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Project SHIELD 2.0: Police Education to Support Public Health in Kentucky

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · with University of Kentucky, Northeastern University · NCT07804121

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
150
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 25, 2026
Record last updated
September 11, 2026

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What the study is about

The project is a pragmatic, quasi-experimental hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation trial of a structural HIV prevention intervention to address police behavior (arrests and referrals) and ultimately improve health among people who use drugs. The study involves a novel implementation strategy that engages behavioral health workers as "local champions" in the delivery of an evidence-based police education program (SHIELD training intervention). In addition to examining implementation outcomes, primary outcomes focus on assessing effectiveness of the intervention among police (specifically in reducing drug-related arrests and promoting referrals to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment. The investigator's overarching effectiveness hypothesis is that after law enforcement organizations receive the SHIELD training intervention, the organizations will be more likely to refer people who use drugs to MOUD treatment and other health and social services, rather than arresting for low level possession offenses. The study will be conducted across different counties in Appalachian Kentucky.

Being studied: SHIELD 2.0

Conditions: HIV; Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • An adult over the age of 18 years old
  • Currently employed in a law enforcement agency in one of the nine counties participating in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

  • Only adult participants over the age of 18 will be recruited into the study, and the investigators will not restrict eligibility based on gender, race, or any other socio-demographic characteristics.

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Kentucky

    Lexington, KY 40506

    Site contact: Carol White, MPH · 859-562-2684 · crwhit3@uky.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Zach R Salazar, MPH · 8132307741 · zachrsalazar@jhu.edu
  • Skylar M Chapdelaine, BA · 4138961552 · schapde1@jh.edu
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