SMART Trial: Community Stigma Reduction

Karen Derefinko, PhD

Status: Completed

Conditions: Opioid-use Disorder; Stigma, Social

Treatments: Behavioral: Opioid Use Disorder Stigma Reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05075330

21-08181-XP

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 199 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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199 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants who live in the Orange Mound community of Memphis. Billboards targeting stigma reduction were posted in the community for one month.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Opioid Use Disorder Stigma Reduction

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants who live in the Frayser community of Memphis. No billboards (intervention) were placed here.