Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Emerging Adults in the ER

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Drug Use, Sex Behavior

In brief

This project will develop a technology-augmented HIV and substance use risk reduction intervention for delivery in the Emergency Department, a medical setting where at-risk emerging adults who use drugs and engage in HIV-related risk behaviors are likely to present.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03079856

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

63

Starts

2017-10-09

Expected to finish

2018-08-13

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 25. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medically stable
• Mentally and physically able to consent
• English-speaking
• Between ages 18-25
• Past-month substance use (including illicit drugs and/or non-medical prescription drug use) and inconsistent condom use in the past month
• Ownership of a smartphone

You may not qualify if…

• ED presentation suicidality and/or acute psychosis, being in police custody, or present with psychological distress requiring intensive social work (e.g. sexual assault)
• Patients with a significant other that they live with who is currently participating in study
• Actively participating in another study
• Participated in prospective and intervention development phases of the study
• Married
• Do not wish to consent to audio-taping the in-person portion of the ED-based intervention session

Where it is running

• Hurley Medical Center — Flint, Michigan, United States

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