Build It Better for Public Health: Improved Data Infrastructure Is Vital to Bending the Curve of the Overdose Crisis

Affiliations

¹ Amanda D. Latimore is with the American Institutes for Research Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions and the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Justine Newman is with Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Leo Beletsky is with the School of Law, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, and Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University, and is with the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA.

Editorial

Amanda D Latimore et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S39-S41.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306697.

¹ Amanda D. Latimore is with the American Institutes for Research Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions and the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD. Justine Newman is with Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Leo Beletsky is with the School of Law, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, and Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University, and is with the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA.

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Comment in

Serious Illness and Limitations of Death Certificate-Based Data: Urgent Lessons From the Opioid Epidemic.
Merlin JS, Wachterman MW, Becker WC, Bohnert ASB. Merlin JS, et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S36-S38. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306409. Am J Public Health. 2022. PMID: 35143261 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Opportunities to Enhance the Utility of Cause of Death Information From Death Certificates.
Ling SM, Warner M, Anderson RN. Ling SM, et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S42-S44. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306722. Am J Public Health. 2022. PMID: 35143270 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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