Behavioral Addiction
Conditions
Keywords
probation supervision, recovery app
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of the Probation/Parole and Reentry Coach Application (PARCA)-a mobile application that allows justice-involved people to set and manage personal goals to support sustained, successful community supervision. Through this study, we aim to conduct surveys and interviews aimed to gain a better understanding of ways to improve the substance use treatment process, connections between clients and officers, and goal selection and achievement for clients using the PARCA app
Detailed description
This study tests a new technological intervention referred to as Probation/Parole and Reentry Coach Application (PARCA). The application uses motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral techniques to engage clients in problem solving by identifying issues, identifying goals, making progress towards the goals, incentivizing clients to achieve the goals, and working towards completion of supervision. Officers can view the goals, progress, and points accumulated to improve supervision outcomes.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPARCA
PARCA is an s an app to facilitate goal management, resource allocation, and managing progress.
Sponsors
Q2i, LLC
RTI International
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
George Mason University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All officers that supervise individuals All individuals on supervision that indicate drug use -
Exclusion criteria
Individuals that have poor performance on their job clients have serious mental health disorders \-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Days till the Individual Initiates Treatment | The timeframe is 365 days | This represents the number of days that the individual starts treatment based on the day that they started supervision. This can be measured in the supervision records. This is an event in the record system like an electronic health record. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Treatment Sessions in 90 days | For 365 days | This represents the number of times the individual participated in treatment during a 90 day window. This can be measured from supervision records. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drug Tests | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Test positive for an illicit drug |
| Number of times the individual has been arrested or technically violated probation | This is for 365 days | This criminal justice outcome refers to other criminal behavior and/or failure to abide by supervision conditions. Both reflect events that can be measured in the supervision records. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactFaye S Taxman, Ph.D.
Outcome results
None listed