A Nationwide Survey Study of Recovery Community Centers Supporting People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder.

Autor:	Hoeppner BB; From the Recovery Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (BBH, CW, ACW, DF-A, LAH, BGB, ABD, JFK); Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (HVS); Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (MJR); Faces & Voices of Recovery, Washington, DC (PXR, PM); Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Addiction Services, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health, Boston, MA (JO); Alcohol Research Group/Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA (AAM); and West End Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (VR)., Simpson HV, Weerts C, Riggs MJ, Williamson AC, Finley-Abboud D, Hoffman LA, Rutherford PX, McCarthy P, Ojeda J, Mericle AA, Rao V, Bergman BG, Dankwah AB, Kelly JF
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of addiction medicine [J Addict Med] 2024 May-Jun 01; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 274-281. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 01.
DOI:	10.1097/ADM.0000000000001285
Abstrakt:	Objective: The 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. Methods: This 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. Results: Residents 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. Conclusions: Recovery 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. Competing Interests: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report, except for authors McCarthy and Rutherford, who are employed by “Faces & Voices of Recovery,” which operates the “Association of Recovery Community Organizations” (ARCO) discussed in this article. (Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.)
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