Gerald T Cochran, Jennifer L Brown, Ziji Yu, Adam J Gordon, Stacey Frede, Clinton Hardy, Melissa Castora-Binkley, Felicity Homsted, Lisa A Marsch, August F Holtyn, T John Winhusen
{"title":"CTN-0138: adaptation, implementation, and cluster randomized trial of a Community Pharmacy-Based Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Opioid Risk Assessment Tool-a protocol paper.","authors":"Gerald T Cochran, Jennifer L Brown, Ziji Yu, Adam J Gordon, Stacey Frede, Clinton Hardy, Melissa Castora-Binkley, Felicity Homsted, Lisa A Marsch, August F Holtyn, T John Winhusen","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00514-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00514-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>As the opioid epidemic continues to have a major negative impact across the US, community pharmacies have come under scrutiny from legal systems attempting to hold them accountable for their role in over dispensing and lack of patient intervention. While the most available tool for monitoring patients' opioid use is Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP), these do not provide pharmacists with actionable information and decision support. Our study addresses this gap through three objectives: [1] incorporate validated opioid risk metric thresholds into a PDMP platform to create the Opioid Risk Reduction Clinical Decision Support (ORRCDS) tool; [2] assess ORRCDS' ability to reduce patient opioid risk; [3] assess ORRCDS' sustainability and viability for broader dissemination in community pharmacy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For objective 1, our team is partnering with leadership from the largest US PDMP organization and a top-five pharmacy chain to implement ORRCDS into the pharmacy chain's workflow following the Guideline Implementation with Decision Support (GUIDES) framework. For objective 2, our team will conduct a type-1 implementation mixed methods study using a 2-arm parallel group clustered randomized design. We anticipate enrolling ~ 6,600 patients with moderate and high opioid use risk during the 6-month enrollment phase across 80 pharmacies. This sample size will provide 96.3% power to detect a 5% or greater difference in responder rate between the intervention and control arm. Responders are patients with moderate-risk at baseline who reduce to low-risk or those with high-risk at baseline who reduce to moderate or low-risk at 180 days post last intervention. To accomplish objective 3, we will use the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to develop and execute cross-sectional qualitative interviews with pharmacists (n = 15), pharmacy leaders (n = 15), and PDMP leaders (n = 15) regarding long term adoption and sustainability of the ORRCDS tool.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A PDMP tool that addresses moderate- and high-risk opioid use is not available in community pharmacy. This study will implement ORRCDS in a large retail pharmacy chain that will include additional screening and guidance to pharmacy staff to address risky opioid medication use. Our results will make critical advancements for protecting patient health and addressing the opioid epidemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"82"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11572521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142669649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saeid Mirzaei, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Nouzar Nakhaee, Nadia Oroomiei
{"title":"Unveiling the roadblocks: exploring substance use disorder treatment policies in Iran through a qualitative lens.","authors":"Saeid Mirzaei, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani, Nouzar Nakhaee, Nadia Oroomiei","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00511-4","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00511-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Different countries, including Iran, have implemented various policies to address substance use disorder. This study aims to describe the policies related to substance use disorder treatment and identify challenges related to these policies in Iran since the beginning of the Iranian Revolution in 1979.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This qualitative study utilized document analysis and interviews with policymakers and implementers. We reviewed a total of 22 documents related to substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction. The results from document analysis complemented and validated the interview data. The research population comprised policymakers and implementers, including individuals directly involved in formulating and implementing substance use disorder treatment policies. Purposive sampling was employed, with a snowball strategy utilized to maximize diversity. Data saturation was achieved after conducting 32 semi-structured interviews. Conventional content analysis was used for data analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In general, the policy landscape for substance use disorder treatment in the Islamic Republic of Iran can be divided into two periods: the \"Moral Model\" era (1979-1993) and the \"Disease Model\" era (1993-present). Challenges within the content of substance use disorder treatment policies in Iran encompass the lack of law revisions, existence of contradictions in laws and nature of disease, the absence of evidence-based policymaking, and an inadequate comprehensive perspective on the phenomenon of substance use disorder.