Recovery Opportunities Through Ongoing Treatment Sustainment (ROOTS): A Dynamic Approach to Integrate and Sustain Adolescent Substance Use Services in Rural Schools
NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
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PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Rural adolescents are more likely than their peers in urban areas to engage in high-risk substance use, including opioid misuse. Rural adolescents also face challenges accessing behavioral care because of limited clinics and providers in rural settings, including substance use care providers. External specialists may fill a critical gap in augmenting existing school-based services; however, challenges in cross-system coordination contribute to poor reach and retention in care. These challenges are particularly urgent given the need to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and prevent escalation to OUD among high-risk adolescents with other substance use disorder (SUD) or behavioral health challenges. Research is needed to identify implementation strategies that support cross-system coordination without overburdening existing school staff. The proposed K23 will examine the implementation and effectiveness of an innovative community partnership—the Youth Substance Use Unit (YSU), a collaboration between schools and local substance use service providers that delivers services to adolescents with substance use problems at high schools on the rural Eastern Shore of Maryland. Guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, the study has three aims: (1) identify determinants and opportunities to improve implementation of the YSU by conducting semi-structured interviews with constituents (e.g., school personnel, peer recovery specialists); (2) develop and adapt initial implementation strategies to improve reach and implementation of the YSU into rural schools based on constituent feedback using Implementation Mapping, a participatory approach to co-develop and specify implementation strategies; and (3) test the effectiveness and implementation of the YSU in Type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial using an adaptive-iterative design. The candidate is a clinical psychologist with a strong record of community-partnered research focused on improving behavioral health access for underserved youth. The proposed K23 will enable him to pivot to conducting addiction-focused research in rural settings. To ensure successful execution of the study and to prepare the candidate for an independent research career, four training aims are proposed: (1) effectiveness-implementation research for substance use prevention and intervention, (2) school-based and community-partnered implementation research (3) implementation strategy co-development and adaptation, and (4) qualitative and mixed-method approaches. Mentorship will be provided by a multidisciplinary team with expertise in implementation science, adolescent behavioral health and substance use, and community- and school-based research. This project will generate practical strategies to improve cross-system coordination and successfully implement adolescent substance use services in rural schools, ultimately helping to address OUD and other SUD among high-risk youth.
Grant Summary
Recovery Opportunities Through Ongoing Treatment Sustainment (ROOTS): A Dynamic Approach to Integrate and Sustain Adolescent Substance Use Services in Rural Schools is a NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse grant providing up to $184K for university, nonprofit, healthcare org. Applications are due 2031-04-30 (open). Check eligibility and apply with FindGrants.
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Up to $184K
2031-04-30
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Recovery Opportunities Through Ongoing Treatment Sustainment (ROOTS): A Dynamic Approach to Integrate and Sustain Adolescent Substance Use Services in Rural Schools provides up to $184K per award from NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse. Actual award sizes depend on the scope of your project, available program funds, and the number of applicants, so build a budget that reflects realistic, allowable costs rather than the maximum figure.
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Applications for Recovery Opportunities Through Ongoing Treatment Sustainment (ROOTS): A Dynamic Approach to Integrate and Sustain Adolescent Substance Use Services in Rural Schools are due 2031-04-30 (open). Because deadlines can change, verify the date with the funder, NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse, and give yourself enough time to prepare a complete, competitive application before the close date.
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