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Date Submitted
Fall 12-9-2014
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Description
Stroke is a multifaceted medical event that is caused by multiple levels of health, social, economic, and environmental determinants. This project examines socioeconomic mechanisms and data sharing policies were explored in Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair County to better understand the burden of stroke in the Metro East. The research aims to examine which socioeconomic determinants that significantly predict the likelihood that stroke patients from Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair Counties will seek treatment in Illinois (N = 67 ZIP codes) and ti determine whether accounting for stroke cases treated in Missouri will significantly increase the incidence of stroke in the three Metro East counties.
Disciplines
Social Work
City
Metro East, Illinois
Recommended Citation
Woodward, Krista P., "Stroke And State Borders: A Case Study of the Social and Physical Contextual Factors Influencing Stroke Burden in Metro East, IL" (2014). GIS Posters. Poster 159.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/gis_poster/159