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Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study.

ABSTRACT:

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).

SUBMITTER: Sprague Martinez L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537729 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study.

Sprague Martinez Linda L Rapkin Bruce D BD Young April A Freisthler Bridget B Glasgow LaShawn L Hunt Tim T Salsberry Pamela J PJ Oga Emmanuel A EA Bennet-Fallin Amanda A Plouck Tracy J TJ Drainoni Mari-Lynn ML Freeman Patricia R PR Surratt Hilary H Gulley Jennifer J Hamilton Greer A GA Bowman Paul P Roeber Carter A CA El-Bassel Nabila N Battaglia Tracy T

Drug and alcohol dependence 20201006

<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>An iterative p ...[more]

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Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study.

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Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study.

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