From overdose deaths to crisis calls Hawaii, data related to drug trends is now available to the public through a new online dashboard. the Substance Use, Mental Health and Hawaii CARES Overview is a website of Hawaii State Department of Health‘s (Health Department) Behavioral Health Administration.
The board, a collaboration between the University of Hawaii, Health Department and 14 partner organizations from across the state, was released in October. ooh Associate Director of Cyberinfrastructure sean cleveland and his team, as part of the Hawaii data science institutecreated this new mental health and substance use disorder dashboard.
Sample HawaiiCurrent behavioral health trends in drug overdose, polysubstance abuse, co-occurring substance use, and mental health disorders. The ongoing collaboration between ooh Y Health Department will include more available datasets, usability updates, accessibility, and improved mobile support. Stakeholder meetings will also be held to gather feedback on the design and features of the dashboard.
“This behavioral health dashboard is important to Hawaii because it promotes the use of public health surveillance data to improve interventions for substance use and mental disorders. Additionally, this dashboard provides information to the healthcare community and non-profit groups that support those experiencing and/or recovering from these conditions, along with their ʻohana,” said the lead researcher. Treena Beckerinvestigator of the Center on Aging in ooh by Manoah Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health.
The project was funded by a nearly $4.4 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Overdose Data to Action with the goal of expanding public health surveillance to enable the collection of comprehensive, timely, and high-quality data. quality for drug abuse and overdose morbidity and mortality. and use this data to drive prevention strategies.
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