Preventing Overdose Using Information and Data from the Environment (PROVIDENT): protocol for a randomized, population-based, community intervention trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

In light of the accelerating drug overdose epidemic in North America, new strategies are needed to identify communities most at risk to prioritize geographically the existing public health resources (e.g. street outreach, naloxone distribution efforts). We aimed to develop PROVIDENT (Preventing Overdose using Information and Data from the Environment), a machine learning-based forecasting tool to predict future overdose deaths at the census block group (i.e. neighbourhood) level.

Design

Randomized, population-based, community intervention trial.

Setting

Rhode Island, USA.

Participants

All people who reside in Rhode Island during the study period may contribute data to either the model or the trial outcomes.

Intervention

Each of the st

SUBMITTER: Marshall BDL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904285 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature