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Reducing Stigma Among Individuals With Addiction and Staff in the Criminal Justice System

NCT05152342 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2024-05-16

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Summary

Stigma is one of the most pervasive barriers to addiction care in the U.S. criminal justice (CJ) system. However, there have been no stigma reduction interventions developed for this context. This project addresses this gap with a new multi-level stigma intervention, Combatting Stigma to Aid Reentry and Recovery (CSTARR), for justice-involved people with addiction and criminal justice staff. This intervention will be implemented in 6 (mostly rural) counties in TN for clients and staff in the Tennessee Recovery Oriented Compliance Strategy (TN-ROCS) program, which coordinates multiple CJ sectors (i.e., courts, corrections, probation, treatment) to divert and treat people with addiction. This project aims to 1) examine the feasibility, acceptability, and implementation considerations of integrating CSTARR in the TN-ROCS program, and 2) determine whether CSTARR impacts individual, staff, and program-level outcomes. We aim to recruit 25 stakeholders, 80 clients, and 75 staff over the course of this 18-month project to participate in our intervention and evaluation efforts. Staff and clients will be asked to complete online surveys before and after the intervention, as well as 1- and 3-month follow ups, for which they will receive gift-cards. The overall goal of this project is to examine the feasibility and utility of stigma reduction efforts in the criminal justice system to determine whether they can help facilitate engagement with evidence-based addiction care and improve client and staff outcomes.

Conditions

  • Stigma, Social
  • Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Stigma Awareness Training for Legal System Staff

Multilevel intervention package addressing stigma associated with substance use and criminal involvement for staff and justice-involved clients enrolled in a diversion treatment program.

BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for self-stigma

Multilevel intervention package addressing stigma associated with substance use and criminal involvement for staff and justice-involved clients enrolled in a diversion treatment program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • East Tennessee State University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-30
Primary Completion
2023-12-30
Completion
2023-12-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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