Course description: This course will familiarize students with the basic knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS) and their application to social work practice and research. The course is organized around three primary areas: 1) conceptual; 2) technical; and 3) data management. A conceptual overview of GIS is presented to provide students with foundational knowledge about the theory, purpose, function, and applicability of GIS in practice and research settings. Students will develop critical thinking skills necessary to devise research questions appropriate for a GIS, to develop a GIS, interpret the findings, and to evaluate the spatial relationships between variables.
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Encouraging Economic Development in the City of Maryland Heights
Cynthia De La Torre
5-7-2013This project asks if the current minimum area threshold for Planned Districts is effective in encouraging the development of commercial, industrial, and residential parcels.
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Identifying Relationships Between Anchor Institutions and Socioeconomic Indicators in the Mississippi Delta
Brandon Farber
12-1-2013This project seeks to identify relationships between the location of anchor institutions and the poverty and unemployment rates in the corresponding census tracts.And advance knowledge to more adequately leverage the resources and influence of anchor institutions.
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Integration of Dispersion Modeling with Spatial Interpolation of Measured Air Pollutant Concentrations
Stephen Feinberg
12-1-2013This project aims to develop and evaluate an alternate exposure estimation tool to improve on normal IDW interpolation, compare the new method with IDW interpolation to evaluate potential improvements.
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Spatial relationship between youth-directed services and crime incidence in Chicago, IL
Lauren Fischer
12-1-2013This project aims to answer the questions of what is the spatial relationship between the locations of youth-directed services and areas of high crime incidence in the city of Chicago and whether areas with youth programs differ significantly in patterns of crime incidence from areas without programs.
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Pharmacy Access for Diabetes Patients in North St. Louis
Brittney Francis
5-7-2013This project aims to investigate the disparities within St. Louis City and access to pharmacies and to see how accessible pharmacies are in North St. Louis by bus route.
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Childhood Asthma, Healthcare access, and the Urban Neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri
Kelly Harris
12-1-2013The purpose of this study is to identify ‘hotspots’ or concentrations of increased childhood asthma prevalence within the city of St. Louis, and examine the neighborhood characteristics and access to healthcare resources within these hotspots to identify relevant patterns or correlations
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Neighborhood Factors and Educational Outcomes at High Schools in St. Louis
Moo-Hyun Kim
5-7-2013This project asks the following questions: what are the demographic characteristics of St. Louis City and County in terms of racial/ethnic compositions? Do neighborhoods with concentrated poverty levels have high rates of minority population? Are the levels of concentrated poverty of neighborhoods related to the educational outcomes of public high schools in the neighborhoods?
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Neighborhood Churning in St. Louis City
Sami Kordonowy
7-1-2013This project seeks to discover a correlation between the different reasons people move and where they are moving to in St. Louis and to find a way to measure neighborhood churning.
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West End Community Gardens
Stephanie Larson
7-1-2013This project locates West End community gardens in relation to select social determinants, including income level, occupier's ownership status, ethnic diversity, and population density.
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The Interplay Between Alcohol Abuse, Race, and Poverty: An analysis of Missouri counties, 2010
Sarra Latif
7-1-2013This project explores the relationship between alcohol abuse, race/ ethnicity and poverty across Missouri counties.
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The Relationship Between Poverty Level of Communityand Educational Outcomes in Missouri
Eun Jung Lee
5-7-2013This project seeks to answer the following questions: is poverty level of communities associated with educational attainment of population? Is poverty level of communities associated with Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) in Math? Is poverty level of communities associated with Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) in Communication Arts?
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Epidemiological Distribution of Stomach Cancer Using Geographic Information Systems: Worldwide, Asian, and US Asians
Susu (Ting) Luo
5-7-2013This project asks the following questions: what is the epidemiological distribution of the age-world-standardized incidence rates of stomach cancer in each country? What is the epidemiological distribution of the age-adjusted incidence rates of stomach cancer in each state across the United States? Is there race disparity of incidence rate of stomach cancer in the United States?
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Interrogating Birth Defects in Missouri using GIS
Monami Majumder and Rikki Sitzes
12-1-2013This project seeks to discover any difference in birth defects by dietary intake and environmental exposure, assess if there is any difference in birth defects by economic status, and pßropose necessary actions for authorized agencies to alleviate the increasing trend of birth defects in Missouri based on our findings.
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Who Accesses Zoo and Science Center Programming?Using Geospatial Data to Find Patterns of Participation
Erin Nolan
12-1-2013This project investigates how proximity to the institution correlates to participation in museum programming, and how this compares to the status of being in or out of the ZMD? And how does zip-code area income level correspond to participation in institution programming?
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Higher Education Attainment of National Guard Members Post-Deployment
Stephanie Nune and Carissa van den Berk-Clark
12-1-2013This porjet seeks to answer the following question: among the group of National Guard veterans from the Midwest region returning from deployment what indicators (environmental, societal, and demographical) will predict who is most likely to attend a higher education institution?