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Honest, Open, Proud (HOP): A Peer Delivered, Co-occurring Disorders Intervention for Justice-involved Veterans (HOP)

28 juillet 2026 mis à jour par: VA Office of Research and Development

Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) (QUE 25-014)

As many as two-thirds of Justice-involved Veterans (JIVs) have a substance-use disorder (SUD), and up to 51% have a mental health (MH) condition; however, fewer than one-third of JIVs receive MH or SUD treatment, and addressing stigma is a recommended strategy for improving Veteran willingness to engage in treatment. Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) is an evidence-based stigma reduction intervention for justice-involved Veterans that is delivered by peers, which can ultimately increase access to and engagement in care, lower rates of criminal recidivism, and improve MH and SUD outcomes. However, implementation of such interventions with high-acuity patients often requires strategies that are intensive and costly. This trial will evaluate the relative impacts and costs of using a high-intensity (vs. low-intensity) strategy to implement a peer-led, stigma reduction intervention for justice-involved Veterans with co-occurring SUD and MH disorders.

Aperçu de l'étude

Statut

Recrutement

Les conditions

Intervention / Traitement

Description détaillée

Background: Justice-involved Veterans (JIVs) are highlighted as a highly vulnerable Veteran subgroup, and as many as two-thirds of JIVs have SUD, and up to 51% have a MH condition. However, fewer than one-third of JIVs receive MH or SUD treatment and addressing stigma is a recommended strategy for improving Veteran willingness to engage in treatment. Moreover, self-stigma prevents Veterans from asking for help or engaging in ongoing care. The connection between internalized self-stigma and lack of accessing care or support services impairs Veterans recovery. Interventions grounded in evidence-based, peer-led practices are effective in increasing access to and engagement in care; however, implementation of such strategies are costly and intensive. This study protocol describes a Hybrid Type III effectiveness-implementation trial of Honest, Open, Proud (HOP) with high-need, justice-involved Veterans and will evaluate the impact and cost of a high intensity (vs. low-intensity) strategy on implementation, maintenance, and sustainment outcomes.

Methods: This quality improvement (QI) project involves a Hybrid Type III implementation effectiveness trial in six VA medical centers across the United States. Sites will begin with a 6-month pre-implementation period (e.g., orientation) to examine organizational readiness to adopt VA-HOP (Aim 1). A pre-post pragmatic trial with enhancements to accommodate possible growth trends with features of an interrupted time series in which VJP staff at each site will be offered 6-months of audit and feedback (lower-intensity implementation support) followed by 6-months of implementation facilitation (higher-intensity implementation support) for promoting VA-HOP implementation by VJP staff (Aim 2). The investigators will examine whether the Veterans served by staff who delivered VA-HOP with greater model fidelity will demonstrate an increase in outpatient specialty care days, reductions in emergency department use, and reductions in suicide risk compared to Veterans who received VA-HOP with lower fidelity (Aim 3). Finally, this study will examine implementation erosion and sustainment of VA-HOP following discontinuation of active implementation support (for 9-months after high intensity support ends) using quantitative implementation outcomes and post-implementation qualitative interviews (Aim 4).

Anticipated Impact: This study will provide information on the relative impacts and relative costs of strategies aimed at implementing a peer-led, stigma reduction intervention for justice-involved Veterans with co-occurring SUD and MH disorders. The findings will provide guidance to VA and other healthcare systems that serve justice-involved Veterans with co-occurring disorders.

Type d'étude

Interventionnel

Inscription (Estimé)

240

Phase

  • N'est pas applicable

Contacts et emplacements

Cette section fournit les coordonnées de ceux qui mènent l'étude et des informations sur le lieu où cette étude est menée.

Coordonnées de l'étude

Sauvegarde des contacts de l'étude

Lieux d'étude

  • États-Unis
    • Massachusetts
      • Bedford, Massachusetts, États-Unis, 01730-1114
        • Recrutement
        • VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA
        • Chercheur principal:
          • David A. Smelson, PsyD
        • Contact:
        • Contact:

Critères de participation

Les chercheurs recherchent des personnes qui correspondent à une certaine description, appelée critères d'éligibilité. Certains exemples de ces critères sont l'état de santé général d'une personne ou des traitements antérieurs.

Critère d'éligibilité

Âges éligibles pour étudier

  • Adulte
  • Adulte plus âgé

Accepte les volontaires sains

Non

La description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Veterans who are service-connected and enrolled in a VJP program within six VA Medical Centers:

    • Fresno, Palo Alto, Butler, Coatesville, Pittsburgh, Wilmington, and therefore have justice involvement
  • Veterans who meet DSM-5 criteria for a mental health and/or substance use disorder
  • Veterans who are willing to participate in VA-HOP

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Does not have a history of justice involvement and or not enrolled in a participating site VJP program
  • Do not have a mental health and/or substance use disorder diagnosis

Plan d'étude

Cette section fournit des détails sur le plan d'étude, y compris la façon dont l'étude est conçue et ce que l'étude mesure.

Comment l'étude est-elle conçue ?

