AA Linkage for Alcohol Abusing Women Leaving Jail

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01970293

Enrollment

210

Registered

2013-10-28

Start date

2013-10-31

Completion date

2020-07-31

Last updated

2020-09-09

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Conditions

AA Attendance, Alcohol Use, Sexual Risk Behavior

Keywords

Alcohol use, STI, Incarcerated women, AA

Brief 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.

Interventions

OTHERIntroduction to AA volunteer

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

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Change in number of alcohol use days from baseline to 6 months	Baseline, 1, 3, and 6 months	Timeline Followback (TLFB) participant recall of alcohol use days.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026