TY - JOUR
T1 - Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study
AU - Sprague Martinez, Linda
AU - Rapkin, Bruce D.
AU - Young, April
AU - Freisthler, Bridget
AU - Glasgow, La Shawn
AU - Hunt, Tim
AU - Salsberry, Pamela J.
AU - Oga, Emmanuel A.
AU - Bennet-Fallin, Amanda
AU - Plouck, Tracy J.
AU - Drainoni, Mari Lynn
AU - Freeman, Patricia R.
AU - Surratt, Hilary
AU - Gulley, Jennifer
AU - Hamilton, Greer A.
AU - Bowman, Paul
AU - Roeber, Carter A.
AU - El-Bassel, Nabila
AU - Battaglia, Tracy
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH HEAL Initiative under award numbers: UM1DA049406, UM1DA049412, UM1DA049415, UM1DA049417 and UM1DA049394. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or its NIH HEAL Initiative.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Background: The implementation of evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths within communities remains suboptimal. Community engagement can improve the uptake and sustainability of evidence-based practices. The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths through the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention, a community-engaged, data-driven planning process that will be implemented in 67 communities across four states. Methods: An iterative process was used in the development of the community engagement component of the CTH. The resulting community engagement process uses phased planning steeped in the principles of community based participatory research. Phases include: 0) Preparation, 1) Getting Started, 2) Getting Organized, 3) Community Profiles and Data Dashboards, 4) Community Action Planning, 5) Implementation and Monitoring, and 6) Sustainability Planning. Discussion: The CTH protocol provides a common structure across the four states for the community-engaged intervention and allows for tailored approaches that meet the unique needs or sociocultural context of each community. Challenges inherent to community engagement work emerged early in the process are discussed. Conclusion: HCS will show how community engagement can support the implementation of evidence-based practices for addressing the opioid crisis in highly impacted communities. Findings from this study have the potential to provide communities across the country with an evidence-based approach to address their local opioid crisis; advance community engaged research; and contribute to the implementation, sustainability, and adoption of evidence-based practices. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04111939).
AB - Background: The implementation of evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths within communities remains suboptimal. Community engagement can improve the uptake and sustainability of evidence-based practices. The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths through the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention, a community-engaged, data-driven planning process that will be implemented in 67 communities across four states. Methods: An iterative process was used in the development of the community engagement component of the CTH. The resulting community engagement process uses phased planning steeped in the principles of community based participatory research. Phases include: 0) Preparation, 1) Getting Started, 2) Getting Organized, 3) Community Profiles and Data Dashboards, 4) Community Action Planning, 5) Implementation and Monitoring, and 6) Sustainability Planning. Discussion: The CTH protocol provides a common structure across the four states for the community-engaged intervention and allows for tailored approaches that meet the unique needs or sociocultural context of each community. Challenges inherent to community engagement work emerged early in the process are discussed. Conclusion: HCS will show how community engagement can support the implementation of evidence-based practices for addressing the opioid crisis in highly impacted communities. Findings from this study have the potential to provide communities across the country with an evidence-based approach to address their local opioid crisis; advance community engaged research; and contribute to the implementation, sustainability, and adoption of evidence-based practices. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04111939).
KW - Communities that heal
KW - Community engagement
KW - Community-Based participatory research
KW - HEALing communities study
KW - Helping to end addiction long-term
KW - Opioid use disorder (OUD)
KW - Overdose
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U2 - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108326
DO - 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108326
M3 - Article
C2 - 33059200
AN - SCOPUS:85092508783
SN - 0376-8716
VL - 217
JO - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
JF - Drug and Alcohol Dependence
M1 - 108326
ER -
