Spatial Literacy in Public Health:

Laureen P. Cantwell-Jurkovic, PhD, MSLIS, is the Head of Access Services & Outreach at Colorado Mesa University’s Tomlinson Library. She co-edited Finding Your Seat at the Table: Roles for Librarians on Institutional Regulatory Boards and Committees (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) and was sole editor for Intersections in Healing: Academic Libraries and the Health Humanities (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024). She has also published book chapters and articles on topics ranging from librarians on IRBs to libraries and MOOCs, from library spaces as curiosity drivers to Covid-era curbside pickup services, from information literacy activism to digital badging, and more. As part of being liaison to CMU’s Davis School of Business, she works with students and faculty within entrepreneurship, marketing, and other concentrations to bring GIS tools and research opportunities into their lives.Tammy E. Parece, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Teaching with The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where she teaches geospatial technologies to undergraduate and graduate students. She has a Geospatial and Environmental Analysis PhD from Virginia Tech. Her research includes the physical and social evaluations of urban areas for urban agriculture. She has published several book chapters and journal articles, and presented many conference papers, related to urban agriculture. Additionally, she specializes in geographic education, including geospatial technology courses. Her publications include book chapters, journal articles, and several technical and laboratory manuals related to geospatial technology education. She has taught numerous professional development workshops in geospatial technologies. Additionally, she taught at Colorado Mesa University, both traditional geography courses and geospatial technology courses, from 2016 - 2022, and developed their Geography Education and Outreach Program.

• IntroductionLaureen P. Cantwell-Jurkovic and Tammy E. Parece  Part I. Beginner Concepts, Learning Activities, and SkillsChapter 1. Fundamentals of Spatial Data for Public HealthForrest J. Bowlick and AÍda R. Guhlincozzi  Chapter 2. Evaluating GIS Data Using the Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose (CRAAP) TestBryan Fuller and Martin G. Ndegwa  Chapter 3. Participatory Mapping for Public HealthJugal Patel and Nicolas Parent  Chapter 4. Using Geospatial Visualizations to Better Understand Public Health DataAaron M. Adams, Debarchana Ghosh, Xiang Chen, Weidong Li, Chuanrong Zhang, Adam Gallaher, and Ashley G. BenÍtez OuChapter 5. Mapping and Evaluation of Community Resources, Access, and Populations Using Public-Use Software and Data FilesWladimir Labeikovsky and Dana Abbey  Chapter 6. Visualizing Public Health Data: Using the U.S. Covid Atlas and GeoDa for Spatial InsightsCecilia Smith and Marynia Kolak  Part II. Intermediate Concepts, Learning Activities, and SkillsChapter 7. Easily Map Socioeconomic Variables for Public Health Courses: Introductory Mapping Tools for Public Health Exploratory ResearchTodd Quinn and Sarah Shrum Davis  Chapter 8. Tracking Disease Outbreaks and Health Communication with Social Media Analytics and GISMing-Hsiang Tsou, Eyal Oren, and Atsushi Nara  Chapter 9. Anticipating a Post-Disaster Supply Chain Disruption  Chapter 10. Analyzing Spatial Clusters for Multiple Attributes: A Case Study for Obesity and Sleep DeficiencyLucy Cousins and Seda Şalap-AyÇa  Part III. Advanced Concepts, Learning Activities, and SkillsChapter 11. Spatial Epidemiology: Spatial Clustering and VulnerabilityBartholomew Hill, Harriet Moore, and Frank Tanser  Chapter 12. Built Environment and Physical Activity: Online GIS Technology for Mapping Environment-Behavior RelationshipsMuntazar Monsur  Chapter 13. Geospatial Tools for Environmental Health IssuesChunrong Jia  Chapter 14. Student Involvement in Soil Collection for Environmental Lead (Pb)Matthew L. Sisk, Heidi Beidinger, Marya Lieberman, and Meghanne Tighe  About the Editors / Authors