Evaluating Access to Healthcare in Chicago’s Chinatown
Session Number
Project ID: BHVSO 11
Advisor(s)
Crystal Bae, University of Chicago
Discipline
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Start Date
17-4-2024 9:40 AM
End Date
17-4-2024 9:55 AM
Abstract
Historically, minority populations in the U.S. have experienced disparities in access to healthcare and their corresponding health outcomes. To find out how ethnicity and location are connected to accessibility to healthcare, this paper connects geospatial data and the social determinants of health in the predominantly Asian community in the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago. Using ChiVes, Chicago Health Atlas, the census tract, and the Chicago Data Portal, I apply spatial analytic approaches such as determining distances between central areas in Chicago and primary care facilities to create a healthcare accessibility index. This could provide more information on how to determine neighborhoods in Chicago, help find potential solutions to healthcare disparities, and determine the role of ethnicity in healthcare accessibility.
Evaluating Access to Healthcare in Chicago’s Chinatown
Historically, minority populations in the U.S. have experienced disparities in access to healthcare and their corresponding health outcomes. To find out how ethnicity and location are connected to accessibility to healthcare, this paper connects geospatial data and the social determinants of health in the predominantly Asian community in the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago. Using ChiVes, Chicago Health Atlas, the census tract, and the Chicago Data Portal, I apply spatial analytic approaches such as determining distances between central areas in Chicago and primary care facilities to create a healthcare accessibility index. This could provide more information on how to determine neighborhoods in Chicago, help find potential solutions to healthcare disparities, and determine the role of ethnicity in healthcare accessibility.