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Using Technology to Reduce Youth Substance Use
Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
Summary
The research project will focus on conducting a trial of whether a tailored SMS text-messaging intervention is efficacious in improving justice-involved youths' substance use or dual diagnosis treatment attendance and engagement.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
13 Years - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
50
Start Date
2020-05-01
Completion Date
2025-04-01
Last Updated
2026-09-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
SMS Text Messaging Plus
SMS text messaging intervention for a period of 90 days to encourage attendance at community-based substance use or dual diagnosis treatment appointments through treatment appointment reminders plus motivational messages
SMS Text Messaging
SMS text messaging intervention for a period of 90 days that included only treatment appointment reminders
Locations (1)
UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, California, United States