Motivational Interviewing to Increase Uptake of Drug Checking and Safe Drug Use Behaviors to Reduce Overdose

Description

A hybrid type 1 study will be conducted to evaluate efficacy and preliminary implementation considerations for a novel intervention to promote uptake of drug checking services (DCS) and safer drug use behaviors among people who use drugs (PWUD) to reduce incidence of overdose (OD) and HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in San Diego County. Along with \~50 other syringe services programs (SSPs) in the US, the Harm Reduction Coalition San Diego (HRCSD), a local SSP, recently launched CheckSD (San Diego), a DCS using test strips (TS) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) that allows people to submit drug samples with non-nominal identifiers and obtain personalized results. While most existing DCS using FTIR offer some counseling, no theory-based interventions to increase DCS uptake and promote post-DCS adoption of safer drug use behaviors have been rigorously evaluated

Conditions

Overdose

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Study overview

A hybrid type 1 study will be conducted to evaluate efficacy and preliminary implementation considerations for a novel intervention to promote uptake of drug checking services (DCS) and safer drug use behaviors among people who use drugs (PWUD) to reduce incidence of overdose (OD) and HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in San Diego County. Along with \~50 other syringe services programs (SSPs) in the US, the Harm Reduction Coalition San Diego (HRCSD), a local SSP, recently launched CheckSD (San Diego), a DCS using test strips (TS) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) that allows people to submit drug samples with non-nominal identifiers and obtain personalized results. While most existing DCS using FTIR offer some counseling, no theory-based interventions to increase DCS uptake and promote post-DCS adoption of safer drug use behaviors have been rigorously evaluated

Efficacy and Implementation Considerations for a Peer-led Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Promote Uptake of Drug Checking Services and Safe Drug Use Behaviors to Reduce Overdose

Motivational Interviewing to Increase Uptake of Drug Checking and Safe Drug Use Behaviors to Reduce Overdose

Condition
Overdose
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

San Diego

MI CHANCE - Park Blvd, San Diego, California, United States, 92103

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

  • 1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
  • 2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
  • 3. Be aged ≥18 years at time of recruitment
  • 4. Must have used illicit opiates (e.g., heroin, fentanyl) and/or methamphetamine ≤1 week prior to recruitment date
  • 5. Live in San Diego County with no plans to permanently move over the next 30 months
  • 6. Have not previously used the CheckSD drug checking service
  • 7. Enrolled into ongoing prospective cohort study La Frontera (the border) (existing or new participants)
  • 1. Not being able to provide a signed and dated informed consent form
  • 2. Not willing to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
  • 3. Currently enrolled in another randomized controlled trial
  • 4. Not having used illicit opiates (e.g., heroin, fentanyl), methamphetamine ≤1 week prior to recruitment date
  • 5. Having used CheckSD (i.e. drug testing with TS+FTIR)
  • 6. Participated in the MI-CHANCE pilot

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Diego,

Study Record Dates

2029-10