Pacific Health Analytics Collaborative

Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health

Center on Aging

Pacific Health Analytics Collaborative

State Epidemiologic Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW)

SEOW

The State Epidemiologic Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) has been providing epidemiologic services to and working with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) which is a part of Hawaiʻi Department of Health, from 2006 to present. The SEOW has evolved to target underage drinking and substance use due to the focus of the federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success (SPF-PFS). The SEOW is a partnership between ADAD, University of Hawaiʻi, and interested community stakeholders.

The SEOW hosts a quarterly meeting where individuals/organizations have the opportunity to share their substance use-related data. 

For additional information, please contact phac+uhseow@hawaii.edu 

SEOW

Latest Resources

2021 SEOW Line Up

February 19, 2021 Meeting

  • Rico Witt, from the Hawaiʻi – High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)
  • Bobby Do & Connie Emory from the UH Epidemiology Team, presented an update on the SEOW: 2019 Profile launch, webpage, and charter

We also had a short activity:

  • 2020 Drug and alcohol challenge

Meeting Notes: SEOW Quarterly Meeting Minutes for February 2021

August 19, 2021 Meeting

Panel on Homelessness in Hawaiʻi

  • Emma Grochowsky, Homelessness Community Development Specialist from the Office of the Governor’s Coordinator on Homelessness
  • Wallace Engberg, Data Analyst for Homeless Management Information System from Partners in Care
  • Heather Lusk, Executive Director of the Hawaii Health Harm Reduction Center

Meeting Notes: SEOW Quarterly Meeting Minutes February 2021

Recording: PHAC YouTube

May 28, 2021 Meeting

    • Ayada Bonilla, State Educational Specialist from the Department of Education, will present an overview of the School-based Behavioral Health (SBBH) Program
    • Tamara Whitney, Program Coordinator from the State of Hawaii Department of Health, and Michele Nakata, Supervisor for the Dispensary Licensing Section, will present substance use data related to the Medical Cannabis Registry Program

Meeting Notes: SEOW Quarterly Meeting Minutes May 2021

Recording: PHAC YouTube
 

November 5, 2021 Meeting

  • Trina Orimoto, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, from the State of Hawaii Department of Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD), will present CAMHD data
  • Kyle Ishizaka and Jaunette DeMello, branch directors from the Kalihi YMCA, will present on the Substance Abuse & Treatment Program for Teens

Previous Quarterly Meetings

February 19, 2020 Meeting

  • Victoria Fan, ScD, Associate Professor, and Deveraux Talagi, PhD, Data Scientist from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Office of Public Health Studies, Presentation of the State Plan, Substance Use Data Inventory (SUDI)

We also had a short activity and discussion: 

  • Drug and alcohol challenge
  • SEOW charter discussion
  • Tentative meeting schedule for 2020 (dates and speakers)

May 20, 2020 Meeting

  • Josh Holmes, MPH, Epidemiologist, Hawaiʻi State Department of Health, Overview of Overdose Data to Action collaborations
  • Earl Hishinuma, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Overview of Department of Psychiatry databases

Meeting Agenda: SEOW Quarterly Meeting Agenda for May 2020

August 19, 2020 Meeting

  • Masahiko “Mike” Kobayashi, Medical Examiner, City & County of Honolulu
  • Haley Hsieh, Laulima Data Alliance

Meeting Notes: SEOW Quarterly Meeting Minutes for August 2020

November 13, 2020 Meeting

  • Alvin Bronstein, MD, Department of Health Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch,
      • Presentation: Hawaii Poison Center data
  • Sean Okamoto, TASI/PHIDC, Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Meeting Notes: SEOW Quarterly Meeting Minutes for November 2020

Recording: PHAC YouTube

SEOW: UH Epidemiology Team

  • Dr. Victoria Fan, Associate Professor, PHAC Director, Lead Epidemiologist
  • Connie Emory, Junior Epidemiologist
  • Bobby Do, Lead Data Analyst
  • Nicole Siegal, Graduate Research Assistant

SEOW: Current Members (as of April 2021)

  • Cora Lyn Balocan, Life Choices Kaua’i
  • Lisa Blair, City and County of Honolulu
  • Gerald Busch, JABSOM psychiatry
  • Sandé Flores, Center on the Family, University of Hawaii at Manoa
  • Nichole Fukuda, Hawaii State Department of Health
  • Deborah Goebert, University of Hawai’i, JABSOM, Department of Psychiatry
  • Julie Kauakahi, Child and Family Service, Westside Christian Center
  • Theresa Koki, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Life’s Choices Kauai
  • Cheryl Labuguen, DOH ADAD
  • Harvey Lee, HR Resources
  • Tonya Lowery St. John, Hawaii Health Data Warehouse
  • Heather Lusk, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center
  • Valerie Mariano, Dept. of the Attorney General, CPJAD, Comm. & Crime Prev. Br.
  • Allison Mikuni, State DOH Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
  • Stephanie Nishimura, JABSOM, Office of Medical Education
  • Jane Onoye, University of Hawaii
  • Michael Peacock, Hawaii Vet 2 Vet Inc
  • Thaddeus Pham, Hawaii Department of Health
  • Amanda Pump, Child and Family Service
  • Romala Sue Radcliffe, DCAB
  • Tammie Smith, Hawaii State Department of Health
  • Celia Takahashi, Child and Family Service
  • Richard Witt, HIDTA
  • Gary Yabuta, HIDTA

Previous Epidemiologic Profiles

Updated: 04/21/2021