Addressing Racial Disparities in Opioid Overdose Using Peer Recovery Coach Training and mHealth Platform
Addressing Racial Disparities in Opioid Overdose Deaths Using an Open Source Peer Recovery Coach Training and Multimodal Mobile Health Platform
Friends Research Institute, Inc.
180 participants
Jun 25, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Summary
The study aims to adapt an existing Cultural Structural Humility (CSH) training into a video format for peer recovery coaches (PRCs) and refine an AI-driven texting tool to reinforce the training. After refining these tools using user-centered design, a pilot test will be conducted to assess their impact on the uptake of opioid treatment and social services. The study will also evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the intervention to inform future large-scale trials.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria9
- ≥18 years of age
- fluent in English
- self-reported non-prescription opioid use <30 days prior to consent
- provision of informed consent
- planned stay in NYC ≥3 months
- Black and/or Latinx race/ethnicity
- positive urine toxicology for opioids per EMR records or study staff administered random saliva drug testing
- diagnosis of OUD per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5)
- self-reported interest in initiating buprenorphine in primary care, or elsewhere.
Exclusion Criteria2
- inability to comprehend text content written at a 3rd grade reading level
- physical or visual disability preventing mobile phone use
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Interventions
In interventional Arm-1, PRC-supported text check-ins to participants (3x/week) will be provided by PRC study staff in addition to automated AI-driven texts. The PRC will personalize text "check-ins" to participants based on: (a) baseline CSDH needs (e.g., food insecurity, legal aid); (b) initial intake visit in primary care or challenges with service entry; and (c) content outlined in the CSH training addressing emerging participant challenges.
In interventional Arm-2, participants will receive the AI-driven CSDH-enhanced text messaging only. Participants in this arm will not receive text support from the PRC.
In Arm-3, the control group, individuals randomized to the control arm will receive treatment as usual (i.e., verbal instructions and NYC Dept of Health pamphlets detailing access to OUD and social services). No services will be provided except for social/clinical service referrals given at the end of each REDCap visit.
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NCT06573476