Utah
Researchers working to address the needs of Utah’s women of color
LOGAN, Utah (ABC4) – Might is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Utah State College Utah Ladies and Management Mission is working to higher determine what number of girls in Utah belong to these communities. The objective of this analysis is to assist guarantee fairness for all girls of colour within the Beehive State.
“Equality is like, ‘Let’s do the identical factor for everybody whether or not they want it or not,’” Susan Madsen defined. Madsen is the director of the Utah Ladies & Management Mission (UWLP).
In 2021, 22 % of Utahns had been recognized as these apart from non-Hispanic White, based on the Kem C. Gardner Coverage Institute. As the range of the state will increase, UWLP has created a sequence of analysis experiences on girls of colour.
The analysis will probably be damaged down right into a sequence of 5 experiences that particulars knowledge on Utah girls of every census race/ethnic class, together with Pacific Islander, Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and Native American. Madsen is main this effort in creating these experiences. She informed ABC4 that researchers hope their work will assist neighborhood leaders throughout Utah guarantee fairness extra so than equality for girls of colour.
“Once you perceive folks and teams of individuals, no less than, you possibly can design interventions, you possibly can design assist, you possibly can design applications and initiatives that higher serve the totally different populations which can be right here inside the state of Utah,” said Madsen.
She defined that step one is to determine particular populations. She added, “In Utah, we don’t ask, or we don’t acquire, gender knowledge rather a lot. We don’t acquire race/ethnicity knowledge. What that ends in is knowledge that’s being revealed that’s simply basic.”
In line with Madsen, particular wants usually change based mostly on an individual’s gender, race and ethnicity.
For months, researchers have been accumulating knowledge to higher perceive what communities in Utah make up the 22 % of people that had been recognized as non-Hispanic White. The primary of the 5 experiences, or snapshots, is that of Pacific Islander girls.
UWLP discovered that just about 14,000 girls in Utah determine as Pacific Islander. That is lower than one % of Utah’s basic inhabitants.
The analysis additionally offers a glimpse into the particular wants of Pacific Islander girls within the state. Madsen defined, “They’re much less more likely to have medical health insurance, they’re considerably extra more likely to forgo medical care, much less more likely to have a private physician, much less more likely to obtain medical care.”
The second of the 5 experiences to return out is that of Asian American girls. In line with the snapshot, the Asian inhabitants (as a complete) is steadily rising within the state and now accounts for about 2.5 % of the overall inhabitants.
Like Pacific Islander girls, Asian American girls in Utah could have totally different wants from nearly all of the inhabitants. Asian American girls usually tend to have faculty levels and have a tendency to have decrease charges of breast most cancers than different girls. Nevertheless, analysis exhibits this neighborhood sees greater charges of poverty. Apparently, that is the alternative of the nationwide development.
Why is that this vital to know this?
“Once we know that (a) inhabitants is totally different, typically, we will do various things,” Madsen said. “The well being departments can do various things, we will message otherwise, academics can encourage otherwise, and that’s actually fairness.”
Madsen mentioned that understanding how particular subpopulations inside the state fare relating to issues like healthcare, employment, training, marital standing and family dimension will help faculties, non-profits, metropolis governments and even state governments put into place insurance policies and applications “to have the ability to raise them in several methods… relying on what the analysis and knowledge says.”
Researchers will launch the snapshots for the three different classes of ladies within the coming weeks.
The Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a $20 million grant to Utah.
Drivers of snow plows, public transportation buses, and other government-operated vehicles are using technology that can direct traffic lights to change in order to improve safety and travel time.
Under the “Saving Lives and Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment” program, Utah will receive $20 million of the $60 million that is aimed to improve vehicle technologies. The other $40 million will go to Texas and Arizona.
“Connecting vehicles and infrastructure is a great way for us to be able to take advantage of technology to help improve safety and other outcomes. And Utah’s DOT has been a leader in this space for a long time,” Shailen Bhatt, US Federal Highway Administrator said.
UDOT will use this $20 million to fund projects in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, where each state represents different population concentrations and transportation facilities.
Bhatt says protecting personal private information can be one of the challenges when using these types of technology.
“So we will want people to understand what is being exchanged is called a basic safety message of DSM. The vehicle is going to report to the intersection that I’m approaching, and the intersection is going to report back ‘oh, the light is about to turn red or my light is red’, but it’s all anonymous data,” Bhatt said.
The technology is being used in Salt Lake City, where travel time reliability and bus performance have improved.
“It is unequivocal that when you deploy technology, we are able to reduce crashes, we’re able to reduce congestion, we’re able to reduce the amount of time people sit in traffic, and the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from our system. And we look forward to more investments being made on the basis of the data that we get from this initial deployment,” Bhatt said.
Seven members of a youth group hiking in Utah were transported to hospitals on Thursday after lightning struck the ground near them. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth group from Salina, Utah, were in the eastern part of Sevier County around 1:45pm local time when a light rain began and the lightning hit, Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said in a statement. “Approximately 50 youth felt the shock of the lightning,” Curtis said, adding that seven of the young people had “medical concerns due to the electrocution,” per the AP.
Two of the victims had serious symptoms and were flown by helicopter to Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi, Utah. Five others were transported by ambulance to Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield and Gunnison Valley Hospital in Gunnison, Curtis said. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, according to Curtis, who said the other hikers were returned to their families in Salina, about 140 miles south of Salt Lake City. (A man trying to warn kids was killed by a lightning strike on a New Jersey beach.)
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SEVIER COUNTY, Utah – Seven members of a youth group from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were hospitalized Thursday after lightning struck near their hiking trail in south-central Utah.
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office said a group of around 50 members were near an area known as Fremont Junction when the sudden rainstorm happened around 1:45 p.m. local time.
“Two of the youth were experiencing some serious symptoms and were flown via medical helicopter to Primary children’s hospital in Lehi. The rest of the youth were taken to Gunnison hospital and Sevier Valley Hospital,” deputies stated.
All of the injuries were thought to be non-life threatening, and the rest of the members were transported safely off the hiking trail.
SOUTHWEST MONSOON SEASON SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE AFTER SLUGGISH START
Authorities praised the swift response of multiple agencies involved in the remote rescue operation.
The thunderstorm that triggered the rainfall and the lightning us part of an uptick of the monsoon season that has been scarce across the region.
The Southwest monsoon season typically kicks off around June 15 and lasts through late September, but its activity varies dramatically year by year.
Some communities in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and West Texas see half of their annual precipitation during these months, which is vital for the replenishment of waterways.
Lightning often accompanies the strongest storms, which can spark wildfires where dry vegetation exists.
FOX Weather App photo of radar over Utah
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LIGHTNING FATALITIES WERE SECOND-LOWEST ON RECORD IN 2023, SAFETY COUNCIL SAYS
Every year, hundreds of millions of lightning bolts occur throughout the U.S. but only a handful become deadly.
Data compiled by the National Lightning Safety Council shows fishing is one of the top activities where most deaths occur.
In 2023, 14 people were killed by lightning strikes, with many taking part in outdoor sporting activities when thunder roared.
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