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The presence of multiple authorities with different perspectives on substance use disorder and its treatment, coupled with the application of personal preferences in policymaking and the absence of evidence-based policymaking, have contributed to weaknesses in decision-making and policy formulation. The true philosophy of Disease Model appears not to have been fully grasped by health policymakers in Iran, as all Disease Model policies have been pursued with an emphasis on abstinence and quitting. Iran and other nations facing similar challenges should place more reliance on evidence-based approaches and shift away from the \"Moral Model\" paradigm to develop more effective substance use disorder treatment policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"80"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11555793/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142632408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
William H Eger, Angela R Bazzi, Chad J Valasek, Carlos F Vera, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Steffanie A Strathdee, Heather A Pines
{"title":"HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmatic preferences among people who inject drugs: findings from a discrete choice experiment.","authors":"William H Eger, Angela R Bazzi, Chad J Valasek, Carlos F Vera, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Steffanie A Strathdee, Heather A Pines","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00505-2","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00505-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) holds promise for decreasing new HIV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID), yet daily oral PrEP use is low, and PrEP modality and delivery strategy preferences in this population remain understudied.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From May 2022-June 2023, we conducted a discrete choice experiment (DCE) with PWID in San Diego, California. Participants viewed 18 PrEP program scenarios in sets of three and chose their preferred scenario within each set. Scenarios consisted of various combinations of five characteristics: PrEP modality (injectable, implantable, oral), frequency of use (annual, bi-monthly, daily), service location (community-based organization, clinic, telemedicine), prescription access location (on-site, street outreach, mail), and adherence supports (social support, outreach worker, phone/text reminder). Multinomial logit regression estimated probabilities of choosing PrEP program scenarios as a function of the five characteristics to estimate part-worth utility scores (PWUS; reflecting relative preferences for specific characteristic values) and relative importance scores (RIS; reflecting the relative influence of each characteristic on program choice). We also explored differences by hypothesized modifiers of preferences (i.e., sex assigned at birth, housing status, injection frequency, prior PrEP awareness).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 262 participants, mean age was 43.1 years, and most reported male sex assigned at birth (69.5%), identified as non-Hispanic (60.3%), and were previously unaware of PrEP (75.2%). Frequency of use (RIS: 51.5) and PrEP modality (RIS: 35.3) had the greatest influence on PrEP program choice. Within these characteristics, participants had relative preferences for annual use (PWUS: 0.83) and oral PrEP (PWUS: 0.57), and relative aversions to daily use (PWUS: -0.76) and implantable PrEP (PWUS: -0.53). Generally, participants did not indicate preferences for specific service or prescription access locations, or adherence supports; however, among those with prior PrEP awareness, prescription access location and adherence supports had a slightly greater influence on PrEP program choices.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study considered diverse PrEP scenarios and highlighted potential preferences for long-acting oral modalities. Although not currently available, renewed investment in long-acting oral PrEP formulations may facilitate PrEP care engagement among PWID. Additional delivery and implementation strategy research is needed to support PrEP uptake and persistence in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"81"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11555929/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142632406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cathy J Reback, Raphael J Landovitz, David Benkeser, Ali Jalali, Steven Shoptaw, Michael J Li, Raymond P Mata, Danielle Ryan, Philip J Jeng, Sean M Murphy
