Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Geosciences
Date of Award
8-2016
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
T. Andrew Joyner
Committee Members
Ingrid Luffman, Ken Tillman
Abstract
Abdominal aortic aneurysms are the third leading cause of sudden death in men 60 years and over. AAAneurysm Outreach provides free screenings to residents of Louisiana and beyond. Service areas were calculated for each AAAneurysm Outreach screening event location and stroke center. Data provided by the 2010 U.S. Census, the American Community Survey, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were used to describe demographics of the underserved populations and to identify high-risk areas for targeted interventions. Twenty-five percent of age-eligible Louisianans reside outside optimal drive-time-to-screening-event zones but within spatially clustered areas of increased prevalence rates. The maximum drive-time-to-treatment zones excluded 1,395 residents 65 years and over from timely access to emergency medical care. Results revealed limitations in the geographic breadth of the screening program and small disparities in accessibility to emergency healthcare.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Poole, Amy M., "AAAneurysm Outreach Screening Data and Emergency Healthcare Accessibility in Louisiana: Identifying High-Risk Populations for Targeted Interventions" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3115. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3115
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.