Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2010
A brief alcohol intervention for hazardously drinking incarcerated women.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- A Rapid Systematic Review of Worldwide Alcohol Use Disorders and Brief Alcohol Interventions in the Criminal Justice System.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Reentry interventions that address substance use: A systematic review.Psychological services · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release.American journal of public health · 2015Pooled it
- HIV prevention for adults with criminal justice involvement: a systematic review of HIV risk-reduction interventions in incarceration and community settings.American journal of public health · 2014Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing for substance abuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial of twelve-step volunteer linkage for women with alcohol use disorder leaving jail.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Police Custody Suites: Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (AcCePT).Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2018Trial
- Hazardously Drinking Jailed Women: Post-Release Perceived Needs and Risk of Reincarceration.International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology · 2017Trial
- Study protocol: Community Links to Establish Alcohol Recovery (CLEAR) for women leaving jail.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- A randomized study of the use of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for drug and alcohol use with jail inmates.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- Hazardously drinking women leaving jail: time to first drink.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2011Trial
- Study protocol: Exploring the use of Family Health Histories in the African American community to reduce health disparities in Flint, Michigan.Research square · 2024Article
- Scoping review of interventions to link individuals to substance use services at discharge from jail.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Article
- Psychosocial Interventions for Prisoners with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2022Article
- Perceived Substance Use Norms Among Jailed Women with Alcohol Use Disorders.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Study Protocol: A randomized controlled trial of suicide risk reduction in the year following jail release (the SPIRIT Trial).Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Peer navigation for individuals with serious mental illness leaving jail: a pilot randomized trial study protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2020Article
- The Church Challenge: A community-based multilevel cluster randomized controlled trial to improve blood pressure and wellness in African American churches in Flint, Michigan.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2019Article
- Barriers to Entry into 12-Step Mutual Help Groups among Justice-Involved Women with Alcohol Use Disorders.Alcoholism treatment quarterly · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the hypothesis that among hazardously drinking incarcerated women who are returning to the community, a brief alcohol intervention will result in less alcohol use at follow-up relative to standard of care.
methodsEligible participants endorsed hazardous alcohol consumption-four or more drinks at a time on at least 3 separate days in the previous 3 months or a score of 8 or above on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Participants were randomized to either an assessment-only condition or to two brief motivationally focused sessions, the first delivered during incarceration, the second 1 month later after community re-entry. Participants recalled drinking behaviors at 3 and 6 months after the baseline interview using a 90-day time-line follow-back method.
resultsThe 245 female participants averaged 34 years of age, and were 71% Caucasian. The mean percentage of alcohol use days in the 3 months prior to incarceration was 51.7% and heavy alcohol use days was 43.9%. Intervention effects on abstinent days were statistically significant at 3 months (odds ratio = 1.96, 95% confidence interval 1.17, 3.30); the percentage of days abstinent was 68% for those randomized to intervention and 57% for controls. At 6 months the effect of the intervention was attenuated and no longer statistically significant.
conclusionsAmong incarcerated women who reported hazardous drinking, a two-session brief alcohol intervention increased abstinent days at 3 months, but this effect decayed by 6 months. Study participants continued to drink heavily after return to the community. More intensive intervention pre-release and after re-entry may benefit hazardously drinking incarcerated women.
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