Détails de conception

  • Objectif principal: Autre
  • Répartition: Non randomisé
  • Modèle interventionnel: Affectation séquentielle
  • Masquage: Aucun (étiquette ouverte)

Armes et Interventions

Groupe de participants / Bras
Intervention / Traitement
Comparateur actif: Low Intensity
Audit and Feedback will be our low intensity implementation strategy. Peer specialists and key stakeholders will receive monthly data reports on VA-HOP delivery (e.g. number of sessions delivered, number of Veterans served) and fidelity data with written feedback. Peers will have the opportunity to join an optional, monthly virtual session to discuss their report with a quantitative expert.
Comportemental: Veterans Affairs-Honest, Open, Proud
VA-HOP is an evidence-based, peer-delivered group intervention designed to help individuals navigate decisions about disclosure of behavioral health conditions. The intervention consists of three lessons comprising nine structured tasks that guide participants through decisions of disclosure aimed at reducing self-stigma. The goal of HOP is not to force disclosure; rather, it empowers participants to decide whether, when, and how disclosure may occur. VA-HOP is facilitated by a peer specialist with a group of 8-10 participants, and sessions can be broken down into a 45-minute weekly session for 9 weeks or 3 weekly 2 1/4-hour blocks. The first lesson covers the short- and long-term benefits and risks of disclosure and non-disclosure. The second lesson addresses the different levels of disclosure, emphasizing that disclosure exists on a continuum and can vary depending on the context and audience. The third lesson focuses on how to tell one's recovery story.
Autres noms:
  • VA-HOP
Expérimental: High Intensity
Implementation Facilitation will be our high intensity implementation strategy. Peer specialists and other key stakeholders will participate in biweekly virtual meetings with an external facilitator. Facilitation activities serve a range of functions spanning problem-solving, relationship-building, and goal setting and planning. Activities are selected based on site progress and needs.
Comportemental: Veterans Affairs-Honest, Open, Proud
VA-HOP is an evidence-based, peer-delivered group intervention designed to help individuals navigate decisions about disclosure of behavioral health conditions. The intervention consists of three lessons comprising nine structured tasks that guide participants through decisions of disclosure aimed at reducing self-stigma. The goal of HOP is not to force disclosure; rather, it empowers participants to decide whether, when, and how disclosure may occur. VA-HOP is facilitated by a peer specialist with a group of 8-10 participants, and sessions can be broken down into a 45-minute weekly session for 9 weeks or 3 weekly 2 1/4-hour blocks. The first lesson covers the short- and long-term benefits and risks of disclosure and non-disclosure. The second lesson addresses the different levels of disclosure, emphasizing that disclosure exists on a continuum and can vary depending on the context and audience. The third lesson focuses on how to tell one's recovery story.
Autres noms:
  • VA-HOP

Que mesure l'étude ?

Principaux critères de jugement

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Number of VA-HOP Sessions delivered
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Uptake is the study primary outcome and is defined as the number of VA-HOP sessions delivered to Veterans during each implementation period. Using EHR data submitted into the VA CDW, uptake statistics will be extracted for each implementation period, i.e. Audit and Feedback (6-months), Implementation Facilitation (6-months), and Sustainment Phase (9-months).
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)

Mesures de résultats secondaires

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Dose Fidelity Adherence to HOP Model
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Dose Fidelity will be a secondary outcome. Dose fidelity is defined as a proportion of expected VA-HOP encounters completed by each Veteran. Fidelity will be assessed from standard documentation embedded within each participating sites EHR completed by VA HOP peer facilitators. This data will be extracted for each implementation period, i.e. Audit and Feedback (6-months), Implementation Facilitation (6-months), and Sustainment Phase (9-months).
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Content Fidelity Adherence to HOP Model
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Content Fidelity will be a secondary outcome. Content fidelity is defined as the extent to which peer facilitators complete the three VA-HOP lessons and nine VA-HOP tasks. Content fidelity will be assessed from standard documentation embedded within each participating sites EHR completed by VA HOP peer facilitators. This documentation note tracks each VA-HOP Peer facilitator and their use of the VA-HOP lessons and associated tasks. This data will be extracted for each implementation period, i.e. Audit and Feedback (6-months), Implementation Facilitation (6-months), and Sustainment Phase (9-months).
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)

Autres mesures de résultats

Mesure des résultats
Description de la mesure
Délai
Effectiveness-Mental Health Outpatient Care encounters
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Among Veterans who receive VA-HOP, the number of outpatient mental health treatment encounters they have in each implementation phase will be compared. These data will be collected using VA administrative data.
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Effectiveness-Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Care encounters
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Among Veterans who receive VA-HOP, the number of outpatient substance use treatment encounters they have in each implementation phase will be compared. These data will be collected using VA administrative data.
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Effectiveness-Emergency Department Hospitalizations
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Among Veterans who receive VA-HOP, the number of emergency department visits they have in each implementation phase will be compared. These data will be collected using VA administrative data.
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Effectiveness-Suicide Prevention Coordinator Visits
Délai: Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)
Among Veterans who receive VA-HOP, Suicide risk measured as the number of engagements with the Suicide Prevention Coordinator they have in each implementation phase will be compared. These data will be collected using VA administrative data.
Measured across each implementation period with each participating site; Audit and Feedback (0-6 months), Implementation Facilitation (7-12 months), and Sustainment (13-21 months)

Collaborateurs et enquêteurs

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VA Office of Research and Development

Les enquêteurs

  • Chercheur principal: David A. Smelson, PsyD, VA Bedford HealthCare System, Bedford, MA

Dates d'enregistrement des études

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Dates principales de l'étude

Début de l'étude (Réel)

1 juillet 2026

Achèvement primaire (Estimé)

30 juin 2030

Achèvement de l'étude (Estimé)

30 septembre 2030

Dates d'inscription aux études

Première soumission

22 juillet 2026

Première soumission répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

28 juillet 2026

Première publication (Réel)

3 août 2026

Mises à jour des dossiers d'étude

Dernière mise à jour publiée (Réel)

3 août 2026

Dernière mise à jour soumise répondant aux critères de contrôle qualité

28 juillet 2026

Dernière vérification

1 juillet 2026

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Termes liés à cette étude

Mots clés

Termes MeSH pertinents supplémentaires

Autres numéros d'identification d'étude

  • QUX 26-005

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