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dc.contributor.authorGudes, Ori
dc.contributor.authorKendall, E.
dc.contributor.authorYigitcaniar, T.
dc.contributor.authorPathak, V.
dc.contributor.editorUnknown
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:26:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:26:27Z
dc.date.created2013-11-27T20:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationGudes, Ori and Kendall, Elizabeth and Yigitcaniar, Tan and Pathak, Virendra. 2011. Online geographic information systems for improving health planning practice: Lessons learned from the case study of Logan-Beaudesert, Australia, in Proceedings of The 2011 URISA GIS in Public Health Conference, Jun 27-30 2011. Atlanta, Georgia: The Association for GIS Professionals.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31627
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This study examines the impact of utilising a Decision Support System (DSS) in a practical health planning study. Specifically, it presents a real-world case of a community-based initiative aiming to improve overall public health outcomes. Previous studies have emphasised that because of a lack of effective information, systems and an absence of frameworks for making informed decisions in health planning, it has become imperative to develop innovative approaches and methods in health planning practice. Online Geographical Information Systems (GIS) has been suggested as one of the innovative methods that will inform decision-makers and improve the overall health planning process. However, a number of gaps in knowledge have been identified within health planning practice: lack of methods to develop these tools in a collaborative manner; lack of capacity to use the GIS application among health decision-makers perspectives, and lack of understanding about the potential impact of such systems on users.This study addresses the abovementioned gaps and introduces an online GIS-based Health Decision Support System (HDSS), which has been developed to improve collaborative health planning in the Logan-Beau desert region of Queensland, Australia. The study demonstrates a participatory and iterative approach undertaken to design and develop the HDSS. It then explores the perceived user satisfaction and impact of the tool on a selected group of health decision makers. Finally, it illustrates how decision-making processes have changed since its implementation. The overall findings suggest that the online GIS-based HDSS is an effective tool, which has the potential to play an important role in the future in terms of improving local community health planning practice. However, the findings also indicate that decision-making processes are not merely informed by using the HDSS tool. Instead, they seem to enhance the overall sense of collaboration in health planning practice. Thus, to support the Healthy Cities approach, communities will need to encourage decision-making based on the use of evidence, participation and consensus, which subsequently transfers into informed actions.

dc.publisherURISA - The Association for GIS Professionals
dc.titleOnline geographic information systems for improving health planning practice: Lessons learned from the case study of Logan-Beaudesert, Australia
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.titleGIS Public Health Proceedngs 2011
dcterms.source.seriesGIS Public Health Proceedngs 2011
dcterms.source.conferenceThe 2011 URISA GIS in Public Health Conference
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJun 27 2011
dcterms.source.conferencelocationAtlanta, Georgia, USA
dcterms.source.placeUnknown
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NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work in which changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication.

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