Learning From Data: Putting AHEC on the Map Laura Gano, MPH Andrea Kelley, MPHc

Putting AHEC on the Map AHEC goals Strategies for meeting goals Role of GIS technology in goal realization

Putting AHEC on the Map What is GIS? ArcGIS software

Putting AHEC on the Map AHEC staff developed maps illustrating: – Indiana Vulnerable Communities – Indiana Health Outcomes – Indiana AHEC Program Outcomes

Putting AHEC on the Map Where are the needs? – Primary health professions shortage areas (HPSAs) – Medically underserved areas (MUAs) Target high priority communities

Indiana counties

Indiana AHEC Regions

Putting AHEC on the Map Predictors of serving in vulnerable communities: – Where are you from – Where were you trained

Primary Care Health Professions Shortage Areas (HPSAs)

Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUAs)

HPSAs & MUAs

Disadvantaged Schools

Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

State-funded Community Health Centers (CHCs)

Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)

Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)

Putting AHEC on the Map Targeting students to serve in vulnerable communities Focus on Indiana health needs

Obesity

Adult Smoking

Low Birth Weight

Putting AHEC on the Map Program evaluation is essential Recruit individuals to serve vulnerable communities Goal 1: increase intent to pursue a health professions training program

Recruiting

Putting AHEC on the Map Tracking student matriculation into college and health career programs Demonstrate effectiveness of pipeline programs Observe geospatially where these students matriculated from through mapping

Matriculation

Putting AHEC on the Map Tracking alumni by matching with PLA data Visualize if and where AHEC alumni are practicing

All Alumni

Nursing Alumni

Physician Alumni

Putting AHEC on the Map Just the beginning… For the future: – Continue mapping needs and outcomes – Develop capacity to share tool on Indiana AHEC Network website – Train other staff and student RAs

Putting AHEC on the Map Questions?

References Agency for Healthcare Reserach and Quality. ((n.d.)). Evidence-based practice from terms/?pageaction=showterm&termid=24 terms/?pageaction=showterm&termid=24 Esri. ((n.d.)). About Esri. from Indiana Primary Health Care Association. ((n.d.)). What Is a Community Health Center (CHC)? from University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. (2014). County health rankings and roadmaps from US Department of Health Resources and Services Administration. ((n.d.)-a). Find Shortage Areas: MUA/P by State and County from US Department of Health Resources and Services Administration. ((n.d.)-b). What are Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)? from ml ml US Environmental Protection Agency. ((n.d.)). Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from