Brief Intervention to Prevent Alcohol Socialization (BIPAS Alcohol)

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Drinking, Alcohol; Adolescent Behavior; Drinking Behavior; Alcohol Drinking, Adolescent

Treatments: Behavioral: BIPAS Alcohol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05520333

22-0101

1R34AA028856-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Early alcohol socialization occurs within the family. This multi-level, high-reach, low-intensity intervention to prevent early alcohol use capitalizes on the influence of providers, immunization timing, and pediatric guidelines that advise healthcare providers to give anticipatory guidance about early alcohol use. In conjunction, the intervention capitalizes on the power of technology to reinforce and expand upon pediatrician messages.

The study seeks to understand the feasibility and effectiveness of a pilot intervention designed to prevent alcohol socialization through education of parents of rising 6th grade students.

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older;
• Parent or guardian of an enrolled child at a study clinic;
• Cohabitate part time (2 days/week) or more with enrolled child;
• Be able to complete study activities in English;
• Be able to give informed consent;
• Own a phone with text message capabilities and access to internet.

Exclusion criteria

• Families in which the 10-to-12-year old child is actively receiving treatment for alcohol use disorder.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention arm

Experimental group

Description:

Families receive text messages for three months.

Treatment:

Behavioral: BIPAS Alcohol

Waitlist-control arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Families are randomized into a control group for three months and begin receiving text messages for three months.