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Testing Strategies to Improve Substance Misuse Prevention Research Use in State Policy Contexts
Building the Science of Evidence-Informed Prevention Policy: a Multi-level Model for Supporting Substance Misuse Prevention
Who can join
All ages · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * State-level public officials Exclusion Criteria: * Anyone who is not a state-level public official
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Intervention: RPC Group (behavioral)
- Active Comparator: Control Group (behavioral)
Sponsor: Penn State University · Participants: 300 · Started: Apr 1, 2023
Contact the study team
- Daniel M Crowley, Ph.D · Phone: 866-905-1872
- Jennifer T Scott, Ph.D · Phone: 864-431-2411
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06856148
Locations in the U.S.
| Pennsylvania | Penn State University, University Park |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.