The Public Science Collaborative (PSC) created the 2025 Iowa Legislative Report to guide individuals and organizations working in the substance use and behavioral health space as they navigate and monitor Iowa’s legislature. This report is the first in an annual policy series that summarizes legislation from the prior session and previews the upcoming session.
As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use monitoring work, this dashboard helps visualize the landscape of substance use in Lee County by supporting stakeholders in designing data-driven interventions to improve community health and safety—especially by reducing opioid overdoses and related harms. This system includes in-depth insights, a data map of substance use retailers …
Systems to Prevent Underage Drinking in Council Bluffs, Sioux City, and Waterloo As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, these dashboards help visualize the landscape of alcohol retailers in Iowa communities and support local coalitions in designing data-driven interventions to improve community health and safety—especially by reducing underage drinking. Explore the dashboards: …
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Jackson, Jones, and Dubuque County Substance Use Monitoring System Explore the Dashboard As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use monitoring work, this dashboard helps visualize the landscape of substance use in Jackson, Jones, and Dubuque by supporting stakeholders in designing data-driven interventions to improve community health and safety.
The Iowa Alcohol Insights Platform contains information about alcohol establishments, school locations, and alcohol-related car crashes in Iowa. Iowa communities can use this map to see if they have alcohol risk factors such as clusters of establishments or OWI car crashes. Community leaders and action groups can also assess the proximity of alcohol establishments to …
As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use monitoring work, this dashboard helps visualize the landscape of substance use in Barton County, Kansas by supporting stakeholders in designing data-driven interventions to improve community health and safety.
As part of Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, this overview and explanation of methodology describes PSC’s Iowa Alcohol Density Monitoring Program to help understand the relationship between concentration of alcohol outlets and violence in Iowa.
The Public Science Collaborative partnered with the Waterloo Safe Neighborhoods Commission to facilitate a workshop in Waterloo and design neighborhood health and safety strategies. Guiding the discussion was the question: “How can we best use data to support the goals of the Safe Neighborhoods Commision?” PSC conducted an extensive data scan to understand Waterloo assets …
The Public Science Collaborative facilitated a workshop in Burlington to design strategies aimed at improving community health and safety while furthering downtown redevelopment. A diverse group, including representatives of the business community, city government, local non-profits, the health sector, public health, community safety, and ISU Extension gathered to discuss community strengths, opportunities, and actionable solutions …
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As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, PSC partnered with Cerro Gordo County to strategize the design of an alcohol surveillance system. PSC worked with the county to identify community strengths, pressing problems, questions to guide action, and understand health and safety data needs.
