Using Implementation Interventions and Peer Recovery Support to Improve Opioid Treatment Outcomes in Community Supervision
Brown University
Summary
Determine whether a facilitated local change team intervention improves a probation organization's client-level medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) outcomes and implementation outcomes relative to baseline across multiple sites. Determine whether client-level outcomes are further enhanced by the introduction of Peer Support Services.
Description
Background: The purpose is to determine whether a facilitated local change team (LCT) intervention improves linkage to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and implementation outcomes, and whether participant-level outcomes are further enhanced by the use of Peer Support Specialists (PSS). Methods/Design: This Type 1 hybrid implementation-effectiveness study involves a pre-post design (implementation study) followed by a randomized trail of PSS (effectiveness study). The study is conducted at 7 performance sites in 3 states. Phase 1 (Core Implementation Study): The Exploration, Preparat…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Community Provider Staff: Any front-line treatment provider at an agency participating in this study who: (a) provides support to MOUD clients, (b) has an active caseload including some individuals on probation, and (c) willing to commit to 12 months to the project. * Probation/Parole Staff: Any probation officer (PO) at an agency participating in this study who (a) has an active caseload, and (b) is willing to commit to 12 months to the project. * Individuals on Probation: (a) 18 years or older, (b) committed to probation within 90 days prior to study enrollment, (c) En…
Interventions
- BehavioralCore Intervention
Staff are provided with a core set of implementation strategies to facilitate interorganizational linkages between probation agencies and local community treatment providers.
- BehavioralPeer Support Specialists (PSS)
Participants randomized to PSS will meet with a PSS for 6 months. Contact scheduled is flexible and based on the participant's needs and wants, plus written guidance for PSS-participant interactions.
- BehavioralTreatment as Usual (TAU)
Participants randomized to TAU will receive the services that will be offered at the time the Core Implementation intervention is completed.
Locations (3)
- Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
- Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island