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NCT Number: NCT04637815

A Social Network AOD Intervention for Homeless Youth Transitioning to Housing

This project will pilot test a computer-assisted social network intervention, using motivational interviewing techniques, that can help case managers work with formerly homeless young adults who recently transitioned to supportive housing to reduce substance use and increase permanent supportive connections during this critical transitional period.

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Key information

Conditions

Substance Use Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 1

Primary location

The Village Family Services

Burbank, California, 90512, United States

About this study

The goal of this study is to conduct a pilot evaluation of a motivational network intervention (MNI) to reduce substance use and strengthen supportive connections for recently homeless 18-25 year-olds who have transitioned to a housing program. The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate, through a small randomized controlled trial (Stage 1b), the added benefit of incorporating the MNI into case management for transitional age youth (TAY) residents of housing programs. We hypothesized that residents receiving the MNI as part of case management would show more positive changes in their substance use behaviors and the composition and structure of their personal networks (i.e., greater proportion of network members who are low-risk) over a 3-month follow-up period compared to residents receiving usual case management only.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18-25
  • In a housing program for homeless transition age youth
  • Past month substance use
  • Screen positive for past-year harmful substance use

Exclusion criteria

  • Not able to speak/understand English

Treatment and study plan

Motivational Network Intervention

Behavioral

Every 2 weeks, residents attend meetings with their case manager. These meetings are customized to the needs of the resident at the time of the meeting. Participants randomized into the Motivational Network Intervention arm are offered an additional discussion about their social networks. Case managers ask participants to answer a series of standardized questions about people they know. After these questions are answered, case managers show participants a series of images representing these answers. While showing these images, case mangers engage the participant in discussions about what they notice using Motivational Interviewing techniques. The goal is to discuss what the participant wants to change and state strategies about achieving these changes.

Usual Care

Other

Residents attend regular case management meetings with their case managers as a condition of their residency in the housing program. These sessions are customized do the needs of the resident at the time of the meeting. Participants randomized into the usual care arm will be offered these sessions every 2 weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Days Cannabis Used

    Time frame: 30 days

    Count of days that respondent used cannabis in the past 30 days

  2. Proportion of Risky Network Members

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    Proportion of network members who engaged in substance use or the participant used more substances when they were with the network member.

  3. Number of Drinks Consumed on Drinking Days

    Time frame: 30 days

    Participants reported on the typical number of drinks they consumed on drinking days in the past month.

  4. Number of Drinking Days

    Time frame: 30 days

    Number of days in the past month (0-30) that participants reported engaging in any alcohol use.

  5. Number of Days Consumed 5 (for Men) or 4 (for Women) Drinks on a Single Occasion

    Time frame: 30 days

    Number of days in the past month (0-30) that participants reported engaging in heavy alcohol use (5 or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women on a single occasion).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

RAND

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Nov 20, 2020
Registry last updated
Oct 22, 2024

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