Mapping for Public Health: Initial Plan for Using Satellite Imagery for Micronutrient Deficiency Prediction

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Elizabeth Bondi-Kelly, A. Perrault, Fei Fang, Benjamin L. Rice, C. Golden, Milind Tambe
2020

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Bondi-Kelly, E., Perrault, A., Fang, F., Rice, B. L., Golden, C., & Tambe, M. (2020). Mapping for Public Health: Initial Plan for Using Satellite Imagery for Micronutrient Deficiency Prediction.

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Bondi-Kelly, Elizabeth, A. Perrault, Fei Fang, Benjamin L. Rice, C. Golden, and Milind Tambe. “Mapping for Public Health: Initial Plan for Using Satellite Imagery for Micronutrient Deficiency Prediction” (2020).

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Bondi-Kelly, Elizabeth, et al. Mapping for Public Health: Initial Plan for Using Satellite Imagery for Micronutrient Deficiency Prediction. 2020.

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@article{elizabeth2020a,
  title = {Mapping for Public Health: Initial Plan for Using Satellite Imagery for Micronutrient Deficiency Prediction},
  year = {2020},
  author = {Bondi-Kelly, Elizabeth and Perrault, A. and Fang, Fei and Rice, Benjamin L. and Golden, C. and Tambe, Milind}
}

Abstract

The lack of micronutrients is a major threat to the health and development of populations, and it is challenging to detect such deficiency at large scale with low cost. In this work, we plan to use data from a study on micronutrient deficiency in Madagascar, which include blood draw results and corresponding questionnaires, along with satellite imagery, to determine whether there are certain cues visible in satellite imagery that could more easily and quickly suggest areas where people may be susceptible to micronutrient deficiency. We propose an approach that will (i) determine important predictors of micronutrient deficiency from blood draws and corresponding questionnaire data, such as type of food consumed, (ii) automatically detect related areas in satellite imagery, such as forest regions where sources of important food may be found, and (iii) use these to predict regions of micronutrient deficiency. As the prediction of micronutrient deficiency in satellite imagery will be done using meaningful predictors, and we anticipate using an inherently interpretable model for prediction based on these objects, such as logistic regression, we aim to create a model that will be intuitive to those in the public health community.1