NCT03735784

Intervention for Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Homeless Youth

Brief Group MI Intervention for AOD Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Homeless Youth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 276 (actual)
• Sponsor: RAND · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate a program called AWARE, which is a voluntary four session group-based motivational interviewing (MI) intervention to reduce substance use and sexual risk behavior among 18-25 year olds who are experiencing homelessness. The hypothesis is that participants who receive AWARE will show greater reductions in substance use and sexual risk behavior over a 12 month period compared to participants who do not receive the program.

Conditions

• Substance Use
• Unprotected Sex

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	AWARE	AWARE consists of four group sessions. The AWARE curriculum involves sharing basic information on sexually transmitted diseases; providing condom use skills training; providing normative feedback on substance use and sexual risk behavior among young adults; discussing unrealistic beliefs about substance use and sexual risk; discussing potential benefits of both cutting down and stopping risky behaviors; and discussing risky situations and coping strategies.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-16
• Primary completion: 2021-03-23
• Completion: 2021-03-23
• First posted: 2018-11-08
• Last updated: 2021-06-21

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States