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The interactive atlas on health inequalities
Alain Vanasse1, Josiane Courteau, Mireille Courteau
1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, 3001, 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. alain.vanasse@usherbrooke.ca
The Interactive Atlas on Health Inequalities (IAHI) provides public health decision-makers with accessible data to understand and address health disparities. This tool visualizes health inequalities across various populations and geographical areas.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Informatics
- Health Services Research
Background:
- Translating complex scientific data for public health decision-making is challenging.
- Health inequalities persist across different populations and geographical areas.
- There is a need for accessible tools to analyze and understand health disparities.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an online system, the Interactive Atlas on Health Inequalities (IAHI), for public health decision-makers.
- To provide a user-driven platform for querying and visualizing health data, focusing on inequalities.
- To support efforts in closing health gaps across sub-populations.
Main Methods:
- Developed the Interactive Atlas on Health Inequalities (IAHI) based on user needs and data availability.
- Built the IAHI on multidimensional tables for interactive querying of aggregated health data.
- Enabled rapid generation of results in tables, graphs, and maps at various spatial and population levels.
Main Results:
- The IAHI allows rapid, interactive querying of large volumes of health data.
- The system is designed to reveal social and geographical health inequalities.
- Information is provided for conditions including myocardial infarction, osteoporotic fractures, diabetes, chronic pain, schizophrenia, and mood disorders.
Conclusions:
- The IAHI is a powerful support tool for decision-makers focused on health inequalities.
- The atlas facilitates understanding of health disparities by providing relevant, visualized information.
- The tool aims to contribute to reducing gaps in disease prevalence, healthcare access, and health outcomes.
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