Geosocial Tools for Community Diagnosis and Health Promotion.

ABSTRACT: Growing research highlights the role of local community contexts in health and well-being. Communities function as central arenas for health promotion as individuals and community spaces interact in daily life. To better communicate the linkages between community and health, we demonstrate the use of a set of geosocial tools for community diagnosis and health promotion, conceptually grounded in the framework of geosocial embeddedness, using data from community surveys and participatory research conducted with local inhabitants to engage their competency. Through a web-based interactive map generated using a geographic information system, we identified public territories in the municipality where greater policy attention is needed to enhance health. Through an intersectional matrix produced

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894869 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature