Voucher-Based Incentives in a Prevention Setting
Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3
Conditions studied: Substance-related Disorders
In brief
This study evaluates a contingency management program that rewards homeless, non-treatment-seeking substance abusing men who have sex with men (MSM) for abstaining from drugs and for performing prosocial behaviors. If this program motivates these individuals to increase prosocial and healthy behaviors and decrease drug/alcohol use, established prevention programs may modify their approaches to include contingency management, and use it to address the staggering public health problems homeless substance-abusing MSMs face on a daily basis.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00607269
- Run by
- Friends Research Institute, Inc.
- People needed
- 131
- Starts
- 2005-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-02-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2013-08-01
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Self-identified, non-treatment seeking, men who have sex with men (MSM) at least 18 years of age and eligible to participate in the VNPD Men's Program. To be eligible to participate in the VNPD Men's Program, a person must report that they have sex with men (or men and women) and actively use drugs or alcohol.
- DSM-IV diagnosis of substance dependence as determined by structured clinical interview for DSM-IV (SCID) on at least one of the following substances: alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine, cocaine, crack, MDMA (ecstasy), opiates, or dissociative anesthetics (PCP, ketamine). These substances were chosen because they are the ones commonly used by individuals contacted by the VNPD's street outreach workers.
- Ability to understand and provide written informed consent. Also see section D6.1 for consent procedures used with vulnerable populations.
- Able to provide sufficient locator information for follow-up and/or known to VNPD outreach workers.
- Exclusion Criteria: Psychiatric health issues requiring a higher level of care.
Where it is running
- Friends Community Center — Los Angeles, California, United States
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