Harm Reduction Services

Description

The purpose of this study is to assess whether an integrated harm reduction intervention (IHRI), compared to harm reduction (HR) services as usual, will improve harm reduction service utilization among Black and Latinx people who use drugs (PWUD).

Conditions

Drug Use, Substance Abuse, Mental Illness

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The purpose of this study is to assess whether an integrated harm reduction intervention (IHRI), compared to harm reduction (HR) services as usual, will improve harm reduction service utilization among Black and Latinx people who use drugs (PWUD).

Culturally Response Integrated Harm Reduction Services for Black and Latinx People Who Use Drugs

Harm Reduction Services

Condition
Drug Use
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

New Haven

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520

New York

NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States, 10016

Orangeburg

Nathan Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York, United States, 10962

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * at least 18 years of age
  • * self-identified as misusing opioids +/- other substances (stimulants) in the past 30 days, confirmed by interview using DSM-5 criteria
  • * English or Spanish speaking
  • * able to provide informed consent.
  • * inability to provide informed consent or participate in the study procedures as proposed in the consent
  • * active suicidal or homicidal ideation or an unstable psychotic disorder (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder) or mood disorder (bipolar disorder, severe major depressive disorder)
  • * an unwillingness to be randomized.
  • * are prisoners

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

NYU Langone Health,

Ayana Jordan, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, NYU Langone Health

Study Record Dates

2028-03-28