{"title":"Protocol for a randomized controlled trial with a stepped care approach, utilizing PrEP navigation with and without contingency management, for transgender women and sexual minority men with a substance use disorder: Assistance Services Knowledge-PrEP (A.S.K.-PrEP).","authors":"Cathy J Reback, Raphael J Landovitz, David Benkeser, Ali Jalali, Steven Shoptaw, Michael J Li, Raymond P Mata, Danielle Ryan, Philip J Jeng, Sean M Murphy","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00482-6","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00482-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the United States, most (~ 70%) annual newly diagnosed HIV infections are among substance-using sexual minority men (SMM) and gender minority transgender women (trans women). Trans women and SMM are more likely to report or be diagnosed with a substance use disorder (SUD) than their cisgender or heterosexual counterparts and the presence of an SUD substantially increases the risk of HIV infection in both groups. Although Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective, initiation, adherence, and persistence are exclusively behavioral outcomes; thus, the biomedical benefits of PrEP are abrogated by substance use. SUD is also associated with reduced quality-of-life, and increased overdose deaths, utilization of high-cost healthcare services, engagement in a street economy, and cycles of incarceration.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the optimal (considering efficacy and cost-effectiveness) strategy for advancement along the PrEP Care Continuum among trans women and SMM with an SUD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study will implement a randomized controlled trial, evaluating two Stepped Care approaches involving A.S.K.-PrEP vs. standard of care (SOC) to determine optimal intervention strategies for trans women and SMM with an SUD (N = 250; n = 83 trans women; n = 167 SMM) for advancement along the PrEP Care Continuum. Participants will be randomized (3:1) to Stepped Care (n = 187) or SOC (n = 63). Participants in the Stepped Care arm will be assessed at 3-months for intervention response; responders will be maintained in A.S.K.-PrEP, while non-responders will receive added attention to their SUD via Contingency Management (CM). Non-responders will be re-randomized (1:1) to either (a) receive A.S.K.-PrEP + CM, or (b) shift the primary focus to their SUD (CM alone).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Recruitment and enrollment began in May 2023. Recruitment will span approximately 36 months. Data collection, including all follow-up assessments, is expected to be completed in April 2027.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Trans women and SMM with an SUD have the two highest HIV prevalence rates in the United States, which underscores the urgent need for effective measures to develop scalable behavioral interventions that can encourage advancement along the PrEP Care Continuum. To improve public health, researchers must identify scalable and cost-effective behavioral interventions to promote PrEP initiation, adherence, and persistence among trans women and SMM who use substances.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>This trial has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under the number NCT05934877.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"79"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11549772/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142632407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Olivia K Sugarman, Samantha J Harris, Lauren Byrne, Vivian Flanagan, Sabrina Gattine, Isha Desai, Omeid Heidari, Jason B Gibbons, Sara Whaley, David Lucas, Tracy Pugh, Allison McBride, Brendan Saloner
{"title":"How emergency departments are responding to the opioid crisis: Results from a statewide survey in Kentucky.","authors":"Olivia K Sugarman, Samantha J Harris, Lauren Byrne, Vivian Flanagan, Sabrina Gattine, Isha Desai, Omeid Heidari, Jason B Gibbons, Sara Whaley, David Lucas, Tracy Pugh, Allison McBride, Brendan Saloner","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00512-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00512-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>There is a rising effort for hospital emergency departments (EDs) to offer and expand substance use disorder (SUD) services. This state-wide evaluation studies SUD services offered along the continuum of implementation across Kentucky's EDs to inform future state efforts to build ED bridge programs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a mixed-methods study using an online survey of all Kentucky Emergency Department Directors between January and May of 2023. We created a hospital-level dataset which we used to summarize quantitative questions and thematically analyze open-ended responses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our sample included 85 unique respondents (89% of all eligible Kentucky hospitals). Nine (11%) had active bridge programs to initiate opioid use disorder patients on buprenorphine. Respondents reported that the most challenging SUD-related services for EDs to implement were buprenorphine induction for opioid use disorder treatment (n = 36, 42%), referrals to community-based providers (n = 34, 40%), and providing social work services (n = 25, 29%). Respondents noted that the implementation and improvement of screening protocols were needed to better identify patients with SUD, expressed concerns about care continuity, and explicitly conveyed the need and desire for additional supports to provide SUD care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The landscape of Kentucky's ED SUD supports shows several hospitals that offer services along the continuum of SUD care, and highlights the importance of technical assistance and financial resources to ensure the continuum is broadly available. Kentucky's experience speaks to broader national challenges in supporting SUD in EDs - specifically the need for financial resources, buy-in and education, and creating referral relationships to ensure care continuity.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"78"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11545227/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hallie Rozansky, Paul J Christine, Morgan Younkin, Jason M Fox, Zoe M Weinstein, Sebastian Suarez, Jessica Stewart, Natalija Farrell, Jessica L Taylor
