Social Network Overdose Prevention and Education Intervention
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
600 participants
Jun 1, 2024
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
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).
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- 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 Criteria1
- Participants without the cognitive ability to provide informed consent and have the physical ability to participate in in-person intervention sessions.
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Interventions
Participants are taught overdose prevention methods with network members.
Participants will receive the standard of care for overdose prevention.
Locations(1)
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NCT06327061