This research was funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Focused on prevention, this work specifically targets reducing morbidity and mortality rates related to substance use. Through the process of compiling data, prevention and intervention can be informed, targeted, and timely. Dashboards were created to promote equity in healthcare, inform action with data, improve preparedness for substance use outbreaks, and to monitor substance use.
This map shows where in Iowa the most vulnerable populations for substance use are located, and can be filtered by the social determinants of health such as average health vulnerability, education, health insurance, language spoken, employment status, and socioeconomic status.
This dashboard displays what substances demonstrate the biggest risk to Iowans across the state by both location and a variety of demographic factors.
Using this tool, examine the locations of pharmacies across Iowa, the volume of prescriptions related to population, kind of prescription, and trends across counties.
This tool allows users to keep track of STI rates in Iowa by year or specific kind of infection, and examine changes over time in spread as a method of tracking and predicting substance use trends.
This dashboard provides insight into what substances people entering treatment in Iowa primarily use, as well as reported age and gender information.
This tool tracks polysubstance use, particularly of opioids, for people entering treatment in Iowa as poly substance use with opioids presents higher levels of risk and harm.