Marie Hoenig, Sapphire Lin

JMIR Res Protoc 2025 (Dec 19); 14:e79308

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