Preventing Overdose in Supportive Housing: Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multi-Sector, Upstream Intervention
NYU Langone Health
Summary
This community-partnered study examines a technical assistance intervention designed to help permanent supportive housing agencies implement evidence-based practices to prevent tenant overdose and improve tenant health.
Description
Homelessness and housing instability are strongly linked with overdose risk. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) -subsidized housing paired with supportive services-is a key strategy to end homelessness yet supportive housing tenants face high overdose risk due to a confluence of factors. This multi-sector, community-partnered, stepped wedge randomized controlled trial evaluates the impact of a technical assistance intervention designed to support supportive housing agencies in sustainably implementing evidence-based practices to reduce tenant overdose and improve tenant health more broadly. Th…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
We will be enrolling supportive housing agencies from NY and NJ to participate in this study. Trial enrollment and intervention delivery will occur at the level of the agency. There are anticipated to be 24 supportive housing agencies total that will be enrolled in the study; approximately 6 agencies will be randomly assigned to each of the four intervention waves in the stepped wedge randomized controlled trial. Inclusion Criteria: Supportive Housing Agencies/Individuals who Work at Supportive Housing Agencies: * Serve at least 40 tenants in New York and/or New Jersey * Have a significant…
Interventions
- BehavioralTA Intervention
Technical assistance (TA) intervention designed to support PSH agencies in sustainably implementing evidence-based practices to reduce tenant overdose and improve tenant health more broadly.
Location
- NYU Langone HealthNew York, New York