Trial reportDrug and alcohol dependence2021
Piloting a brief intervention plus mobile boosters for drug use among emerging adults receiving emergency department care.
Trial report in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- User Engagement With mHealth Interventions to Promote Treatment Adherence and Self-Management in People With Chronic Health Conditions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Long-Term Efficacy of a Web-Based Sexual Health Promotion Program Using a Media Literacy Education Approach in a National Sample of Community College Students.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Trial
- Understanding risk and protective factors associated with opioid misuse among at-risk adolescents and young adults in the emergency department.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- A remote brief intervention plus social media messaging for cannabis use among emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial in emergency department patients.Addictive behaviors · 2023Trial
- A Pilot Trial for Midlife and Older Adults: Sleep and Circadian Treatment Plus Memory Support and Boosters.Clinical gerontologistTrial
- Daily web survey data collection of time-varying cannabis use motives and contexts, with implications for adaptive interventions: A pilot study.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Latent transition analysis of time-varying cannabis use motives to inform adaptive interventions.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Emergency Department Screening and Interventions for Adolescents With Substance Use: A Narrative Review.The Journal of emergency medicine · 2024Review
- Feasibility and acceptability of a peer provider delivered substance use screening and brief intervention program for youth in Kenya.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Perceived risk of harm for different methods of cannabis consumption: A brief report.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Article
- Patterns of same-day alcohol and cannabis use in adolescents and young adults with risky alcohol use.Addiction research & theory · 2022Article
- Optimizing scalable, technology-supported behavioral interventions to prevent opioid misuse among adolescents and young adults in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThere are few efficacious prevention interventions for emerging adults (ages 18-25) drug use and concomitant risks (e.g., sexual risk behaviors). We developed and evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of an Emergency Department (ED)-initiated brief intervention (BI) combined with booster messaging as a clinician-extender primarily focusing on drug use, with a secondary focus on condomless sex. We examined descriptive outcomes of alcohol, drug use, and condomless sex. PROCEDURES: We recruited N = 63 emerging adults who used drugs (primarily cannabis) from an ED (72.4 % participation rate). Their mean age was 21.7 years (SD = 2.3); 67 % were female and 52.4 % were Black/African American. Participants randomized to the intervention (N = 31) received a BI and 28 days of tailored booster messaging (based on drug use motives) daily, and the control condition received a community resource brochure. A post-test occurred at 1-month with a follow-up at 2-months.
resultsThe intervention was well-received (83.9 % allocated completed the BI) with 79 % overall liking the BI and 71 % finding it helpful to discuss substances. Mean ratings of booster messages were >4.0 (5-point scale); 77 % liked the daily messages and 91 % found them helpful. Descriptively, the intervention group evidenced absolute reductions over time on alcohol outcomes, cannabis use, and condomless sex.
conclusionsThis BI with booster messages was feasible and acceptable in the target population of emerging adults who use drugs (i.e., mostly cannabis). This intervention model, initiated during a healthcare visit and accompanied by a clinician-extender, should be tested in a future fully-powered trial.
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