Dental and Medical Office iMET to Reduce Teen Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use

Boston Children's Hospital121 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the project is to improve adolescent behavioral counseling services in healthcare settings with a new Internet/Intranet-based Motivational Enhancement Therapy (iMET) intervention that targets the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

We have previously developed and tested in a treatment population a promising MET program for alcohol and drug use. We will broaden the MET intervention to also target tobacco use and convert the new materials into a self-administered format.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

121

Conditions

Use; Tobacco, Harmful Alcohol Abuse Drug Abuse

Interventions

iMETBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive the iMET intervention

iMET/TEBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive the iMET intervention and also receive TEs (Technological Extenders)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 12-21 years old * Coming for routine care Exclusion Criteria: * Medically or emotionally unstable day of visit * Already receiving behavioral health services * Cannot read/understand English * Will not be available for post-tests

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Frequency of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other drug use

Time frame: 3 months, 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Rates of initiation and cessation of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and other drug use

Time frame: 3 months, 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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