An Ethnographic Assessment of Drug Use among Iowa Families

As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use work, PSC sought to strengthen the Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) surveillance of substance use in Iowa, with particular attention to intergenerational impacts, through the deployment of an ethnographic assessment of active and former substance users. The goal of these activities is to help IDPH develop strategies to proactively identify and support children and families who have experienced harmful effects of substance use, either directly or indirectly.