As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Substance Use Recovery work, this executive summary shows that Methamphetamine use in Iowa is rising faster than national trends, spreading across diverse populations, increasing overdose risks, and highlighting urgent needs for expanded treatment and support services.
As part of Public Science Collaborative’s substance use work, this report analyzes substance use and its correlates across Iowa’s 99 counties using mixed methods and comprehensive data sources. It supports public health policy by identifying key risk factors, social conditions, and health indicators linked to substance use.
As part of Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, PSC partnered with the National Alcohol and Beverage Control Association (NABCA) and the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) to better understand the relationship between alcohol outlets and health and safety risk factors in Iowa. The goal of this project was to develop data and analytics to …
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This report was funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control. The use of multiple research methods develops an understanding of effects that substance use has on families. Research was conducted at a variety of levels, working to develop program ideas with experts, interviews with families in which substance abuse has or is …
This research was funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Via qualitative and quantitative methods, PSC identified a number of patterns in methamphetamine use across Iowa. Information was gathered from both people with lived experience and care providers, contributing to our understanding of best practices in providing services and resources to people who use …
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 …
As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use recovery work, PSC conducted an environmental scan to identify clinical and non-clinical recovery resources in Iowa’s cities and towns. These community-based resource data were used to construct quantitative indexes of recovery along four dimensions, a first of its kind Recovery Ready Community Index (RRCI). PSC mapped …
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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 …
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.
As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, PSC partnered with Iowa City’s Partnership for Alcohol Safety Committee to share data insights from PSC’s alcohol analytics. This project investigates the association between Computer-Aided Dispatch System, or 911 calls, and alcohol retail establishments. PSC mapped locations for alcohol, violence, and family-related calls in relation …
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