Trial reportSubstance abuse
BSAFER: A Web-based intervention for drug use and intimate partner violence demonstrates feasibility and acceptability among women in the emergency department.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health-promotion interventions targeting multiple behaviors: A meta-analytic review of general and behavior-specific processes of change.Psychological bulletin · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Drug Use in Outpatient Medical Care: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- More behavioral recommendations produce more change: A meta-analysis of efficacy of multibehavior recommendations to reduce nonmedical substance use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of ICT-based intimate partner violence interventions: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Technology-Based Substance Use Interventions: Opportunities for Gender-Transformative Health Promotion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Computer-based intervention for residents of domestic violence shelters with substance use: A randomized pilot study.PloS one · 2023Trial
- Trauma-Informed Personalized Scripts to Address Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion: Preliminary Findings from an Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2019Trial
- Supporting cardiomyopathy screening behavior in adult survivors of childhood cancer: an eHealth motivational interviewing-framed pilot intervention.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Identifying Predictors of Satisfaction with the Intervention among Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators.Psychosocial intervention · 2026Article
- Practitioner experiences of developing and implementing two UK ED-based hospital violence intervention programmes: a process evaluation.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2025Article
- Characterizing Engagement with Web-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Traumatic Stress and Substance Misuse After Interpersonal Violence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Web-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Traumatic Stress and Alcohol Misuse Among Survivors of Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence: Usability and Acceptability Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Harnessing Health Information Technology in Domestic Violence in the United States: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2024Article
- Digital self-help for people experiencing intimate partner violence: a qualitative study on user experiences and needs including people with lived experiences and services providers.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Conducting Digital Intervention Research among Immigrant Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: Methodological, Safety and Ethnical Considerations.Journal of family violence · 2023Article
- Technology-based and digital interventions for intimate partner violence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Technology-Delivered Adaptations of Motivational Interviewing for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Diseases: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- A Scoping Review of Computer-Based and Telecommunication Technology Interventions to Address Drug and Alcohol Misuse and Smoking in Women.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAddressing violence along with drug use change goals is critical for women with coexisting intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance use disorders (SUDs).
methodsThis was an acceptability and feasibility study of BSAFER, a brief Web-based program and booster phone call addressing violence and drug use. A screening survey identified women with recent drug use and IPV in the emergency department (ED). Participants were randomized to BSAFER or a Web-based control program and booster call providing education about home fire safety. Program completion, usability, satisfaction, and motivational interviewing (MI) adherence were primary outcomes. Drug use and IPV outcomes were measured at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months.
resultsForty women were enrolled (21 BSAFER, 19 control); 50% were nonwhite and mean age was 30 years. The most commonly used drugs were marijuana (88%) and cocaine (30%); 45% reported physical abuse, and 33% reported severe combined physical and sexual abuse. Thirty-nine (98%) completed the Web program, 30 (75%) completed the booster, and 29 (73%) completed the 3-month follow-up. Mean System Usability Scale (SUS) for the BSAFER Web program was 84 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 78-89) of 100; mean Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) was 28 (95% CI: 26-29) of 32. MI adherence scores were high and similar for both the Web program and the booster. Both intervention and control groups had small mean decreases in weekly drug use days (0.7 vs. 1.5 days); participants using drugs other than marijuana demonstrated greater average reductions in drug use than those using marijuana only.
conclusionsAn ED Web-based intervention for SUDs and IPV in women demonstrated feasibility and acceptability. Future studies will examine efficacy of the BSAFER program and investigate whether specific subgroups of drug using women may be most responsive to ED-based Web interventions.
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