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Optimizing and Advancing SBIRT in Schools
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to establish whether brief interventions for alcohol use can be delivered in schools for both indicated prevention and selected prevention, determine if an expanded workforce is an effective model for screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) delivery in schools, and explore whether brief intervention effectiveness is comparable in minoritized versus non-minoritized adolescents. Participants will be students at high schools across Massachusetts. High schools will be randomized to one of four intervention groups. Participants will complete a baseline survey prior to their school-wide screening for SBIRT, and then will complete four follow-up surveys over two years.
Official title: Testing Scalable, Broad-Reach School-Based Brief Interventions for Alcohol Use
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 19 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
21000
Start Date
2023-10-11
Completion Date
2027-11-11
Last Updated
2025-11-26
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Indicated Prevention, Clinical Staff
Standard brief intervention eligibility criteria involving indicated prevention (i.e., brief interventions delivered to high-risk drinkers only). BIs delivered by standard SBIRT workforce involving school nursing or clinical staff.
Selective Prevention
Expanded brief intervention eligibility criteria involving selective prevention in addition to indicated prevention (i.e., brief interventions delivered to current drinkers with and without risky alcohol use).
Expanded Paraprofessional Workforce
Brief interventions delivered by expanded SBIRT workforce involving school nursing or clinical staff and trained paraprofessionals.
Locations (1)
Massachusetts General Hopsital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States