Data Spotlights
Virginia Behavioral Health Data Spotlights
To promote cross-collaboration and help break down data silos, OMNI schedules data presentations at each of the quarterly SEOW meetings. One SEOW member presents to the group on the information they collect, including data collection methods, context, overarching trends, benefits and limitations of the data, and use and external access. OMNI then takes information from these presentations to develop a one-page data spotlight which outlines:
What is in the data set: How the data is collected and what it entails
What the data is telling us: Data highlights and a sample of how to present the information visually
How stakeholders can use the data: Recommended uses for the data including community response and planning, as well as an example of an organization that has used the data to take action in their community
How to access the data: Where to gain access to the data (e.g., the Virginia Social Indicator dashboard or the agency's website)
Please feel free to disseminate these spotlights with stakeholders and community partners. A generic blurb to share these documents can be found here.
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Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (CCA)
This spotlight highlights data from the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (CCA) that measures Virginians' attitudes toward cannabis use and driving, as part of a safe driving campaign highlighting the risks of cannabis-impaired driving. The CCA promotes public health and safety while also protecting communities in the Commonwealth.
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Virginia Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA)
This spotlight highlights the Virginia Office of Data Governance and Analytics (ODGA) Commonwealth Data Trust. The Trust is a safe, secure, and legally compliant information-sharing environment that establishes consistent requirements for trust members through a standardized data-sharing agreement process. Trust members are able to share data, build visualizations and Power BI Dashboards, create automation, and more.
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Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation (FAACT)
This spotlight highlights the Framework for Addiction Analysis and Community Transformation (FAACT). FAACT combines previously siloed data from different agencies, secretariats, localities, social services, public safety and corrections, drug courts, community coalitions, and private healthcare systems.
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VDH BRFSS Data
This data spotlight from our July SEOW meeting illustrates adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (or BRFSS). The spotlight also shows how to access BRFSS data through VDH’s dashboard.
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VDH Injury & Violence Prevention Program
This data spotlight highlights data from the Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Family Health Services’ Injury and Violence Prevention Program. It focuses specifically on inpatient hospitalization data related to drug overdoses.
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Department of Social Services
This spotlight highlights data from the foster care system from Virginia’s Department of Social Services (VDSS), looking specifically at foster care entries related to parental substance use.
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Dept. of Criminal Justice Services & Dept. of Forensic Science
This data spotlight highlights data from the criminal justice system from the Dept. of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), looking specifically at drug seizure data from the Department of Forensic Science (DFS).
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Prescription Monitoring Program
This data spotlight highlights data collected from the Department of Health Professions through the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).
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Department of Juvenile Justice
This data spotlight highlights the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Research and Data Units which design and coordinate reports on data and trends in all program and service areas.
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Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
This data spotlight highlights data collected from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) with a specific focus on accidental and undetermined drug overdose data.
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Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services
The data spotlight shows community behavioral health data from community services boards (CSBs) across Virginia, including substance use and treatment engagement for individuals being treated for substance use disorder.
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Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
This data spotlight summarizes peer crowd segmentation, its applications to public health, and Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth’s (VFHY) peer crowd segmentation research in the Virginia Youth Survey that has resulted in the creation of targeted peer crowd prevention campaigns.
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Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
This data spotlight highlights alcohol sales data from Virginia’s ABC-operated stores, as well as ABC store density per capita data.