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Activity Number:
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403
- SPAAC Poster Competition
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
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Abstract #304747
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Title:
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Utilizing the Internet as a Public Health Surveillance Medium: Outcomes from the RADARS® System Web Monitoring Program
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Author(s):
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Zachary R Margolin* and Kevin W Wogenstahl and Joshua Curtis Black and Richard A Olson and Richard C Dart
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Companies:
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Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority and Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority and Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center and Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority and Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver Health and Hospital Authority
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Keywords:
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Internet Surveillance;
Opioids;
Drug abuse
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Abstract:
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Approximately 69% of American adults overall (18+) and 88% of young adults (18-29) use the internet for social media, making it an ideal medium for public health surveillance. The RADARS® System Web Monitoring Program collects real-time web content related to the discussion and use of opioids from over 150 million websites and distills it into analyzable variables of interest. Data concerning the abuse, misuse, addiction, overdose and death were coded for the following opioids: fentanyl, hydrocodone, oxycodone and oxymorphone. Approximately 3.5 million posts were collected and 19 thousand were analyzed in order to identify emerging trends from 2015Q1 through 2017Q4. Fentanyl had the highest number of death- and overdose-related mentions, while hydrocodone had the most misuse-related mentions. Oxymorphone had the highest abuse- and addiction-related mentions. Analyses were also sensitive enough to detect spikes in online discussion surrounding negative outcomes that aligned with events in popular culture related to the opioids. These data can help to both understand the opioid epidemic and observe how events in popular culture may sway the tone of the discussion of opioids online.
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Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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