{"title":"Addiction consult service involvement in PrEP and PEP delivery for patients who inject drugs admitted to an urban essential hospital.","authors":"Hallie Rozansky, Paul J Christine, Morgan Younkin, Jason M Fox, Zoe M Weinstein, Sebastian Suarez, Jessica Stewart, Natalija Farrell, Jessica L Taylor","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00502-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00502-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Addiction medicine providers have a key role in HIV prevention amidst rising HIV incidence in persons who inject drugs (PWID). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) are vastly underutilized in this population. Inpatient hospitalization represents a potential touchpoint for initiation of HIV prophylaxis, though little research explores the role of addiction providers. Here we describe rates of PrEP/PEP delivery to hospitalized PWID seen by an Addiction Consult Service (ACS) at an urban, essential hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We performed a cross-sectional study of hospitalized patients who were seen by the ACS from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022 and had plausible injection drug use. We calculated the proportion of patients who received a new prescription for PrEP/PEP at discharge. We used descriptive statistics to characterize demographics, substance use, reason for admission, and indications for PrEP/PEP. Secondarily, we calculated the monthly proportion of all patients discharged from the hospital with PrEP/PEP who were seen by the ACS compared to those not seen by the ACS.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average monthly proportion of ACS consults with plausible injection drug use who received PrEP/PEP was 6.4%. This increased from 4.2% in 2020 to 7.5% in 2022. Those seen by the ACS who received PrEP/PEP had high rates of opioid use disorder (97.5%), stimulant use disorder (77.8%), and homelessness (58.1%); over half were admitted for an injection-related infection. The indications for PrEP/PEP were injection drug use only (70.6%), followed by combined injection and sexual risk (20.2%); 71.9% of prescriptions were for PrEP and 28.1% for PEP. Overall, the ACS was involved in 83.9% of hospital-wide discharges with PrEP/PEP prescriptions (n = 242).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PWID who were seen by the ACS received PrEP/PEP prescriptions at rates exceeding national averages. The ACS was also involved with the care of the majority of admitted patients who received PrEP/PEP at discharge. While PrEP/PEP use for PWID remains low, the inpatient ACS represents a key resource to improve uptake by leveraging the reachable moment of an inpatient hospitalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"77"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11533369/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142577389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expanding access to addictions care: Implementation of a 24-hour healthcare provider support line in British Columbia, Canada.","authors":"Anjali Sergeant, Amanda Giesler, Nirupa Goel, Paxton Bach","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00508-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00508-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Morbidity and mortality related to substance use have risen to catastrophic levels in North America, and treatment services are often difficult to access. In response, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, launched a province-wide addiction medicine support phone line that offers clinicians immediate access to phone consultation with an addictions medicine expert. The service operates 24/7 is accessible to any clinician in the province seeking assistance with an addiction-related question. We describe an evaluation of the reach and perceived impact of the service over its first two years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The 24/7 Addiction Medicine Clinician Support Line was evaluated prospectively from June 2020 to April 2022. All provider-to-provider encounters were included. Data was collected from two primary sources: health provider demographic information collected at the time of consultation, and optional clinician surveys conducted after the consultation was complete. Descriptive data are presented as numerical values and percentages.