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Carthage College students track opioid crisis in Wisconsin

Carthage College students track opioid crisis in Wisconsin
>> THIS IS A MAP SHOWCASING KENOSHA COUNTY. >> CARTHAGE COLLEGE JUNIORS ZAK SCHWARTZ AND OLIVIA PRATT ARE GETTING REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE, TRACKING ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S REAL PROBLEMS. >> IT IS AMAZING HOW SEEING IT ON A MAP REALLY PUTS IT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. >> AS PART OF A CLASS PROJECT, THEY SPENT A MONTH CREATING MAPS TRACKING THE OPIOID CRISIS IN WISCONSIN. USING STATE AND COUNTY DATA, THEY TRACKED THE CHANGES IN OVERDOSE DEATHS AND HOSPITAL EMERGENCIES COUNTY-BY-COUNTY OVER THE LAST 14 YEARS. >> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY, YEAH, HUGE NUMBERS. >> AND THOSE HUGE NUMBERS LED TO THIS, A HEAT MAP SHOWING THE CONCENTRATION OF NARCAN TRAINING SITES IN KENOSHA COUNTY PLAC -- COUNTY, PLACES TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE OPIOID ANTIDOTE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSOR HOPE IT COULD HELP COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS PINPOINT AREAS LACKING TRAINING. >> WITH A THING FOR US IS KNOWN THAT OUR WORK WILL BE BENEFITING REAL PEOPLE AND BENEFITING THE COMMUNITY WE ARE LIVING IN. PERHAPS PEOPLE CAN USE KENOSHA COUNTY AS AN EXAMPLE ACROSS THE STATE AND APPLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THIS PROJECT INTO THEIR OWN COUNTY. BEN: THOSE STUDENTS WILL PRESENT THEIR MAPS TO THE KENOSHA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT LATER THIS MONTH. IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE AVAILABLE ONLINE TO ANYONE INTERESTE
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Carthage College students track opioid crisis in Wisconsin
Carthage College juniors Zak Schwartz and Olivia Pratt are getting real world experience tracking one of the country's real problems: the opioid crisis.

Carthage College juniors Zak Schwartz and Olivia Pratt are getting real world experience tracking one of the country's real problems: the opioid crisis.

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