Addressing Opioid Overdose Disparities in Inland Southern California: Ethnography Meets Advanced Spatial Analytics

Drawing from spatial data science, anthropology and public health, this project seeks new insight into the spatial contexts associated with opioid overdoses in Riverside County. By combining qualitative and quantitative methods in partnership with local public health agencies and emergency services, the goal of this project is to identify the best ways to help mitigate overdose harm and disparities by synthesizing spatial econometrics, ethnographic interviews, and spatial optimization modeling