AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail

N/ACompletedNCT01970293

Butler Hospital210 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

210

Conditions

Alcohol Use AA Attendance Sexual Risk Behavior

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

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

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

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