As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use work, PSC developed this dashboard to offer a visual tool for exploring how education, insurance, language, unemployment, and poverty influence health equity and substance use risks across Iowa communities, providing a better understanding of the environments that create and ameliorate the multifactorial risk factors of substance […]
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As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use work, PSC has created several maps for counties across Iowa to describe the social determinants of health. This quick read also provides context on what social determinants of health are and why mapping them is crucial.
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As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use work, PSC developed this dashboard to visualize prescription opioid sales across Iowa, using Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) to highlight volume trends by location and population size. The dashboard allows users to assess, for example, whether pharmacies are overly concentrated in urban places or if sale rates
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As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use work, this quick read covers PSC’s Substance Use Vulnerability (SUV) Index, a map illustrating the rates of risk for substance use across Iowa counties based off of demographic data.
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As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use recovery work, PSC analyzed strategic information that would give Iowa the best chance of maximizing recovery and developed a key resource to use as a launching point for building a recovery community in Iowa. Key findings were the breadth, depth, size, and strength of recovery resources
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As part of Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, this report recommends data-informed local and state policies to improve Iowa’s community health and safety. When it comes to alcohol, Iowa is a high-consumption state, with one of the highest binge drinking rates in the country. That places Iowans and their communities at especially high risk
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The Public Science Collaborative collaborated with University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute to develop the website, data tools, and underlying data to advance economic mobility via the Community Learning through Data Discovery process. This process is made up of community-based research where the community participates in asking and answering the questions that drive information gathering and
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Physical activity and access to nature play a vital role in supporting substance use recovery by improving mental health and reducing cravings. As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Substance Use Recovery work, this research emphasizes the need for early involvement and strong community partnerships to enhance recovery outcomes.
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The Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) Young Scholars program provides an opportunity for students interested in research to be a part of a solution focused team using data to inform real public policy decisions. Over the course of a summer, students will learn methods of programming, statistical analysis, and data tools. These skills
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