Sample & recruitment
arrest, overdose
RECRUITMENT, ARREST
Individuals were eligible for C2H if they lived in one of the Kentucky counties targeted by the study; were 18 years old or older; had been engaged in the criminal-legal system in the past 30 days prior to enrollment screening; and either used opioids to get high or injected drugs to get high 30 days prior to criminal legal system involvement. Criminal-legal system involvement was defined as arrest; incarceration; community supervision (probation or parole); or involvement with the courts, including the Child Protective Services system. The population of criminal-legal involved people who use opioids/people who inject drugs was selected in collaboration with community coalitions in each of the study counties. These community coalitions highlighted the elevated risk of overdose and pressing healthcare and social service needs among the study population.Individuals were recruited into C2H via multiple community-based pathways, including via tabling outside probation and parole offices, courthouses, and harm reduction programs; cookouts near places where eligible individuals might live or seek services; flyers; and word of mouth.To be eligible for this qualitative sub-study, individuals had to have been enrolled in the larger C2H intervention for at least three months prior to the interview and to have taken part in an initial screening and a baseline survey. We (ZK, LP) purposively sampled C2H participants, seeking to create a qualitative sample of people that varied by county and gender. We invited individuals to take part in a qualitative interview through the means of communication they permitted staff to use (phone calls, texts, emails, and/or Facebook messages). Some recruitment was facilitated through C2H REHNs who helped qualitative study staff contact hard-to-reach participants. See Table Description of Sample