Alcohol Screening in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of Adolescents in Primary Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Alcohol Use, Drug Use

In brief

Screening youth in the primary care setting is one way to identify adolescents who may be at-risk for future alcohol problems. The current study tests the new NIAAA screening guide questions, which ask about friend and adolescent drinking, to see how well these questions work to predict subsequent alcohol use, problems, and involvement in other risk behaviors, such as sexual risk-taking and delinquency. In addition, the investigators plan to provide a brief motivational intervention for some at-risk teens and see whether alcohol use differs for those teens who receive the intervention and those teens who receive enhanced usual care. The results of this study have the potential to significantly impact the standard of care for identifying and intervening with at- risk youth in primary care settings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01797835

Run by

RAND

People needed

294

Starts

2013-03-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-17

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• cognitive impairment

Where it is running

• Valley Community Clinic — North Hollywood, California, United States
• UPMC St. Margaret — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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