Open-source data and infrastructure for exploring the risk environment impacting opioid use in justice communities
Topics: Spatial Analysis & Modeling
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Keywords: health geography, spatial analysis, open source
Session Type: Virtual Paper Abstract
Day: Monday
Session Start / End Time: 2/28/2022 09:40 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada)) - 2/28/2022 11:00 AM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Room: Virtual 37
Authors:
Susan Paykin, University of Chicago
Qinyun Lin, University of Chicago
Dylan Halpern, University of Chicago
Marynia Kolak, University of Chicago
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Abstract
The Opioid Environment Policy Scan (OEPS) is a free, open-source data warehouse and dashboard app exploring the multi-dimensional risk environment impacting opioid use in justice populations across the United States. The OEPS provides access to data at multiple spatial scales to support research across fields to better understand the factors influencing opioid use and the access to and delivery of opioid treatment in criminal justice settings nationwide. Drawing on previous risk environment research, the OEPS hypothesizes that opioid-related harm and access (or lack thereof) to treatment is the product of influences from the social, physical, economic, and geographic factors or spatial regimes that characterize the communities where opioid use occurs. The OEPS data model stratifies data across six thematic variable constructs, ranging from public policy to the built environment to COVID-19 variables, with each construct available at multiple spatial scales, including Census tract and zip code levels. It includes spatial access variables for multiple health resources, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and federally qualified health centers (FQHC). The OEPS Explorer dashboard further expands the reach and impact as a simple web application. Using open source infrastructure such as WebGeoDa and NextJS, with jsgeoda for geospatial computation and Deck.gl for map rendering, the OEPS Explorer allows users to quickly view, interact with, and visualize data for exploratory analysis before downloading.
Open-source data and infrastructure for exploring the risk environment impacting opioid use in justice communities
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