Testing Strategies to Improve Substance Misuse Prevention Research Use in State Policy Con
If science is to inform effective substance misuse prevention policy and ultimately improve public health, the field needs an effective strategy for directly supporting policymakers' use of research evidence, yet our field lacks an evidence-based model designed for this purpose. Accordingly, a state-level randomized co
| Condition(s) | Substance Abuse, Substance Use Disorders, Prevention, Legislation, Use of Research Evidence |
|---|---|
| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | If science is to inform effective substance misuse prevention policy and ultimately improve public health, the field needs an effective strategy for directly supporting policymakers' use of research evidence, yet our field lacks an evidence-based model designed for this purpose. Accordingly, a state-level randomized controlled trial (N = 30 states) of a formal, theory-based approach for appropriately supporting policymakers' use of scientific evidence--known as the Research-to-Policy Collaboration (RPC) Model is proposed. This work has the potential to reduce population-level substance misuse by improving the use of scientific information in policymaking, thus increasing the availability of evidence-based prevention programs and policies. |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * State-level public officials Exclusion Criteria: * Anyone who is not a state-level public official |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | Penn State University |
| Locations | University Park, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Start date | 2023-04-01 |
| NCT ID | NCT06856148 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06856148 |