AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 8/24/2018 |
| Start Date: | October 2013 |
| End Date: | July 2019 |
| Contact: | Michael Stein, MD |
| Email: | michael_stein@brown.edu |
| Phone: | 401-455-6647 |
The primary aims of this study are to test the hypotheses that among alcohol abusing and
dependent jailed women returning to the community, adding an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) linkage
intervention will result in less alcohol use at follow-up, increased AA attendance once
released, and decreased HIV/STI sexual risk behavior. Additionally, this study seeks to test
the hypotheses that increased AA attendance will mediate the effect of the AA linkage
intervention on alcohol use and that percent days abstinent will mediate the effect of the
intervention on HIV/STI sexual risk-taking outcomes.
dependent jailed women returning to the community, adding an Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) linkage
intervention will result in less alcohol use at follow-up, increased AA attendance once
released, and decreased HIV/STI sexual risk behavior. Additionally, this study seeks to test
the hypotheses that increased AA attendance will mediate the effect of the AA linkage
intervention on alcohol use and that percent days abstinent will mediate the effect of the
intervention on HIV/STI sexual risk-taking outcomes.
Inclusion Criteria:
To be eligible for the study participants must:
1. Be 18 years or older
2. Live in RI or MA within 20 miles of Providence and plan to remain in the area for the
next 6 months
3. Meet DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the last six months
4. Do not expect to attend residential alcohol or drug treatment upon release
5. Report STI/HIV sexual risk defined as unprotected heterosexual sex at least three
times in the three months prior to incarceration
6. Speak English.
7. Be currently held at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions Jail facility
Women will be excluded from participation if they:
1. Cannot provide the name of at least two locator persons who will know where they can be
found.
We found this trial at
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site
345 Blackstone Blvd
Providence, Rhode Island 02906
Providence, Rhode Island 02906
(401) 455-6200
Principal Investigator: Jennifer Johnson, PhD
Phone: 401-455-6647
Butler Hospital Founded in 1844, Butler Hospital is the state's only non-profit, free-standing psychiatric hospital...
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