Role of geographic information system technology in community pediatric screening
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The various researches explored are evidently supporting the expansion of GIS use in community pediatric screening. All these studies have one common character that the change in perception on dealing with community programs. Convincing fact presentation and ease of in-depth analysis with the GIS tools made this paradigm shift in approaches and dealing with community problems.
Early detection and correction of vision problems in children has been found to have educational and behavioral benefits and certainly enhances quality of life. Community programs with same purpose can be supported to a large extended with the effective use of GIS. Possibilities of GIS are only explored to the limited extend and explored benefits of the use clearly envision, GIS going to be an unavoidable component in all community-based screening programs.