The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) presents
"Giving Health Geographic Information a Forum"
A one day seminar of the AGI Health Special Interest Group (SIG)
Date-Tuesday 25th May 1999.
Venue-Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, 12 Great Charles Street, London UK SW1P3AD
PROGRAMME
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.30 Welcome and Introduction by the session chairman to AGI and connections with other AGI SIGs
Dr Richard Ley, AGI Direct Action Committee chairman
10.45 AGI Health Special Interest Group - what do you want from it?
Ralph Smith, Chairman AGI Health SIG
11.00 Putting health events on the map - address geography issues
Hugh Neffendorf, Katalysis
11.25 Introduction to GIS and GI use in health
Ralph Smith, GIS Manager, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
11.50 Discussion
12.15 Lunch
13.15 Introduction to the afternoon session
Session chairman, Ralph Smith, Chairman AGI Health SIG
13.20 Health GIS - a national perspective
Samantha Cockings, GIS researcher, Small Area Health Statistics Unit,Imperial College
13.40 Primary care group geography
Duncan Cooper, GIS officer, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
14.00 Health Boards, GPs and geographic information
Mette Trantor, Information Strategy Officer, Lothian Health Board
14.20 Discussion, chaired by Ralph Smith
14.40 Tea break
15.00 GIS in Cancer Intelligence
Helen Beer, Research Officer, Wales Cancer Intelligence & Surveillance Unit
15.20 Spatial analysis of criteria based dispatch data
Mike Ploughman, Project Officer, Sussex Ambulance Service HQ
15.40 GIS in breast screening
Sarah Greening, Research Fellow, Breast Test Wales
16.00 Discussion chaired by Ralph Smith
16.30 Departure
*Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FPHM) continuing professional development
(CPD/CME) accreditation approval applied for.
COST-AGI members - œ25 (+VAT)
Non-AGI members - œ35 (+VAT)
For all enquiries contact
Gayle Gander, AGI, 12 Great Charles Street, London, UK SW1P3AD
Tel-0171 334 3746
Fax - 0171 334 3791
email - [log in to unmask]
http://www.agi.org.uk
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