HEALing Communities Study (HCS)

HEALing Communities Study (HCS)

The Center, under the leadership of Dr. Terry Huang and Dr. Nasim Sabounchi, is a leading component of the New York consortium of HCS, in partnership with Columbia University School of Social Work and other local institutions, to undertake a community-engaged intervention to reduce opioid overdose and deaths across 16 counties in New York State. New York is one of four states in the HCS (67 communities in total), funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (UM1DA049415). This multi-site implementation research study is testing the impact of an integrated set of evidence-based practices across health care, behavioral health, justice, and other community settings. The Center is, in particular, leading the effort of integrating systems dynamics modeling into the community-engaged intervention to help local counties prioritize and adapt their implementation strategies.

Model Interfaces:

• New York State Aggregate Opioid Model: 

• HEALing Communities Study

Select Publications:

• The HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term SM) Communities Study: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial at the community level to reduce opioid overdose deaths through implementation of an integrated set of evidence-based practices

• Using community engagement to implement evidence-based practices for opioid use disorder: A data-driven paradigm & systems science approach

• Qualitative System Dynamics Modeling to Support Community Planning in Opioid Overdose Prevention

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