HIV Testing and Brief Alcohol Intervention for Young Drinkers in the Emergency Department

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Consumption, Sexual Risk Behaviors

In brief

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a brief counseling intervention coupled with rapid HIV testing was feasible and effective at decreasing alcohol consumption and sexual risk behaviors among young, unhealthy drinkers presenting to the Emergency Department.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01573065

Run by

Yale University

People needed

85

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2011-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18-40 years old;
• engaged in at least one sexual risk behavior in past 90 days;
• alcohol consumption greater than NIAAA guidelines for at-risk drinking;
• unknown or negative HIV status and willing to be tested;
• able to provide contact information for follow-up;
• able to provide written informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• known HIV positive status;
• medically or psychiatrically unstable.

Where it is running

• Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency Deparmtment — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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