Actively Recruiting
Emergency Medicine Peer Outreach Worker Engagement for Recovery
Led by University of California, Los Angeles · Updated on 2025-10-06
400
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
117 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of California, Los Angeles
Lead Sponsor
R
Rhode Island Hospital
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This is an observational, prospective case-control study evaluating the effects of an emergency department community health worker-peer recovery specialist program (PCHW), the Substance Misuse Assistance Response Team (SMART). Aims of this study are to 1) understand participant experiences working with a SMART PCHW and identify possible mechanisms for successful recovery linkage; 2) Evaluate SMART effectiveness on patient-centered outcomes, building recovery capital, and recovery linkage; 3) Evaluate SMART implementation and effectiveness on patient outcomes over time. Using a combination of surveys and data linkages to state administrative databases, study investigators will prospectively compare changes in addiction treatment engagement, recovery capital, health related social needs, acute care utilization, and death between people receiving a ED PCHW and those who do not. After consenting to study participation, participants will complete surveys at time of study enrollment and 3 and 6 months after their initial ED visit. Primary outcomes include engagement in addiction treatment, social services engagement, acute care utilization, and mortality will be assessed through linkages to state administrative databases.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Emergency Medicine Peer Outreach Worker Engagement for Recovery
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adults 18 years old or older
- Seen and treated at Rhode Island or The Miriam Hospital ED for a substance use-related concern including intoxication, withdrawal, opioid overdose, opioid withdrawal, or substance use-related infection
- Able to provide informed consent
- Able to provide at least two forms of contact (personal phone, social media, email, or contact information for family or friends)
- Participants may speak languages other than English but require use of interpreter services, with consents available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to provide informed consent
- In police custody, incarcerated, or have a court ordered treatment enrollment
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
A
Ashley Gaipo
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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