PMID- 34801009 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211206 LR - 20240404 IS - 1471-2458 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2458 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Nov 20 TI - Preventing opioid use among justice-involved youth as they transition to adulthood: leveraging safe adults (LeSA). PG - 2133 LID - 10.1186/s12889-021-12127-3 [doi] LID - 2133 AB - BACKGROUND: Juvenile justice (JJ) youth are at high risk of opioid and other substance use (SU), dysfunctional family/social relationships, and complex trauma. The purpose of the Leveraging Safe Adults (LeSA) Project is to examine the effectiveness of Trust-Based Relational Intervention(R) (TBRI(R); leveraging family systems by providing emotional and instrumental guidance, support, and role modeling) in preventing opioid and other SU among youth after release from secure residential facilities. METHODS: An effectiveness-implementation Hybrid Type 1 design is used to test the effectiveness of TBRI for preventing non-medical use of opioids among JJ-youth (delayed-start at the site level; a randomized controlled trial at participant level) and to gain insight into facility-level barriers to TBRI implementation as part of JJ re-entry protocols. Recruitment includes two samples (effectiveness: 360 youth/caregiver dyads; implementation: 203 JJ staff) from nine sites in two states over 3 years. Participant eligibility includes 15 to 18-year-olds disposed to community supervision and receiving care in a secure JJ facility, without active suicide risk, and with one caregiver willing to participate. Effectiveness data come from (1) youth and caregiver self-report on background, SU, psychosocial functioning, and youth-caregiver relationships (Months 0, 3, 6, 12, and 18), youth monthly post-release check-ins, and caregiver report on youth psychological/behavioral symptoms, and (2) JJ facility records (e.g., recidivism, treatment utilization). Fidelity assessment includes post-session checklists and measures of TBRI strategy use. Collected four times over four years, implementation data include (1) JJ staff self-report on facility and staff characteristics, use of trauma-informed care and TBRI strategies, and (2) focus groups (line staff, leadership separately) on use of trauma-informed strategies, uptake of new interventions, and penetration, sustainment, and expansion of TBRI practices. DISCUSSION: The LeSA study is testing TBRI as a means to empower caregivers to help prevent opioid use and other SU among JJ-youth. TBRI's multiple components offer an opportunity for caregivers to supplement and extend gains during residential care. If effective and implemented successfully, the LeSA protocol will help expand the application of TBRI with a wider audience and provide guidance for implementing multi-component interventions in complex systems spanning multiple contexts. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04678960 ; registered November 11, 2020; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04678960 . CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s). FAU - Knight, Danica Kalling AU - Knight DK AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7488-2139 AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. d.knight@tcu.edu. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. FAU - Joseph, Elizabeth D AU - Joseph ED AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. FAU - Tinius, Elaine AU - Tinius E AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. FAU - Young, Shatoya AU - Young S AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. FAU - Shelley, Lillyan T AU - Shelley LT AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. FAU - Cross, David R AU - Cross DR AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. FAU - Knight, Kevin AU - Knight K AD - Texas Christian University, 2901 University Drive, TCU Box 298921, Fort Worth, TX 76129, Texas, USA. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04678960 GR - UG3 DA050250/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - UH3 DA050250/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - 1UH3DA050250/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20211120 PL - England TA - BMC Public Health JT - BMC public health JID - 100968562 RN - 0 (Analgesics, Opioid) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - *Analgesics, Opioid MH - Caregivers MH - Focus Groups MH - Humans MH - *Opioid-Related Disorders/prevention & control MH - Violence PMC - PMC8605598 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hybrid type I design OT - Justice-involved youth OT - Prevention intervention for opioid use OT - Trauma-informed care OT - Trust-based relational intervention COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2021/11/22 06:00 MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/11/20 CRDT- 2021/11/21 20:22 PHST- 2021/07/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/21 20:22 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12889-021-12127-3 [pii] AID - 12127 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12889-021-12127-3 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Public Health. 2021 Nov 20;21(1):2133. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12127-3.