Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth as they Transition to Adulthood
Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth as they Transition to Adulthood
Project Details
This particular research study is examining Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®), an attachment-based, trauma-informed intervention, used as preventive intervention to reduce opioid and substance use among youth who have had contact with the legal system. When implemented as part of community reentry, TBRI leverages family systems in providing emotional and instrumental guidance, support, and role modeling as youth transition from secure residential care into communities. Dr. Diana Bowser is working alongside the implementation team, using activity-based costing analysis, to understand the cost of implementing this important prevention intervention. Relative to other legal system-based interventions targeting substance use disorders, TBRI appears to be modest in cost. As this project continues, we plan to use costs collected along the implementation of the project and outcomes of the participants to conduct a complete cost effectiveness analysis. These results can be useful to policy makers and implementers as they plan and budget for prevention initiatives in the future.
Timeline
Five years