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A pilot test of a motivational interviewing social network intervention to reduce substance use among Housing First residents

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Kennedy, David P., Osilla, Karen Chan, Hunter, Sarah B., Golinelli, Daniela, Maksabedian Hernandez, Ervant, Tucker, Joan S.·2018·Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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This article presents findings of a pilot test of a Motivational Interviewing social network intervention (MI-SNI) to enhance motivation to reduce high risk alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among formerly homeless individuals transitioning to housing. Delivered in-person by a facilitator trained in MI, this four-session computer-assisted intervention provides personalized social network visualization feedback to help participants understand the people in their network who trigger their alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and those who support abstinence. If ready, participants are encouraged to make changes to their social network to help reduce their own high-risk behavior. Participants were 41 individuals (33 male, 7 female, 1 other; 23 African-American, 5 non-Latino White, 6 Latino, 7 other, mean age 48) who were transitioning from homelessness to permanent supportive housing. They were randomly assigned to either the MI-SNI condition or usual care. Readiness to change AOD use, AOD abstinence self-efficacy, and AOD use were assessed at baseline and shortly after the final intervention session for the MI-SNI arm and around 3-months after baseline for the control arm. Acceptability of the intervention was also evaluated. MI-SNI participants reported increased readiness to change AOD use compared to control participants. We also conducted a subsample analysis for participants at one housing program and found a significant intervention effect on readiness to change AOD use, AOD abstinence self-efficacy, and alcohol use compared to control participants. Participants rated the intervention as highly acceptable. We conclude that a brief computer-assisted Motivational Interviewing social network intervention has potential to efficaciously impact readiness to change AOD use, AOD abstinence self-efficacy, and AOD use among formerly homeless individuals transitioning to permanent supportive housing, and warrants future study in larger clinical trials.

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  • Studies comparing Housing First with Treatment First or TAU reported mixed results on clients' alcohol and illegal substance use.

    “Studies comparing Housing First with Treatment First programs7,26 or TAU15,22,24,28 reported mixed results on clients’ alcohol and illegal substance use”

    From Permanent Supportive Housing with Housing First to Reduce Homelessness and Promote Health among Homeless Populations with Disability: A Community Guide Systematic Review (2020) · cites this paper as [22]

    The Introduction reports that Housing First residents had similar or improved alcohol and other drug outcomes relative to programs requiring abstinence and treatment, while also citing evidence of no reduction compared with treatment as usual. But the Methods (section 2.4) show that this paper tested an intervention among Housing First residents; it did not itself compare Housing First with Treatment First or treatment as usual, as the citing sentence implies. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • One randomized pilot study examined the effects of a motivational interviewing social network intervention for new Housing First tenants on binge drinking in the past month.

    “One randomized pilot study examined the effects of a motivational interviewing social network intervention for new Housing First tenants on binge drinking in the past month (Kennedy et al., 2018).”
  • Two studies in this review highlighted the feasibility of implementing adjunct interventions to facilitate behavioural change related to alcohol harms.

    “Two studies in our review (Clifasefi et al., 2020; Kennedy et al., 2018) highlighted the feasibility of implementing adjunct interventions to facilitate behavioural change related to alcohol harms.”

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Authors
Kennedy, D. P., Osilla, K. C., Hunter, S. B., Golinelli, D., Maksabedian Hernandez, E., & Tucker, J. S.
Affiliations
RAND Corporation (US)
Corresponding author
  • Kennedy, David P.
  • Osilla, Karen Chan
  • Hunter, Sarah B.
  • Golinelli, Daniela
  • Tucker, Joan S.
Venue
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-03
Volume
86
Pages
36-44
ISSN
0740-5472 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2772956407
Cited by
40
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4
FWCI
2.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R34 DA034855)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Keywords
motivational interviewing, social network intervention, substance use reduction, alcohol consumption, drug use, Housing First, permanent supportive housing, social network visualization, abstinence self-efficacy, readiness to change, computer-based intervention, treatment acceptability
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Ill-Housed Persons, Housing, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Los Angeles, Substance-Related Disorders, Social Networking, Motivational Interviewing

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