Mapping Overdose: Participatory GIS to Translate Health Data to Prevention Practice

Join us for a presentation that explores how engaging members of the community with GIS can help translate disease epidemiology to prevention practice. Researchers from WashU Psychiatry will introduce the connection between place and health and unpack how participatory GIS, a method that can bring community members directly into the mapping process, can be used to identify local health risks and inform targeted interventions.

Drawing on a case study from St. Louis, the presentation will share how they used participatory GIS to identify and map geographic determinants of overdose and build a community-informed index. Discover how these community-engaged GIS approaches can not only identify gaps in spatial epidemiology in public health but also help translate epidemiological findings for community stakeholders engaged in prevention. Lunch will be provided for registered attendees.

Free and open to all. Registration is requested for in-person attendees and required for those attending virtually via Zoom.

Co-sponsored by WashU Libraries and WashU Psychiatry.