Enhancing Housing First Programs With a Social Network Substance Use Intervention
Alcohol Drinking, Drug Abuse, HIV
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Alcohol Drinking focused on measuring homelessness, housing first, social networks, drug abuse, alcohol use, HIV
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- New residents of Skid Row Housing Trust receiving permanent supportive housing
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age younger than 18
- Does not speak English
- Cognitively impaired either by identifying those having a diagnosis of dementia in the new resident intake interview or using the Short Blessed Scale Exam)
- Does not screen positive for past -year harmful AOD use using the AUDIT-C (a score > 4 for men and > 3 for women) and DAST (a score greater than 2).
Sites / Locations
- Skid Row Housing Trust
- RAND Corporation
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
No Intervention
Experimental
Control Group: Usual Care
Motivational Network Interview Recipients
Residents of a housing first permanent supporting housing program will be randomly assigned to this arm after screening and baseline assessments. They will meet with case managers according to the usual procedures for new residents and will be given a standard case manager interaction.
Residents of a housing first permanent supporting housing program will be randomly assigned to this arm after screening and baseline assessments. They will meet roughly every two weeks with a case manager and answer questions about their social network, will be shown visual feedback about their networks, and will participate in a motivational interview conducted by the case managers. The questions and visualizations will be facilitated by an electronic tool for presenting screens with questions, capturing responses, processing and visualizing social network data.