About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
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
Disqualifiers
Under 18 years of age
Not pregnant or gestational age over 28 weeks
No recent alcohol use as assessed by self-report
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Intervention condition, the usual prenatal care plus the alcohol intervention
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
New York University
Lead sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Collaborator
Health Resources in Action, Inc.
Collaborator
Purdue University
Collaborator