Geographical Information System Analysis and access to healthcare services: A scoping literature review

Required Availability

Spring 2018

Preferred Majors

English | Geographic Information Systems | Geography | Library & Information Studies | Medicine | Nursing

Keywords

geographic information systems | access | healthcare services | health disparities | diabetes

Description

UNDERGRADUATE research assistants (2) needed to conduct a scoping literature review of geographic information systems (GIS) use in the areas of diabetes, healthcare service access, health outcomes, and health disparities. The scoping review will identify limited and specific studies about how GIS has been used to investigate access and/or distance to healthcare services for diabetes. Literature searches of electronic databases will be completed using the following search terms (and derivatives): “geographic information systems” AND “diabetes”. The Methodology for Joanna Briggs Scoping Reviews will be used utilized.

Special Skills

Use of GIS is not required as this is a scoping literature review. Library database search skills are needed.

Contact Phone #

2052925765

Contact Email

agraves@ua.edu

Research Website

N/A