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Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Conditions: HIV, Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Interventions: SHIELD 2.0
Countries: United States
The project is a pragmatic, quasi-experimental hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation trial of a structural HIV prevention intervention to address police behavior (arrests and referrals) and ultimately improve health among people who use drugs. The study involves a novel implementation strategy that engages behavioral health workers as "local champions" in the delivery of an evidence-based police education program (SHIELD training intervention). In addition to examining implementation outcomes, primary outcomes focus on assessing effectiveness of the intervention among police (specifically in reducing drug-related arrests and promoting referrals to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment. The investigator's overarching effectiveness hypothesis is that after law enforcement organizations receive the SHIELD training intervention, they will be more likely to refer people who use drugs to MOUD treatment and other health and social services, rather than arresting them for low level possession offenses. The study will be conducted across different counties in Appalachian Kentucky.
Sex: ALL
Age: 18 Years to —
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Inclusion Criteria: * An adult over the age of 18 years old * Currently employed in a law enforcement agency in one of the nine counties participating in the trial Exclusion Criteria: * Only adult participants over the age of 18 will be recruited into the study, and we will not restrict eligibility based on gender, race, or any other socio-demographic characteristics.
- Lexington, Kentucky, United States