Research Type: Technical Reports

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Geospatial Analysis of Health, Safety and Alcohol Outlets in Iowa

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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Translating Research into Action: A Multi-Method Approach for Informing Substance Use Policy and Practice

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 …

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The Recovery Ready Community Index: A Public Health Assessment Tool

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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Collaborating with the Iowa City Partnership for Alcohol Safety Committee

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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The Alcohol Outlet Landscape in Alabama

As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, PSC provided an in-depth look at the alcohol landscape in Alabama through:   Cleaning and classifying Alabama alcohol license data  Creating measures of alcohol outlet density to enable statewide monitoring and evaluation  Creating measures of alcohol outlet density for the city of Montgomery  Developing strategic recommendations …

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A Blueprint for Measuring & Monitoring Alcohol Outlets in Alabama, Executive Summary

As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Alcohol Research Initiative, PSC partnered with the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, and Alabama’s Direct Communications to better understand the landscape of alcohol outlets in Alabama and leverage state and local data to inform alcohol risk education …

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Local Alcohol Policies to Improve Community Health & Safety in Iowa

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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A Recovery Community Guide for Public Health

As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s substance use recovery work, PSC spoke with directors of recovery community centers (RCCs) from around the country to learn best practices in establishing an RCC, then analyzed interview transcripts and reviewed scientific literature around recovery to identify themes and concepts that facilitate development of recovery community organizations (RCOs). …

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Recovery Iowa 2021

As part of the Public Science Collaborative’s Substance Use Recovery work, this report documents the recovery tools PSC developed in 2020 and 2021 for the Recovery Iowa website, as well as community-specific reports to support recovery efforts in Iowa.