COVID-19 Societal Effects and Perceptions: A Case Study of Italy

Fernandez, Gabriela; Maione, Carol; Yang, Harrison Hao; Zaballa, Karenina; Bonnici, Norbert; Carter, Jarai; Tsou, Ming‐Hsiang

doi:10.3390/msf2023019010

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“…[15], but especially for the management of exceptional situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes its presence felt even today. In addition, there are papers where researchers have presented with strong evidence the benefits of using GIS technology for assessing issues during the COVID-19 pandemic [16,17,18]. The development of a platform built on the principles of GIS technology, which can become the foundation of a digital Atlas of health services at the level of a country, circumscribes the objective of this study.…”

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Gis Health Services, a Proposed Management Model in Public Health. A Case Study Applied to the Conditions Imposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Lupu-Dima,

Edelhauser

2023

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The current context has proved unequivocally that public health is one of the pillars of society, playing a determining role and being a balancing factor. This study aimed to provide additional evidence supporting the use of geographic information systems in and from public health. For the study, the authors use public data from the Transparency COVID-19 data set at the Romanian level, which they process with the QGIS application, to effectively determine the influence of the location of the vaccination centers, respectively the impact on the incidence of COVID 19. The research carried out, which generated 153 maps, allows the statement, that reports based on the geographical location of data collected from the public health system are easier to analyze and to evaluate the effectiveness of the decisions taken. By analyzing the evolution of some public health indicators, that are difficult to correlate through analytical relationships, this study offers, as the main finding, an additional argument for the use of geographic information systems in public health management. As the limitations of research in the simulation component are relevant, further research is needed to provide the necessary evidence to convince about the effectiveness of using geographic information systems to optimize outcomes in the public health system. For this reason, it is necessary that the data structures in the public system, to be built and collected in a comprehensive way, with an optimal level of granularity.

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