LAWRENCE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HPV VACCINE CAMPAIGN Alexandria Sehon and Pilar Belendez-DeSha

Using patient-provided home addresses, UK students are examining the relationship between income, educational attainment, communication networks, and the physical topography to assess what areas of Lawrence County are unable to receive or are unaware of the HPV vaccine.

Project Summary

Data Sources and Difficulties in Processing

Lawrence County Health Department

U.s Census KY Martian Google Maps

Address Locations Match

Obtaining data from surrounding county health departments

Digital Elevation Model Data

Time restraints

Data Sources Difficulties in Processing data

Patient Locations: Round 1 & 2

Renters Without Telephone Service Campaign 1

Renters Without Telephone Service Campaign 2

From these maps, patterns of social and economic barriers emerge, which can be used to guide and refine future decisions regarding the HPV Vaccine Campaign, with the overall end goal of reducing the infection rate of young adults in Lawrence County, Kentucky.

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