Barbershop Talk: Reducing Excessive Alcohol Consumption Among Black Men

University of Arkansas

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Drinking; Drinking Excessive; Drinking Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: SBIRT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05609344

273439

Details and patient eligibility

About

Socially disadvantaged Black men are at increased risk for unhealthy drinking habits that may, in turn, increase preventable chronic disease. This project seeks to test the effectiveness of a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) intervention for use within barbershop settings to reduce average drinking days and the number of unhealthy drinking days. Data from this study will further our understanding of how to reduce the risk of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality among Black men. Data will also improve our understanding of strategies that can improve the implementation of evidence-based care models in non-clinical settings; thus, extending the reach of evidence-based care to communities with the highest need.

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-identify as Black
• aged 18 or older
• low income as defined by any indicator (e.g., Medicaid; Earned Income Tax Credit; Children's Health Insurance Plan; subsidized housing; child care subsidies; food stamps; low-income energy assistance; free/reduced lunch program; supplemental nutrition program; Head Start program).

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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600 participants in 2 patient groups

SBIRT

Experimental group

Description:

Each intervention barbershop, will hold screening days, where a trained community health worker will be onsite to provide Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).

Treatment:

Behavioral: SBIRT

Usual-care

Other group

Description:

Six months after completion of Time 1, barbershops in the usual-care arm will receive the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SBIRT