title: Geo-spatial Informatics in International Public Health Nursing Education.
abstract: This poster describes results of an undergraduate nursing informatics experience. Students applied geo-spatial methods to community assessments in two urban regions of New Zealand and the United States. Students used the Omaha System standardized language to code their observations during a brief community assessment activity and entered their data into a mapping program developed in Esri ArcGIS Online, a geographic information system. Results will be displayed in tables and maps to allow comparison among the communities. The next generation of nurses can employ geo-spatial informatics methods to contribute to innovative community assessment, planning and policy development.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, United States.
authors.forename: Madeleine J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: University of Auckland, School of Nursing, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Michelle L L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Honey
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Department of Geography, Environment and Society, Minneapolis, United States.
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krzyzanowski
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D062306:Geography, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D009520:New Zealand; D064689:Nurses, Public Health / Q000193:education*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000072917:Standardized Nursing Terminology; D014481:United States