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Earth Observation: Investigating Noncommunicable Diseases from Space
Peng Jia1,2, Alfred Stein1, Peter James3
1Department of Earth Observation Science, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, 7514 AE Enschede, The Netherlands;
Annual Review of Public Health
|January 12, 2019
Summary
Earth observation (EO) technologies offer new ways to study noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by integrating environmental data. This approach can improve NCD research, interventions, and policy, especially in understanding individual-environment interactions.
Area of Science:
- Environmental health
- Public health
- Geospatial science
Background:
- Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) pose a significant global health burden, affecting both developed and developing nations.
- Earth observation (EO) technologies are underutilized in NCD research compared to infectious disease studies.
- Accurate environmental exposure data is crucial for NCD research, practice, and policy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the potential applications of Earth observation (EO) data and technologies in noncommunicable disease (NCD) research.
- To highlight how EO can enhance the understanding of environmental factors influencing NCDs.
- To explore EO's role in improving NCD study methodologies and interventions.
Main Methods:
- Literature review focusing on the integration of EO data into NCD research.
- Analysis of EO's capabilities in incorporating natural and built environment factors.
- Examination of EO's utility for longitudinal studies and scaling up interventions.
Main Results:
- EO technologies can integrate natural and built environment factors into NCD research.
- EO facilitates the explanation of individual-environment interactions relevant to NCDs.
- EO enables scaling up local studies, providing repeated measurements for longitudinal research, and advancing NCD research methodologies.
Conclusions:
- Earth observation offers significant potential to overcome limitations in measuring environmental exposure for NCD research.
- Integrating EO data can lead to more accurate and comprehensive NCD studies.
- EO applications are vital for advancing NCD research, practice, and policy development globally.
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