ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2020
Health communication campaigns to drive demand for evidence-based practices and reduce stigma in the HEALing communities study.
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- The impact of the communities that HEAL intervention on the provision of jail-based medication for opioid use disorder & linkage programs at release: Results from a randomized, wait-list controlled trial.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Trial
- Local level of social inequity moderates implementation of evidence-based practices tailored to minoritized populations to reduce opioid overdose deaths.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Trial
- Organizational perspectives on the impacts of scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution in Kentucky.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Effect of the Communities That HEAL Intervention on Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution: A Cluster-Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Trial.American journal of public health · 2025Trial
- Communities That HEAL Intervention and Mortality Including Polysubstance Overdose Deaths: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Community-Based Cluster-Randomized Trial to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths.The New England journal of medicine · 2024Trial
- Reducing perceived barriers to scaling up overdose education and naloxone distribution and medications for opioid use disorder in the United States in the HEALing (Helping End Addiction Long-Term®) communities study.Preventive medicine · 2024Trial
- Effect of the Communities that HEAL intervention on receipt of behavioral therapies for opioid use disorder: A cluster randomized wait-list controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Trial
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- Community coalition and key stakeholder perceptions of the community opioid epidemic before an intensive community-level intervention.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Trial
- Perception of Resource Allocations to Address the Opioid Epidemic.Journal of addiction medicineTrial
- Understanding Data Use in Community Coalitions: Insights from a CFIR 2.0-Informed Study of the Ohio HEALing Communities Initiative.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Impact of enhanced practices on opioid overdose deaths: A community-based modeling approach.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Acceptability and Influence of HEALing Communities Study Communications Campaign Messaging Among Community Members in Four U.S. States.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
- Opioid Message Fatigue in the United States: Prevalence and Associations with Stigma and Policy Support.Substance use & misuse · 2026Article
- Community coalition's diversity and targeted overdose prevention strategies designed to reach special populations.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Health Communication Campaign Performance During the HEALing Communities Study: Cross-Sectional Examination of Digital Advertising Methods.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Establishing a public health surveillance system for the opioid crisis: The experience of the HEALing Communities Study.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026Article
- Engaging Communities to Address the Opioid Crisis in Ohio: Lessons Learned.Ohio journal of public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe HEALing Communities Study (HCS) is testing whether the Communities that Heal (CTH) intervention can decrease opioid overdose deaths through the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in highly impacted communities. One of the CTH intervention components is a series of communications campaigns to promote the implementation of EBPs, increase demand for naloxone and medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and decrease stigma toward people with opioid use disorder and the use of EBPs, especially MOUD. This paper describes the approach to developing and executing these campaigns.
methodsThe HCS communication campaigns are developed and implemented through a collaboration between communication experts, research site staff, and community coalitions using a three-stage process. The Prepare phase identifies priority groups to receive campaign messages, develops content for those messages, and identifies a "call to action" that asks people to engage in a specific behavior. In the Plan phase, campaign resources are produced, and community coalitions develop plans to distribute campaign materials. During the Implement stage, these distribution plans guide delivery of content to priority groups. Fidelity measures assess how community coalitions follow their distribution plan as well as barriers and facilitators to implementation. An evaluation of the communication campaigns is planned.
conclusionsIf successful, the Prepare-Plan-Implement process, and the campaign materials, could be adapted and used by other communities to address the opioid crisis. The campaign evaluation will extend the evidence base for how communication campaigns can be developed and implemented through a community-engaged process to effectively address public health crises.
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