Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network II TCU Hub Study
This study is looking at how different community engagement approaches, called "Core-interagency community engagement approach" and "Enhanced-Core plus community engagement specialist," can improve public health and safety related to substance use disorder (SUD), drug overdose, and criminal behavior. The goal is to better understand how these approaches affect things like overdose incidents, emergency medical service (EMS) calls for substance use, and drug-related arrests. We are looking for staff members who are directly involved in Deflection services, such as law enforcement, first responders, case managers, or peer specialists, who are 18 years or older and can complete surveys in English. The study aims to enroll 1620 participants.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 1620 participants. It is looking at two different community engagement approaches.
- What's involved
- Participants will be involved in Deflection services and will need to complete surveys at specific time points over several months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants' public health and safety collaboration, citizen awareness, and referrals will be measured at Month 10, 26, and 38 for Wave 1, and Month 14, 30, and 42 for Wave 2.
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Justice Community Overdose Innovation Network II TCU Hub
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Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Jennifer E Becan, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Texas Christian University
- Kevin Knight, Ph.D. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Texas Christian University
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What this trial measures
- public health and safety collaborationMonth 10, 26, and 38 for Wave1; Month 14, 30, and 42 forWave 2
Is there a change in public health and safety collaboration? Measured using the Brewer et al., 2018 survey on aligning strategy (e.g., work together to identify unmet needs in the community) and coordinating current work (e.g., share information that helps the system of care work better). The Brewer et al. (2018) Aligning Strategy and Coordinating Work Survey is measured on a 5-point Likert scale, and scores are computed by averaging all items within each scale to yield a mean. Higher scores = stronger collaboration / alignment / coordination
- citizen awareness and perceived utility of DeflectionMonth 10, 26, and 38 for Wave1; Month 14, 30, and 42 forWave 2
Is there a change in citizen awareness and perceived utility of Deflection? Measured using several survey measures on attitudes toward deflection efforts and law enforcement within their community, including awareness, acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility. Survey measures are scored via averaging scale items together to yield a mean, with higher scores indicating higher levels of awareness, acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility.
- deflection workforce referrals and citizen enrollments in DeflectionMonth 10, 26, and 38 for Wave1; Month 14, 30, and 42 for Wave 2
Is there a change in workforce referrals and citizen enrollments in Deflection? Measured using existing data collected by the deflection program on referral and enrollments to deflection services including adoption (e.g., proportion of workforce and agencies referring clients to deflection), penetration (e.g., count of deflection referrals and enrollments), equity (e.g., proportion of referrals and enrollments of minority representation), and sustainment (e.g., continued adoption and penetration). Scores for each will be represented by a count/number.
- overdose and SU related mortalityMonth 4-38 for Wave 1; Month8-42 for Wave 2
Is there a change in overdose and SU related mortality rates? Measured using the National Association of State EMS Officials (NAEMSSO) harmonized data as collected from EMS agencies within the 5 participating states, as well as through coroner/vital statistics records on cause of death information for the communities. Rates are represented by a count/number of overdoses and SU related mortality rates, before and after implementation.
- service access along the full substance use cascadeMonth 4-38 for Wave 1; Month8-42 for Wave 2
Is there a change in service access along the full substance use cascade and complex needs? Measured through data sharing of existing records from deflection programs. Numbers/counts will be used to measure each step of the substance use cascade.