Community engagement to implement evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The implementation of evidence-based practices to reduce opioid overdose deaths within communities remains suboptimal. Community engagement can improve the uptake and sustainability of evidence-based practices. The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths through the Communities That HEAL (CTH) intervention, a community-engaged, data-driven planning process that will be implemented in 67 communities across four states.

Methods

An iterative process was used in the development of the community engagement component of the CTH. The resulting community engagement process uses phased planning steeped in the principles of community based participatory research. Phases include: 0) Preparation, 1) Getting Started, 2) Getting Organized, 3) Commu

SUBMITTER: Sprague Martinez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537729 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature