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Peer Recovery Support Services Vaccine Outreach Project

Grant number: 2c2ec7ea08f1d94433e9

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2021
    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $50,154

  • Funder

    FORE

  • Principal Investigator

    MS. Patty McCarthy

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    Faces & Voices of Recovery

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Community engagement

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Adults (18 and older)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Drug users

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

People with opioid and other substance use disorders (SUDs) in the United States have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and due to structural barriers, stigma, misinformation, and mistrust of medical professionals may be less likely to receive the coronavirus vaccine than those with other chronic health conditions. This project will use FAVOR's national network of recovery community organizations and data collection infrastructure to provide peer outreach and education with the goal of increasing vaccination rates among people with an active SUD, in recovery, or in treatment.