CompletedNot Applicable

AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail

United States210 participantsStarted 2013-10

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion criteria

✓. 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

What they're measuring

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

Timeframe: Baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01970293

SponsorButler Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-07

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