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Assessing the Feasibility of Economic Approaches to Prevent Substance Abuse Among Adolescents

NCT05597865 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2025-12-02

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Summary

The proposed study will test the impact of an economic empowerment intervention on reducing alcohol and drug use (ADU) among adolescents and youth living with HIV (AYLHIV) in poverty-impacted communities in Uganda. It focuses on improving understanding of multi-level context- specific risk and protective factors for ADU among AYLHIV.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Economic Empowerment Intervention

Economic Empowerment Intervention comprising Financial Literacy Sessions and Youth Development Accounts

BEHAVIORAL

Alcohol and Drug Use Risk Reduction Sessions

All participants in the control and treatment arm will receive Alcohol and Drug Use Risk Reduction sessions tailored for Adolescents and Youths Living with HIV.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rachel Brathwaite, PhD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-12
Primary Completion
2024-06-06
Completion
2024-06-06

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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Diseases

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