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over the 22-month evaluation period, 1,279 consultations were requested by 631 distinct care providers across British Columbia. The service averaged 15 calls per week across the province, and 51.5% of calls were made outside of business hours. Physicians made the majority of calls to the service (n = 865, 67.6%), followed by nurse practitioners (n = 162, 12.7%). Among those who completed a follow-up survey (n = 258 calls, 20.2% total calls), 81.8% (n = 211) were \"very\" or \"extremely\" satisfied with the consultation. Of these respondents, 65.5% (n = 169) reported that the consultation led to the provision of better care for their patient, with 58.1% (n = 150) initiating a new prescription and 22.1% (n = 57) reporting expedited treatment for their patient. The consultation area of focus was most commonly opioid use (n = 417; 59.6%), followed by polysubstance use (n = 98; 14.0%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The impact of the 24/7 Addiction Clinician Support Line was widespread, and the service increased accessibility to evidence-based addictions treatment across a range of care settings. Clinicians expressed a high degree of satisfaction with the service. To our knowledge, this province-wide program is the first of its kind in North America, offering a scalable and adaptable model to support access to evidence-based addictions care in under-resourced settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"76"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11526689/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142559464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zabin Patel-Syed, Sarah A Helseth, Robert Rosales, Tim Janssen, Kelli Scott, Sara J Becker
{"title":"The effects of neighborhood perceptions on response to a technology-assisted parenting intervention for adolescent substance use: protocol of a diversity supplement to parent SMART (Substance Misuse in Adolescents in Residential Treatment).","authors":"Zabin Patel-Syed, Sarah A Helseth, Robert Rosales, Tim Janssen, Kelli Scott, Sara J Becker","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00509-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13722-024-00509-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is well established that an adolescent's neighborhood is associated with their likelihood of developing a substance use disorder. The availability of drugs, lack of access to resources, and exposure to violence are all associated with greater substance use among young people, leading to more pronounced health inequities. Technology assisted interventions (TAIs) have been touted to enhance the reach of substance use treatment and improve outcomes for high-need families living in underserved neighborhoods. A key question is whether neighborhood characteristics impact the effectiveness of TAIs, given these interventions are embedded within an adolescent's natural environment. This National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Diversity Supplement will examine the role of perceived neighborhood characteristics on response to Parent SMART, a TAI for parents of adolescents in residential substance use treatment (R37DA052918; PI: Becker). Aim 1 will use both adolescent and parent self-report of multiple neighborhood dimensions (e.g., physical environment, social disorder, satisfaction with community resources) to identify indicators predictive of treatment response. Aim 2 will then explore the indirect relationship between neighborhood context and response to Parent SMART, via engagement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants include adolescent and parent dyads enrolled in an effectiveness trial evaluating Parent SMART, a TAI for parents of adolescents in residential substance youth treatment. Participants will complete self-report measures of neighborhood physical environment, social disorder, and satisfaction with community resources at baseline to predict parenting and youth substance outcomes at 6-, 12-, and 24-weeks post discharge.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>To date, few studies have explicitly tested how neighborhood affects response to TAIs for adolescent substance use. Assessing adolescent and parent perceptions of neighborhood characteristics holds potential to pinpoint key contextual factors that affect TAI response and to promote consideration of multi-level health equity determinants in substance use research. Understanding neighborhood influences can advance public health by helping tailor TAIs to address the unique needs of adolescents living in underserved communities.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>This study extends the measurement and analysis plan of a pragmatic effectiveness trial. The pragmatic effectiveness trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05169385; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05169385.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"75"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11488280/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are the self-stigma and perceived stigma of patients treated with methadone or buprenorphine still a problem fifty years after the marketing authorization for opioid agonist treatment? The observational STIGMA study.","authors":"Mélanie Pinhal, Benoit Schreck, Juliette Leboucher, Caroline Victorri-Vigneau, Edouard-Jules Laforgue, Marie Grall-Bronnec","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00506-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00506-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the context of the opioid overdose crisis, understanding the barriers to seeking, attaining and remaining in treatment for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) is a public health issue. To date, very few studies have assessed the \"self-stigma\" (i.e., the internalization of negative societal