WISEWOMAN Eligibility Criteria by Census Tract in Montgomery County, Alabama

The major findings included the following:

• Among women living in Montgomery County, 86 percent (103,479/119,650) live within a 15-minute drive to Medical Outreach Ministries (the WISWOMAN location).
• Among people aged 40-64 in Montgomery County, 84 percent (59,356/70,999) live within a 15-minute drive to Medical Outreach Ministries (the WISWOMAN location).
• Among people living below poverty level in Montgomery County, 89 percent (40,849/45,863) live within a  15-minute drive to Medical Outreach Ministries (the WISWOMAN location).

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The 2017 American Community Survey data were used to create the map.

Quintiles were used to categorize census tract distributions for the following groups:

1. Percent of the total population between the ages of 40 and 64
2. Percent of the total population below the Federal Poverty Line
3. Percent of the total population Female

Network based service areas to WISEWOMAN providers were calculated to determine the percent of population within a 15 minutes’ drive time for each of these groups. Inclusion in a service area was based on the location of a population weighed centroid at the census tract level for each group.

The map will be sent to the CDC WISEWOMAN project officer. This layout will be used to create maps for other WISEWOMAN providers.  This map could be used to inform whether travel vouchers should be provided to participants. Alabama WISEWOMAN program could also use this layout to see if the location of a new provider is accessible.

Tim Feuser, Epidemiologist
Alabama Department of Health
tim.feuser@adph.state.al.us

Tim Feuser, Alabama Department of Health. Accessed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chronic Disease GIS Exchange https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/maps/gisx/mapgallery/AL_Wisewoman.html