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- Abstract:
- The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released in 2023, shows that more than 162 drug overdose deaths per 100,000 construction workers occurred in 2020. Numerous factors contribute to the increased use of opioid drugs among construction workers. Commonly, synthetic opioids have been used as a means of alleviating musculoskeletal injuries, coping with manifestations of mental illness and suicidality, and maintaining employment within high-intensity, low-job security workplaces. Peer-based recovery support has been a validated method for enhancing quality of life, social integration, and adherence and access to other forms of recovery capital. Building Futures Rhode Island (BFRI) has developed the Trade Peer Recovery Program (TPRP) to train workers in recovery to provide peer support. This thesis would be the first qualitative project focused on collecting first-hand accounts of RI workers in the construction sector and will bring into conversation the role that labor organizations and peer trade worker support have in promoting health equity.
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- Scholarly concentration: Non-Scholarly Concentrator
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Aung, Filbert,
"A Qualitative Analysis of Peer-Led Recovery Experiences Among Rhode Island Building Trade Workers"
(2025).
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/ct0d-5h72
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