attitudes and stereotypes about oneself, leading to self-judgment) and \"perceived stigma\" (i.e., the belief that others hold negative attitudes towards oneself due to a particular condition) experienced by patients with OUD receiving opioid agonist treatment (OAT), and none have done so in France. Our study aimed to quantify self-stigma, explore some aspects of perceived stigma, determine the factors associated with greater self-stigma and examine whether the level of self-stigma was related to a delay in seeking care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The STIGMA study was a monocentric, cross-sectional study. The data were collected in a French hospital addiction medicine department. Participants were outpatients with current or past OUD who were still receiving or had received OAT. A questionnaire assessing sociodemographics; OUD characteristics; perceived stigma; and quantification of self-stigma by the Self-Stigma Scale-Short, was administered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 73 questionnaires were included in the analysis. Nearly two-thirds of the patients had a \"moderate to high\" level of self-stigma. These patients were significantly younger at OUD onset and were significantly more likely to have at least one dependent child than patients reporting a \"very low to low\" level of self-stigma. Nearly half of the participants experienced perceived stigma from a healthcare professional regarding their OUD or OAT, and nearly one-third of the participants were refused care from a healthcare professional because of their OUD or OAT. Moreover, a quarter of the sample reported delaying care due to fear of being stigmatized. We did not find a relationship between self-stigma levels and a delay in seeking care.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study highlights the need to detect stigma and to improve training in addiction medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"74"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11481267/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica A Ratner, Jennifer H Kirschner, Brittney Spencer, Mishka Terplan
{"title":"Services for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder: a comprehensive Baltimore City-wide 2023 assessment.","authors":"Jessica A Ratner, Jennifer H Kirschner, Brittney Spencer, Mishka Terplan","doi":"10.1186/s13722-024-00507-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-024-00507-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Overdose is a leading cause of maternal mortality; in response, maternal mortality review committees have recommended expanding substance use disorder (SUD) screening, improving collaboration between obstetric and SUD treatment providers, and reducing fragmentation in systems of care. We undertook an analysis of the perinatal SUD treatment landscape in Baltimore, Maryland in order to identify barriers to treatment engagement during pregnancy and the postpartum period and guide system improvement efforts.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a survey of seven birthing hospitals, 31 prenatal care practices, and 108 SUD treatment providers in Baltimore from April-June 2023. Organizations were asked to quantify care for perinatal patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) as well as about screening, service availability, referral practices, and support needed to improve care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>61% of the 145 contacted organizations responded. Birthing hospitals reported caring for pregnant persons with OUD with greater frequency than prenatal care practices or SUD treatment programs. Most birthing hospitals and prenatal care practices reported screening for OUD at intake, but the minority reported using validated tools. Service availability varied by type of organization and type of service. In general, prenatal care practices offered the fewest number of SUD-related services. Most SUD treatment programs that offered buprenorphine or methadone to the general population also offered these medications to pregnant patients. Withdrawal management for comorbid alcohol/benzodiazepine use disorders during pregnancy was more limited. The majority of birthing hospitals and prenatal care practices reported offering neither direct naloxone distribution nor prescriptions. Few SUD treatment programs offered tailored services for perinatal patients or for parents of young children, and many programs do not permit children onsite. Respondents reported high levels of interest in education and consultative support on SUD treatment in pregnancy within obstetric settings and on pregnancy-related medical concerns within SUD programs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This project provides a comprehensive picture of services available for treatment of perinatal OUD in a major US city. Results have served as a guide for ongoing citywide system improvement efforts by our project team and offer a model for other jurisdictions hoping to strengthen services for perinatal OUD and reduce maternal mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":54223,"journal":{"name":"Addiction Science & Clinical Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":"73"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11476604/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142480582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}