SMART Trial: Community Stigma Reduction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stigma, Social; Opioid-use Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Opioid Use Disorder Stigma Reduction

• Registration Number: NCT05075330
• Lead Sponsor: Karen Derefinko, PhD

Brief Summary

The goal of this project is to engage community members from two low-income African American communities (N=200) in a survey study that assesses stigma toward those with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). Those from the intervention community will be subject to a stigma reduction campaign via billboards. Those from the control community will not. Stigma will be re-assessed following the period of the campaign.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-06-16
• Primary Completion: 2021-08-19
• Study Completion: 2021-08-19
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-29
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-12
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 199

Inclusion Criteria

• Identify as African American or Mixed race
• Reside in Frayser or Orange Mound Communities
• Access to telephone for follow-up assessment

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to understand consent procedures

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Opioid Use Disorder Stigma Reduction	Participants who live in the Orange Mound community of Memphis. Billboards targeting stigma reduction were posted in the community for one month.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stigma score	Change from baseline stigma score at 8 weeks	Pre- and post-intervention stigma assessments using the Exposure to Drug Users Index, Drug Use Stigmatization Scale, and the Stigma of Drug Users Scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Tennessee Health Science Center; 🇺🇸 Memphis, Tennessee, United States