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Examining the Recovery Community Center model and preliminary findings

Ashford, R. D., Brown, A., Canode, B., Sledd, A., Potter, J. S., & Bergman, B. G. (2021). Peer-based recovery support services delivered at recovery community organizations: Predictors of improvements in individual recovery capital. Addictive Behaviors, 119, 106945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106945

Ashford, R. D., Brown, A. M., McDaniel, J., Neasbitt, J., Sobora, C., Riley, R., Weinstein, L., Laxton, A., Kunzelman, J., Kampman, K., & Curtis, B. (2019). Responding to the opioid and overdose crisis with innovative services: The recovery community center office-based opioid treatment (RCC-OBOT) model. Addictive Behaviors, 98, 106031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106031 

Ashford, R.D., Curtis, B. & Brown, A.M. Peer-delivered harm reduction and recovery support services: initial evaluation from a hybrid recovery community drop-in center and syringe exchange program. Harm Reduction Journal, 15, 52 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0258-2

Haberle, B. J., Conway, S., Valentine, P., Evans, A. C., White, W. L., & Davidson, L. (2014). The recovery community center: A new model for volunteer peer support to promote recovery. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 9(3), 257-270.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035x.2014.940769 https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035X.2014.940769 

Hoeppner, Bettina B. PhD, MS; Simpson, Hazel V. BA; Weerts, Catherine BA; Riggs, Marion J. PhD; Williamson, Alivia C. BA; Finley-Abboud, Diadora BS; Hoffman, Lauren A. PhD; Rutherford, Philip X. BS; McCarthy, Patty MS; Ojeda, Julia MEd; Mericle, Amy A. PhD; Rao, Vinod MD, PhD; Bergman, Brandon G. PhD; Dankwah, Akosua B. DrPH, MPH; Kelly, John F. PhD. A Nationwide Survey Study of Recovery Community Centers Supporting People in Recovery From Substance Use Disorder. Journal of Addiction Medicine ():10.1097/ADM.0000000000001285, March 1, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001285. https://journals.lww.com/journaladdictionmedicine/fulltext/9900/a_nationwide_survey_study_of_recovery_community.290.aspx

Hoffman, L. A., Vilsaint, C. L., & Kelly, J. F. (2021). Attitudes toward opioid use disorder pharmacotherapy among recovery community center attendees. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 131, N.PAG. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108464

Kelly, J. F., Fallah-Sohy, N., Cristello, J., Stout, R. L., Jason, L. A., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2021). Recovery community centers: Characteristics of new attendees and longitudinal investigation of the predictors and effects of participation. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 124, 108287. https://www.jsatjournal.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0740-5472%2821%2900013-1

Kelly, J. F., Fallah-Sohy, N., Vilsaint, C., Hoffman, L. A., Jason, L. A., Stout, R. L., Cristello, J. V., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2020). New kid on the block: An investigation of the physical, operational, personnel, and service characteristics of recovery community centers in the United States. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 111, 1–10.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2019.12.009

Kelly, J. F., Stout, R. L., Jason, L. A., Fallah, S. N., Hoffman, L. A., & Hoeppner, B. B. (2020). One‐stop shopping for recovery: An investigation of participant characteristics and benefits derived from US recovery community centers. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 44(3), 711–721. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14281 

Owens, M. D., Banta-Green, C. J., Newman, A., Marren, R., & Takushi, R. (2023). Insights into a recovery community center model: Results from qualitative interviews with staff and member facilitators from recovery cafe in Seattle, Washington. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 41(1), 62–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2022.2088323

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