Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis
Characterizing Help-Seeking Searches for Substance Use Treatment From Google Trends and Assessing Their Use for Infoveillance: Longitudinal Descriptive and Validation Statistical Analysis
Thomas Patton
1
, PhD
;
Daniela Abramovitz
2
, MS
;
Derek Johnson
3
, PhD
;
Eric Leas
4
, PhD
;
Alicia Nobles
1
, PhD
;
Theodore Caputi
5
, MPH
;
John Ayers
1
, PhD
;
Steffanie Strathdee
1
, PhD
;
Annick Bórquez
1
, PhD
1
Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
,
University of California San Diego
,
La Jolla
,
CA
,
US
2
Department of Medicine
,
University of California San Diego
,
La Jolla
,
CA
,
US
3
Medecins Sans Frontieres
,
Genève
,
CH
4
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health & Human Longevity Science
,
University of California San Diego
,
La Jolla
,
CA
,
US
5
Department of Economics
,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
,
Cambridge
,
MA
,
US
Corresponding Author:
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Thomas Patton, PhD
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Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health
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University of California San Diego
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9500 Gilman Drive
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La Jolla, CA
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US
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Phone:
1 858-534-0830
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Email: tepatton@health.ucsd.edu