Download - Esap mid term_preso
Project: NY Public Health Law/ESAP For: Expression Frameworks
Nov. 1, 2010
ESAP: About the Law Passed: Aug. 2000 (Gov. Pataki) Implemented: Jan. 2001
What Law Says pharmacies can sell (or furnish) up to 10 hypodermic needles or
syringes to persons 18 & older
pharmacies can advertise availability
registered providers must assure safe disposal of used needles or syringes
Dataset (2008 – 2010)
mixture of community and chain stores
75+ variables
participating pharmacists identified at neighborhood level
across neighborhoods (s. bronx, harlem, lower east side, central & east brooklyn)
answered by pharmacists (131) and staff members (480)
Are there more public health minded pharmacies in high-risk NYC neighborhoods?
perceptions & attitudes
on public health mindedness:
how often do you counsel or advise customers on prescription medications?
how often you do you counsel or advise customers on medical conditions?
how much do you support vaccination being provided in your pharmacy?
how much do you support referral to free HIV testing in your pharmacy?
possible solutions: network graph; object click through
mapping high-risk neighborhoods
mapping neighborhoods:
independents vs. chains
where are high risk neighborhoods are there more public health minded pharmacies in NYC
possible solutions: google maps api, processing
What’s next? community perceptions & attitudes
filter -> mine -> dataset represent findings -> interact
mapping high-risk neighborhoods acquire data from NYC health dept. pharmacy addresses into Google Maps API
The End email: mdl367ATnyu.edu