Hold That Thought
Hold That Thought
Washington University in St. Louis
Mapping Asthma: The Geography of Inequality
12 minutes Posted Mar 23, 2017 at 9:31 pm.
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Kelly Harris, a doctoral student in education, uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to identify ‘hotspots’ of childhood asthma in St. Louis. Higher asthma rates are linked with lower income levels, and Harris wants to understand why. Through data, she seeks to discover solutions to health inequalities in the St. Louis region and beyond.