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Abstract：
The substance use disorder epidemic has emerged as a serious public health crisis, presenting complex challenges. Visual analytics offers a unique approach to address this complexity and facilitate effective interventions. This paper details the development of an innovative visual analytics dashboard, aimed at enhancing our understanding of the substance use disorder epidemic. By employing record linkage techniques, we integrate diverse data sources to provide a comprehensive view of the epidemic. Adherence to responsive, open, and user-centered design principles ensures the dashboard\'s usefulness and usability. Our approach to data and design encourages collaboration among various stakeholders, including researchers, politicians, and healthcare practitioners. Through illustrative outputs, we demonstrate how the dashboard can deepen our understanding of the epidemic, support intervention strategies, and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented measures. The paper concludes with a discussion of the dashboard\'s use cases and limitations.
摘要：
物质使用障碍流行已成为严重的公共卫生危机，提出复杂的挑战。视觉分析提供了一种独特的方法来解决这种复杂性并促进有效的干预。本文详细介绍了创新的可视化分析仪表板的开发，旨在加强我们对物质使用障碍流行的理解。通过使用记录链接技术，我们整合不同的数据来源，以提供有关该流行病的全面视图。坚持回应，打开,和以用户为中心的设计原则确保仪表板的有用性和可用性。我们的数据和设计方法鼓励不同利益相关者之间的合作，包括研究人员,政客们,和医疗保健从业人员。通过说明性输出，我们展示了仪表板如何加深我们对流行病的理解，支持干预战略，并评估实施措施的有效性。本文最后讨论了仪表板的用例和限制。
