ArticleHealth & justice2023
A multi-level intervention to reduce the stigma of substance use and criminal involvement: a pilot feasibility trial protocol.
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Reducing Stigma Among Individuals With Addiction and Staff in the Criminal Justice System: A Pilot Feasibility Trial
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Using photovoice to define "community" in substance use disorder research engaging service users, providers, and policymakers.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2025Article
- The importance of contextually specific support relationships in implementing programs to link people to medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment during reentry from county jails.Health & justice · 2025Article
- Reducing stigma towards incarcerated populations: a systematic review of intervention studies.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Health equity for people living in correctional facilities: Addressing bias, stigma, and dehumanization.Research in nursing & health · 2024Article
- Developing practical strategies to reduce addiction-related stigma and discrimination in public addiction treatment centers: a mixed-methods study protocol.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
- Adverse effects of criminal legal system involvement: a qualitative study examining the role of incarceration and reentry on substance use trajectories among women with opioid use disorders.BMC global and public health · 2024Article
- The role of substance use treatment in reducing stigma after release from incarceration: A qualitative analysis.Health & justice · 2023Article
- Using Photovoice to Codesign Strategies for Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services in Community Health Improvement Planning.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
backgroundStigma associated with substance use and criminal involvement is pervasive and creates a barrier to evidence-based addiction care within the criminal legal system. Research has yet to examine a multi-level stigma intervention which targets the intersection of these stigmas among both criminal legal staff and legally-involved clients.
methodsThis paper presents the protocol for a non-randomized trial of a multi-level stigma intervention called Combatting Stigma to Aid Reentry and Recovery (CSTARR) that involves two interventions: (1) training for criminal legal staff to address public stigma and (2) group-based acceptance and commitment therapy to address self-stigma among legally-involved adults enrolled in substance use treatment. Staff and client participants are engaged with a program called the Tennessee Recovery Oriented Compliance Strategy in 6 East Tennessee counties. This study examines the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of CSTARR using a type 1 hybrid implementation/effectiveness trial with pre to post follow-up. DISCUSSION: Stigma must be addressed in the criminal legal system to facilitate the uptake of evidence-based addiction care. This study is the first to evaluate a stigma intervention designed for the criminal legal setting and results will be used to inform a larger, randomized controlled trial. The rationale for this study, research design and measures, as well as potential implications for the field are described.
trial registrationThis clinical trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov with the identifier NCT05152342. Registered 11/5/2021 at https://register. CLINICALTRIALS: gov/prs/app/action/SelectProtocol?sid=S000BIN8&selectaction=Edit&uid=U0005X4C&ts=2&cx=-u3wsbx .
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