Helping your congregation and community bring healing from the opioid and substance use crisis
The Survey:
Help us understand how churches are responding to substance use in North Carolina.
Participate in a survey with approximately 250 clergy leaders representing Christian communities from across North Carolina!
The survey will ask you about:
Substance use issues and related challenges faced by your church and your community,
What resources are currently available or accessed in your community for substance use treatment and support,
How your church and community view substance use issues,
What specific needs your congregation has for new resources, and
The challenges you and your church have faced in response to COVID-19.
Length of Survey:
This survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes online to complete.
Compensation:
You will receive a $10 electronic Amazon gift card for participating.
You will also be given priority access to all materials or programs that are created by this project in response to this survey.
Your responses will be kept confidential.
The survey has closed.
Your Impact:
You will help church leaders, public officials, and policymakers to better understand how churches in North Carolina are supporting those affected by the opioid and substance use crisis.
You will help to shape the creation of practical resources for congregations who seek to respond faithfully and effectively to reduce the harms of opioids and other substances.
Our mission is to mobilize and support churches to promote healing and recovery from substance use issues
Our Process:
We aim to equip Christian communities in NC to support and empower people affected by substance use issues. We will do this through a three-fold process:
Our Approach:
Churches have a long history of engaging in health promotion activities for their members and local communities. While community resources for supporting individuals with substance issues now include a variety of options – from medication-assisted treatment to harm reduction to recovery support groups – little is known about the what faith communities need as they care for those affected by substance use issues.
This study seeks to better understand what clergy and church leaders need as churches respond to opioid use issues and substance use issues more broadly.
FAITH, SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES,
& THE NEED
Opioid and substance use issues present major public health, economic and social welfare challenges to North Carolinians.
THE URGENCY
Our Team:
In an effort to foster collaboration between healthcare and faith communities, this project brings three groups together across Duke University. The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative alongside the Clergy Health Initiative bridge the Divinity School and the world of healthcare, while the Ormond Center bridges congregations to their communities through storytelling and community development initiatives. All of this work is possible thanks to Duke Population Health Sciences and funding from The Duke Endowment.
