The PROMPT Pilot Study

Summary

The PROMPT Pilot Study is a feasibility mixed methods prospective cohort study following principles of community-based participatory action research. The study recruited 80 people who use drugs and followed them for 6 months while providing access to counselling, nicotine replacement therapy and peer-support in a community setting. A notable reduction in average cigarette use per day (20.5 to 9.3) and illicit substance use (18.8%) was observed at study-end. PROMPT's patient engagement model is an effective harm-reduction strategy for the growing opioid use crisis and can improve the health outcomes of marginalised at-risk populations worldwide.

Timeline

Start

2014-06

Primary completion

2017-03

Completion

2017-03

Publications

• Pakhale S, Visentin C, Tariq S, Kaur T, Florence K, Bignell T, Jama S, Huynh N, Boyd R, Haddad J, Alvarez GG. Lung disease burden assessment by oscillometry in a systematically disadvantaged urban population experiencing homelessness or at-risk for homelessness in Ottawa, Canada from a prospective observational study. BMC Pulm Med. 2022 Jun 16;22(1):235. doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-02030-x.
• Pakhale S, Tariq S, Huynh N, Jama S, Kaur T, Charron C, Florence K, Nur F, Bustamante-Bawagan ME, Bignell T, Boyd R, Haddad J, Kendzerska T, Alvarez G. Prevalence and burden of obstructive lung disease in the urban poor population of Ottawa, Canada: a community-based mixed-method, observational study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jan 21;21(1):183. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10209-w.

Drugs

Indications