ArticleJournal of addiction medicine
A Nationwide Survey Study of Recovery Community Centers Supporting People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- One-stop shopping for recovery? A systematic review of the evidence on U.S. recovery community centers.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Pooled it
- Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for optimizing engagement in recovery community centers among sexual minority people in the U.S. Northeast.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- "Being treated as the expert:" A blueprint for a community advisory board approach to elevate the voice of people with living experience with substance use in academic research.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Facebook as a Strategy To Deliver a Peer Navigation Intervention for Recently Incarcerated Women with Opioid Use Disorder: A Mixed Methods Descriptive Profile.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Identifying risk factors for drug use recurrence with ecological momentary assessment, wearable technologies, and machine learning: a feasibility trial of peer recovery support specialist intervention.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Characterizing Collegiate Recovery Programs in the United States and Canada: A Survey of Program Directors.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2025Article
- The costs of peer recovery support services provided through two models within a recovery community center.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Article
- The linkage between opioid treatment programs and recovery community centers: results of a survey of OTP directors.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Comparing recovery community centers (RCCs) serving Black, Hispanic/Latino, and other communities: an exploratory secondary data analysis of a nationwide survey of RCC directors.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- How to measure the effectiveness of recovery community centers: insights gained from a nationwide survey of directors of RCCs.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Editorial: Innovations in recovery science: pathways, policies, and platforms that promote thriving after addiction.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Buprenorphine use among non-hospital residential programs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe medical community has become aware of its role in contributing to the opioid epidemic and must be part of its resolution. Recovery community centers (RCCs) represent a new underused component of recovery support.
methodsThis study performed an online national survey of all RCCs identified in the United States, and used US Census ZIP code tabulation area data to describe the communities they serve.
resultsResidents of areas with RCCs were more likely to be Black (16.5% vs 12.6% nationally, P = 0.005) and less likely to be Asian (4.7% vs 5.7%, P = 0.005), American Indian, or Alaskan Native (0.6% vs 0.8%, P = 0.03), or live rurally (8.5% vs 14.0%, P < 0.0001). More than half of RCCs began operations within the past 5 years. Recovery community centers were operated, on average, by 8.8 paid and 10.2 volunteer staff; each RCC served a median of 125 individuals per month (4-1,500). Recovery community centers successfully engaged racial/ethnic minority groups (20.8% Hispanic, 22.5% Black) and young adults (23.5% younger than 25 years). Recovery community centers provide addiction-specific support (eg, mutual help, recovery coaching) and assistance with basic needs, social services, technology access, and health behaviors. Regarding medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs), RCC staff engaged members in conversations about MOUDs (85.2%) and provided direct support for taking MOUD (77.0%). One third (36.1%) of RCCs reported seeking closer collaboration with prescribers.
conclusionsRecovery community centers are welcoming environments for people who take MOUDs. Closer collaboration between the medical community and community-based peer-led RCCs may lead to significantly improved reach of efforts to end the opioid epidemic.
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