Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study
IntroductionBlack American Christian church leaders are trusted community members and can be invaluable leaders and planners, listeners, and counselors for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) sufferers in the opioid overdose crisis disproportionately affecting the Black community. This qualitative study exami...
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| author | Akosua B. Dankwah Richard B. Siegrist Ira B. Wilson Ira B. Wilson Michelle McKenzie Michelle McKenzie Josiah D. Rich Josiah D. Rich |
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| description | IntroductionBlack American Christian church leaders are trusted community members and can be invaluable leaders and planners, listeners, and counselors for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) sufferers in the opioid overdose crisis disproportionately affecting the Black community. This qualitative study examines the extent to which the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and beliefs of Black American church leaders support medical and harm reduction interventions for people with OUD.MethodsA semi-structured interview guide was used to conduct in-depth interviews of 30 Black Rhode Island church leaders recruited by convenience and snowball sampling.ResultsThematic analysis of the interviews identified four themes: Church leaders are empathetic and knowledgeable, believe that hopelessness and inequity are OUD risk factors, are committed to helping people flourish beyond staying alive, and welcome collaborations between church and state.ConclusionBlack American Christian church leaders are a critical resource in providing innovative and culturally sensitive strategies in the opioid overdose crisis affecting the Black American communities. As such, their views should be carefully considered in OUD policies, collaborations, and interventions in the Black American community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1120d4d88404128b365d6d9f7fe9e6b2024-04-03T05:04:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-04-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.13598261359826Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative studyAkosua B. Dankwah0Richard B. Siegrist1Ira B. Wilson2Ira B. Wilson3Michelle McKenzie4Michelle McKenzie5Josiah D. Rich6Josiah D. Rich7Department of Psychiatry, Recovery Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United StatesDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United StatesDepartment of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United StatesCenter for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United StatesCenter for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) on Opioids and Overdose, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, United StatesIntroductionBlack American Christian church leaders are trusted community members and can be invaluable leaders and planners, listeners, and counselors for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) sufferers in the opioid overdose crisis disproportionately affecting the Black community. This qualitative study examines the extent to which the knowledge, attitudes, practices, and beliefs of Black American church leaders support medical and harm reduction interventions for people with OUD.MethodsA semi-structured interview guide was used to conduct in-depth interviews of 30 Black Rhode Island church leaders recruited by convenience and snowball sampling.ResultsThematic analysis of the interviews identified four themes: Church leaders are empathetic and knowledgeable, believe that hopelessness and inequity are OUD risk factors, are committed to helping people flourish beyond staying alive, and welcome collaborations between church and state.ConclusionBlack American Christian church leaders are a critical resource in providing innovative and culturally sensitive strategies in the opioid overdose crisis affecting the Black American communities. As such, their views should be carefully considered in OUD policies, collaborations, and interventions in the Black American community.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1359826/fullOpioid Use Disorderopioid overdoseBlack AmericanqualitativeChristianchurch leaders |
| spellingShingle | Akosua B. Dankwah Richard B. Siegrist Ira B. Wilson Ira B. Wilson Michelle McKenzie Michelle McKenzie Josiah D. Rich Josiah D. Rich Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study Frontiers in Psychiatry Opioid Use Disorder opioid overdose Black American qualitative Christian church leaders |
| title | Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study |
| title_full | Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study |
| title_short | Attitudes of Black American Christian church leaders toward Opioid Use Disorder, overdoses, and harm reduction: a qualitative study |
| title_sort | attitudes of black american christian church leaders toward opioid use disorder overdoses and harm reduction a qualitative study |
| topic | Opioid Use Disorder opioid overdose Black American qualitative Christian church leaders |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1359826/full |
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