A Social Diffusion Fatal Overdose Prevention Intervention: Assessing the Effectiveness of People Who Use Opioids as Peer Educators in Training Using & Non-using Networks on Overdose & Stigma Reduction
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Summary
The purpose of this study is to test a social intervention focused on overdose prevention and care. In the investigators prior work, the investigators have shown that people who use opioids (PWUO) can be effective peer educators (PEs).
Description
The purpose of this study is to test a social intervention focused on overdose prevention and care. In the investigators prior work, the investigators have shown that people who use opioids (PWUO) can be effective peer educators (PEs). The investigators have utilized PEs for overdose prevention in interventions that have focused on training network members who use drugs to respond to an overdose. Yet, many overdoses are witnessed by people who do not use drugs. Additionally, many PWUO report using drugs at home and living with someone who does not use drugs, which highlights the importance of…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * self-reported illicit opioid use at least 2 times in the past two weeks; * age 18 and older; * living in the Baltimore metropolitan region; * willing to engage in peer education; and * having and willing to recruit at least one non-using network member. Exclusion Criteria: Participants without the cognitive ability to provide informed consent and have the physical ability to participate in in-person intervention sessions.
Interventions
- BehavioralNetwork overdose prevention
Participants are taught overdose prevention methods with network members.
- BehavioralStandard of care health education
Participants will receive the standard of care for overdose prevention.
Location
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimore, Maryland