Transcript AIDS - Appoquinimink High School

AIDS
Unit 6
The Main Idea
• Maps can be used to solve societal
problems such as AIDS
• Rephrase problems geographically
– It matters where problems occur
• Understand how culture and location
impact a country’s ability to solve
problems
• UEQ: How might societal
problems be posed so that they
are open to solution through
geographic map analysis?
• Today’s LEQ: What is GIS and
how can it be used to address
problems in society?
• What is geographic map analysis?
– Using maps to research and solve problems
that face society
What is GIS?
• “A geographic information system (GIS) is
a computer-based tool for mapping and
analyzing things that exist and events that
happen on earth.”
– GIS is the tool that allows for geographic map
analysis!
GIS Continued…
• Allows two or more maps to be laid on top
of each other so that a number of
variables can be examined together
– Helps to identify associations (correlations)
– Be careful… Associations do not imply a
cause/effect relationship (causation)
Cholera Outbreak in London in 1854
Birth Rates for Teenagers 15-19 years,
2000
AIDS in Delaware by zip code
• Wilmington and
New Castle, DE
have the state’s
highest
prevalence of
AIDS
• Why do you think
this is?
GIS Continued…
• DE policy makers used GIS when
creating programs to help solve
Delaware’s AIDS epidemic
• We rank 5th in the nation for HIVAIDS cases!!!
Why do we rank so high?
• Wilmington has a high rate
of intravenous drug use
• Dirty needles spread HIVAIDS
Needle Exchange Program
• The Division of Public Health
and BCCS have partnered to
offer needle exchange in
Wilmington
How Does it Work?
• Used needles are turned in for
new needles
• No limit, but one-to-one ratio
–5 used needles = 5 new needles
• No questions asked!!!
• Rapid AIDS testing provided
Who is Eligible?
• An active injected drug user
• At least 14 yrs. Old
• Resident of Wilmington
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8 AM
9 AM
10 AM
11 AM
Eastside, behind
Benny's off 8th and
Church Sts.
3rd and Delamore
12 PM
5th and Harrison
1 PM
2 PM
3rd and Church (near
Christina Park)
6th and Madison
3 PM
4 PM
C and Townsend
Streets, Southbridge
Speakman Park, 30th
and Church
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
5th and Harrison
14th and Northeast
Blvd. (Governor Printz)
Controversial…
• Does the Needle Exchange program
promote drug use?