Mobile Health Strategies to Support Longitudinal Engagement in Comprehensive, Community-based Prevention Services for People Who Use Drugs (Aim 3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Summary
This study will examine the feasibility, appropriateness, and acceptability of a bundle of smartphone-based tools for lowering overdose risk. 40 participants will be enrolled and can expect to be on study for up to 9 months.
Description
As a pilot study, this study is not designed to rigorously evaluate the effect of the intervention (i.e., health-related biomedical or behavioral outcome) on participants. Rather, the sample size will allow determination of feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and secondarily, will allow quantification of preliminary effect size to aid in future trial planning. After enrolling in the study, participants will receive a mobile phone with an unlimited data plan. After receiving the phone, participants will receive a brief orientation to a bundle of phone and internet-based overdose preven…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria (Pilot Participant): * Be at least 18 years old * Be able to read and write in English * Report drug use in the past 30 days, defined as * Any use of illicit stimulants, opioids, OR * Use of prescription opioids by a route other than "by mouth/swallowed" * Additionally report recent drug use of at least twice in the past 7 days * Have NOT used any of the following harm reduction services in the past 6 months: * In-person community-based prevention services for people who use drugs * Overdose crisis hotlines * Online mail-order prevention supply delivery * Apps…
Interventions
- DeviceConnections mHealth Application
Mobile health app, bundled with other harm reduction internet and phone resources
Location
- UW School of Medicine and Public HealthMadison, Wisconsin