Clinical trial NCT04637815: A Social Network AOD Intervention for Homeless Youth Transitioning to Housing
Official title: A Social Network AOD Intervention for Homeless Youth Transitioning to Housing
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE1
Conditions: Substance Use
Lead sponsor: RAND
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
First posted: 2020-11-20
Enrollment: 39
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This project will pilot test a computer-assisted social network intervention, using motivational interviewing techniques, that can help case managers work with formerly homeless young adults who recently transitioned to supportive housing to reduce substance use and increase permanent supportive connections during this critical transitional period.

Detailed description: The goal of this study is to conduct a pilot evaluation of a motivational network intervention (MNI) to reduce substance use and strengthen supportive connections for recently homeless 18-25 year-olds who have transitioned to a housing program. The goal of this pilot study is to evaluate, through a small randomized controlled trial (Stage 1b), the added benefit of incorporating the MNI into case management for transitional age youth (TAY) residents of housing programs. We hypothesized that residents receiving the MNI as part of case management would show more positive changes in their substance use behaviors and the composition and structure of their personal networks (i.e., greater proportion of network members who are low-risk) over a 3-month follow-up period compared to residents receiving usual case management only.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 18-25
* In a housing program for homeless transition age youth
* Past month substance use
* Screen positive for past-year harmful substance use

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not able to speak/understand English

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of Days Cannabis Used
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Proportion of Risky Network Members
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: Number of Drinks Consumed on Drinking Days
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Number of Drinking Days
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Number of Days Consumed 5 (for Men) or 4 (for Women) Drinks on a Single Occasion
timeFrame: 30 days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Burbank
country: United States
facility: The Village Family Services
state: California
Study officials:
References:
citation: Kennedy DP, Osilla KC, Tucker JS. Feasibility of a computer-assisted social network motivational interviewing intervention to reduce substance use and increase supportive connections among emerging adults transitioning from homelessness to housing. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2022 May 3;17(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s13722-022-00307-4.
citation: Tucker JS, Kennedy DP, Osilla KC, Golinelli D. Motivational network intervention to reduce substance use and increase supportive connections among formerly homeless emerging adults transitioning to housing: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2021 Mar 16;16(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s13722-021-00227-9.