A Nationwide Survey Study of Recovery Community Centers Supporting People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The medical community has become aware of its role in contributing to the opioid epidemic and must be part of its resolution. Recovery community centers (RCCs) represent a new underused component of recovery support.

Methods

This study performed an online national survey of all RCCs identified in the United States, and used US Census ZIP code tabulation area data to describe the communities they serve.

Results

Residents of areas with RCCs were more likely to be Black (16.5% vs 12.6% nationally, P = 0.005) and less likely to be Asian (4.7% vs 5.7%, P = 0.005), American Indian, or Alaskan Native (0.6% vs 0.8%, P = 0.03), or live rurally (8.5% vs 14.0%, P < 0.0001). More than half of RCCs began operations within the past 5 years. Recovery community centers were

SUBMITTER: Hoeppner BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11150096 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature