Attention – people who use opioids, heroin or fentanyl: Join UC Irvine’s online HOPE study and get up to $205 in online gift codes.

Join a Facebook group and take surveys.

The UC Irvine Harnessing Online Peer Education, or HOPE, Opioid Study is composed of researchers from the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Informatics at the University of Ca, Irvine.

What is the study about?

The goal of the study is to see how technology, such as online social support through Facebook, can help those struggling with opioids.

Eligibility criteria:

• 18+ years old;
• A person with struggling with opioids;
• A rural California resident;
• Uses social media;
• Not currently on medications for opioid addiction (e.g., suboxone, methadone, buprenorphine).

Responsibilities of participants:

• Participants will join a Facebook group for 12 weeks and complete four surveys (before the study starts; after the study ends; six months after the study ends; 12 months after the study ends). Each survey takes about 15 minutes to complete.
• Participants can get up to $205 in gift cards. If a participant reports using medications for opioid use disorder (like methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone) on follow-up surveys, they will be compensated $15 in gift cards once verified.
• Participants will be able to request information on medications for opioid use disorder, resources and to be referred to Bright Heart Health for virtual care.

If you are interested, please contact the Hope Study Team:

• Hope Study phone lines: 760-232-4026 and 949-329-8759.
• Hope Study text lines: 657-221-9597 and 949-329-8759.
• Hope Study email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/HOPEUCLA/.