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For many people who have trouble with alcohol, peer support - the opportunity to share challenges, problem-solving strategies, and successes with supportive others - can be helpful. Building on Southcentral Foundation's (SCF's) established learning circles for sobriety support, the goal of this study is to culturally adapt and test the acceptability and feasibility of a smartphone app for sobriety support among Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) people. In Aims 1 and 2 of this study, the investigators used input from patients and providers to culturally adapt a commercially available mHealth app for AN/AI people dealing with alcohol misuse. The investigators then merged culturally relevant content (e.g., stories and music) and skill-building modules based on the Community Reinforcement Approach with the existing informational and peer support features of the Connections app, a product of CHESS Health accessible on smartphones and tablets. The investigators will work with up to 125 SCF patients to assess the acceptability, feasibility, and measurable effects of the culturally-adapted app among AN/AI adults 21 and older, relying on questionnaires and interviews to evaluate the app features and utility. The study's primary outcome is the feasibility and acceptability of the modified CHESS app for AN/AI people as a tool for sobriety. The secondary outcomes are to examine changes in quality of life, alcohol use and problems, self-efficacy in sobriety, and stages of change over the course of using the app. The investigators will also explore whether alcohol use and problems are mediated by frequency of app use, app satisfaction, and alcohol self-efficacy.
This application proposes to develop and test a technology-based behavioral intervention to address maternal alcohol use in South Africa (SA). SA reports the highest per capita rates of alcohol consumption in the world and has one of the world's highest rates of lifelong disorders called fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Prenatal alcohol use is often associated with exposure to gender-based violence, and an increase in gender-based violence due to the uncertainty and economic impact of COVID-19 is of a major concern. Recent evidence also showed that alcohol use during lactation significantly compromises child development in children exposed to alcohol through breastfeeding, and the adverse effect of postpartum alcohol use while breastfeeding was independent of prenatal alcohol exposure. Average breastfeeding duration in SA is beyond 1 year, and over 40% of mothers with and without a history of prenatal drinking report alcohol use while breastfeeding. A community-based behavioral intervention involving case management helps reduce prenatal alcohol use but is labor intensive, challenging the feasibility of widespread implementation in economically disadvantaged communities especially during the COVID-19 pandemic with limited social contact. An efficacious behavioral intervention to reduce alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation needs to be developed that is acceptable and feasible in economically disadvantaged communities, for women with transportation difficulties, or during the COVID-19 pandemic with limited social contact. The proposed intervention will incorporate mobile breathalyzer technology, contingent financial incentives, and text-based health promotion and referrals on gender-based violence, maternal infant health, and psychosocial issues including the impact of COVID-19 in the context of maternal alcohol use. Specific aims are (1) to develop and pretest a technology-based behavioral intervention to help women abstain from alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation via formative qualitative research with women who are pregnant or breastfeeding with a recent history of alcohol use, clinic and community stakeholders, and an established Community Collaborative Board in Cape Metropole, SA, and (2) to examine the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention on alcohol use during pregnancy and lactation by pilot testing the mobile technology-based platform with 60 women who are pregnant or postpartum. Acceptability will be assessed at follow-ups, and feasibility will include recruitment capability, process measures, and intervention outcomes. With the evidence of acceptability and feasibility of the proposed intervention, a large randomized clinical trial will become essential to establish efficacy of the intervention. The potential settings that can remotely incorporate the proposed behavioral intervention include primary care clinics, substance use treatment programs, and publicly funded programs for maternal/infant populations in SA, the United States, and other countries.
The goal of this study is to test cannabidiol (CBD) as a potentially effective candidate medication for youth alcohol use disorder (AUD). To accomplish this goal, this study will use a randomized, double-blind, within-subjects crossover design. In counterbalanced order, 50 youth (ages 16-22) will receive 600 mg of CBD or placebo three hours before a neuroimaging and behavioral assessment paradigm. The total amount of time the participant will be in the study is approximately one month.
This pilot study will seek evidence that oxytocin, compared to placebo, reverses tolerance and alcohol seeking in humans.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a data driven and dynamic systems approach at Danish Vocational schools to promote student health behavior and wellbeing and school organizational readiness.
This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled, proof of concept laboratory study to recruit N=70 (35 Males / 35 Females) non-treatment seeking, heavy drinkers with alcohol use disorder (AUD). It is hypothesized that randomization to 1.5mgs dexamethasone versus placebo will decrease alcohol craving during stress by decreasing basal cortisol, increasing anti-inflammatory cytokine levels and potentially normalizing the immune response to stress.
Among people living with HIV, heavy drinking increases the risk of heart disease and death. Studies suggest that alcohol changes the number and kind of bacteria in your gut and these changes increase the risk of heart disease and death. This randomized controlled trial will determine whether a pill containing healthy gut bacteria can increase the number good bacteria in the gut, lower levels of inflammation, and lower the risk of heart disease and death.
This is a study to provide much-needed experimental data on the efficacy of a brief alcohol Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) pre-group intervention for Veterans receiving group treatment for IPV perpetration. The investigators will compare those assigned to receive this MET intervention to those receiving a 4-session Alcohol Education (AE) intervention or a standard treatment as usual (TAU) telephone monitoring intervention. The investigators will examine whether MET leads to greater reductions in alcohol use problems and IPV perpetration, and increased help-seeking behavior for alcohol use problems. Participants will be 300 male Veterans drawn from the Strength at Home IPV intervention program at three locations: the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, the Phoenix VA Healthcare System, and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
Heavy episodic drinking and sexual assault are problematic on college campuses. This study includes a randomized controlled trial of Positive Change (+Change), an integrated alcohol and sexual assault prevention program, compared to an attention-matched control condition across two universities in reducing alcohol use, sexual assault victimization, sexual assault perpetration, and increasing sexual assault bystander intervention. This study will also test the efficacy of +Change plus Booster session, an identical version of +Change delivered 6 months after the baseline, compared to +Change alone in long-term reductions in alcohol use, sexual assault victimization, sexual assault perpetration, and increases in sexual assault bystander intervention. This research is the next step of a NIAAA-funded planning grant (R34AA025691).