Reducing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare an active intervention versus a standard of care control in reducing alcohol use among pregnant women. The main questions it aims to answer are whether a motivational intervention can: 1. increase the proportion of women detected with a laboratory-confirmed negative phosphatidylethanol (PEth) test during pregnancy, and 2. reduce the proportion of adverse birth outcomes among infants. Participants will be offered (1) a self-paced computer-delivered alcohol reduction intervention to enhance knowledge, norms, and motivation for alcohol reduction and (2) a nurse-delivered component to reinforce the computer-delivered content and address women's questions. Both components are theory-driven, based on Motivational Enhancement Theory (MET), and use motivational strategies to promote alcohol reduction.

Conditions

Alcohol Drinking

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare an active intervention versus a standard of care control in reducing alcohol use among pregnant women. The main questions it aims to answer are whether a motivational intervention can: 1. increase the proportion of women detected with a laboratory-confirmed negative phosphatidylethanol (PEth) test during pregnancy, and 2. reduce the proportion of adverse birth outcomes among infants. Participants will be offered (1) a self-paced computer-delivered alcohol reduction intervention to enhance knowledge, norms, and motivation for alcohol reduction and (2) a nurse-delivered component to reinforce the computer-delivered content and address women's questions. Both components are theory-driven, based on Motivational Enhancement Theory (MET), and use motivational strategies to promote alcohol reduction.

Designing a Hybrid Intervention Strategy to Reduce Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies

Reducing Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies

Condition
Alcohol Drinking
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 18 years and above
  • * Gestational age is 28 weeks or less
  • * Recent alcohol use as assessed by self-report of alcohol use in the previous 30 days
  • * Under 18 years of age
  • * Not pregnant or gestational age over 28 weeks
  • * No recent alcohol use as assessed by self-report

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

New York University,

Ralph DiClemente, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, New York University

Study Record Dates

2027-04-30