About the Data
Traditional surveillance data – like our biennial Prevention Needs Assessment Survey (PNAS) – help us track substance misuse over time, as well as monitor changes in risk and protective factors, such as mental health, social support, and school climate. We also rely on data from focus groups and key informant interviews to gain a deeper understanding of patterns we see in our PNAS results (and to shape future iterations of the PNAS), and embrace participatory action research that enables community members – particularly youth – to make sense of, and create action plans based on, data. Like any source of information, data are open to interpretation and discussion; like rudders on a ship, the direction data take us depends on the person, or people, doing the steering. Because of this, SPIFFY prioritizes partner and community input when making meaning from data. As a result, we are able to create informative narratives around youth substance misuse in Hampshire County that are data-driven, reliable, and most importantly, grounded by collective understanding.
SPIFFY Reports
Click below to view results from SPIFFY’s various data collection efforts.
PNAS Reports
The 2025 PNAS will be administered this spring to all 8th, 10th, and 12th graders throughout Hampshire County. Countywide results will be posted here as soon as they are available.
- 2023 PNAS countywide profile reports
- Youth Alcohol Use in Hampshire County (Report here)
- Youth Cannabis Use in Hampshire County (Report here)
- Youth Vaping (Nicotine) in Hampshire County (Report here)
- Youth Smoking in Hampshire County (Report here)
- Unprescribed Presciption Drug Use Among Hampshire County Youth (Report here)
- Youth Mental Health in Hampshire County (Report here)
- School Engagement in Hampshire County (Report here)
- School Safety and Climate in Hampshire County (Report here)
- Parent/Caregiver Support in Hampshire County (Report here)
- Youth Dating Relationships in Hampshire County (Report here)
- PNAS countywide profile reports (2007-2021)
Other quantitative and qualitative reports
- Parent and Caregiver Survey Results (Report here)
- Parent perspectives on talking with teens about alcohol and cannabis (Report here)
- Youth perspectives on talking with parents about alcohol and cannabis (Report here)
Hampshire County Assessment Report (2021-2022)
Other Data Sources
Click below to find links to other sources of local data, along with state and national data.
National data
- 2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People (Resource here)
- Drug Overdoses in Youth (Resource here)
- Monitoring E-Cigarette Use Among Youth – CDC Data (Resource here)
- Monitoring the Future (MTF) Datasets (Resource here)
- National Survey on Drug Use and Health (Resource here)
- National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) Datasets (Resource here)
- SAMHSA Survey Database (Resource here)
- Youth.gov (Resource here)
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data Explorer (Resource here)
State data
- Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) Open Data (Resource here)
- Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) Reports (Resource here)
- Interactive MA map of adult smoking rates (Resource here)
- Map of municipal policies that cap tobacco retails (Resource here)
- Massachusetts Youth Health Survey (Resource here)
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Learn more and access data here)
Local Western Massachusetts data
- Cannabis Establishments in Hampshire County: An interactive Google Map
- PHI 2023 Report: Youth Mental Health in Western MA (Resource here)
- Pioneer Valley Data (Resource here)
- Tobacco impact in your neighborhood (Resource here)