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"Bupe by the Book": Testing Library Telehealth With Unstably Housed Persons With Opioid Use Disorder
Sponsor: University of California, San Diego
Summary
Public libraries nationwide are facing an on-premise opioid overdose crisis. Many persons with opioid use disorder (OUD) remained unhoused and profoundly hard to reach. This study innovatively develops and tests a telemedicine intervention delivered through public libraries to increase unstably housed individuals' access to bupe treatment that would prevent overdoses from occurring in the first place. The investigators will conduct a 12-week pilot 2-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) (n=40). Research staff will recruit library patrons and randomize them to weekly telehealth at the library or in-person clinic control arms across two participating libraries in San Diego.
Official title: "Bupe by the Book": Developing and Testing a Tele-Buprenorphine Intervention in Public Libraries With Unstably Housed Persons With Opioid Use Disorder
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
60
Start Date
2023-06-28
Completion Date
2024-11-30
Last Updated
2026-10-22
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Library Telehealth with Buprenorphine Provider
Bupe by the Book (BBB) randomly assigns unstably housed library patrons with opioid use disorder to a library telehealth arm to receive buprenorphine (aka, Suboxone) treatment from Father Joe's Villages Health Center.
Treatment-as-Usual Control group
Unstably housed library patrons with opioid disorder are assigned randomly to a treatment-as-usual control group (in-person at the clinic)
Locations (1)
San Diego State University
San Diego, California, United States