Thirteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

The Geodata project was established as a collaboration between Jeffery Hale – Saint Brigid’s hospital (JHSB), Jeffery Hale Community Partners, and Jan Warnke, a researcher geographer, after receiving funding from Health Canada and the Official Languages Health Program in 2018. The main objective of this project is to develop a real-time geospatial data access model to generate scientific knowledge about the English-speaking population served by the JHSB and its needs. Harvesting the value of the underused clinical and administrative data, this project integrates different layers of data including Canada Census and Centre Local de Services Communautaires - CLSC (Local Community Service Centre in English) data, and localizes them geospatially. This allows integration of data from different resources, cross-referencing of databases to obtain information and geolocation of administrative data. The Geodata project is very agile and the model can easily be adapted to the needs of the decision-makers and the questions that they would like to have answered. In addition, the project can ensure continuity of services in a sustainable way by identifying regions with low penetration of services. Policy makers working on public health could use the Geodata model to continuously monitoring the everchanging needs of the general population and community minorities ensuring fast and efficient adaptation of services depending on demand. The model could also allow predictions related with how these needs could be changed in the future allowing practical (re)allocation of recourses to respond to those needs.

Presenters

Melina Papalampropoulou
Planning, Programming and Research Officer, PDGA, Hôpital Jeffery Hale - Saint Brigid's, CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Canada

Jan Warnke
Lead Researcher, Geodata Project, Services Communautaires de Langue Anglaise Jeffery Hale, CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada