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NCT Number: NCT01970293

AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Alcohol Use AA Attendance Alcohol Drinking Behavior Communicable Diseases Disease Attributes Drinking Behavior Genital Diseases Infections Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Sexual Risk Behavior Sexually Transmitted Diseases Urogenital Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Butler Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, 02906, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

To be eligible for the study participants must:

  • Be 18 years or older
  • Live in RI or MA within 20 miles of Providence and plan to remain in the area for the next 6 months
  • Meet DSM-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence in the last six months
  • Do not expect to attend residential alcohol or drug treatment upon release
  • Report STI/HIV sexual risk defined as unprotected heterosexual sex at least three times in the three months prior to incarceration
  • Speak English.
  • Be currently held at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institutions Jail facility

Women will be excluded from participation if they:

  • Cannot provide the name of at least two locator persons who will know where they can be found.

Treatment and study plan

Introduction to AA volunteer

Other

In-person, in jail introduction to an AA volunteer, who will offer assistance in attending 2 AA meetings.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in number of alcohol use days from baseline to 6 months

    Time frame: Baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months

    Timeline Followback (TLFB) participant recall of alcohol use days.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Butler Hospital

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Oct 28, 2013
Registry last updated
Sep 9, 2020

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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