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Applying Environmental Context to Rehabilitation Research Using Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning
Dara V Chan1, Adam Mann1, Sucharita Gopal2
1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Background:
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health includes important considerations of environmental context in understanding disability, but the environmental impact is often difficult to measure.
Purpose:
Demonstrates the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in rehabilitation research in assessing accessibility and participation; describes how to use these methods, and presents several considerations in using GIS and GPS in research.
Method:
Using methods from public health and medical geography, this article describes how to apply GIS and GPS technologies to rehabilitation research to measure community participation and accessibility to resources.
Findings:
Directions for using ArcGIS functions and case examples joining these mapping technologies with rehabilitation measures are provided.
Conclusions:
Together with traditional measures, these technologies may provide rehabilitation researchers a more comprehensive approach to assessing accessibility and participation.
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