An Interactive Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Drug Court Outcomes

交互式短信干预可改善毒品法庭的结果

基本信息

批准号：
8124358
负责人：
HILARY James LIBERTY
金额：
$ 18.98万
依托单位：
SOCIAL SCIENCES INNOVATIONS CORPORATION
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2011-08-01 至 2013-01-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8124358
关键词：
Abstinence Address American Appointment Area Censuses Client Communication Communities Criminal Justice Data Databases Devices Distal Domestic Violence Drug Courts Drug usage Education Educational workshop Electronic Mail Employment Enrollment Family Focus Groups Geographic state Hour Imprisonment Incentives Individual Institutes Intervention Jail Justice Lawyers Length Life Link Marketing Measures Mental Health Court New York Outcome Participant Pharmaceutical Preparations Phase Philosophy Pilot Projects Population Price Prisons Process Randomized Records Recovery Relapse Reminder Systems Research Resources Risk Services Societies System Telephone Testing Text Time Training Training Programs Treatment outcome United States Urinalysis Urine Veterans Writing Youth addiction commercialization cost cost effective cost effectiveness court drug addict drug testing effective therapy improved innovation non-compliance offender programs recidivism response social communication substance abuse treatment symposium treatment program young adult

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Drug Courts reflect the cutting edge of new, innovative treatments for substance abuse. A text messaging system integrated as part of the Drug Court's treatment program holds the promise of improving treatment outcomes and has positive market potential. Shorter, less-costly, more effective treatment may be possible with the addition of a telephone texting system of reminders linked to Drug Court treatment objectives. There are currently more than 2,400 Drug Courts in the United States, with at least one Drug Court operating in every U.S. state and territory. These Courts have been shown to be effective at reducing drug use and criminal recidivism, and are highly cost effective. Text messaging - the ability to send brief written messages using mobile telephones and related devices - has expanded rapidly since it was first introduced nearly twenty years ago. In the U.S. it is estimated that 182 million users send more than 1.5 trillion text messages annually, and use is growing exponentially. We propose to develop, implement and evaluate the impact of an interactive text messaging intervention to be integrated into a court-mandated treatment program, Brooklyn Treatment Court, NYC. Building on pilot research, 200 participants will receive three carefully evaluated text messages per day for one month. They must respond to and rate the usefulness of each message. Messages will be selected by two focus groups composed of court staff and consumers; quantitatively evaluated by a third independent group of mixed staff and consumers. The 200 participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: 1) standard, recovery oriented messages, 2) avoiding relapse and sanctions, 3) commitment to family, community and the Drug Court program, 4) a combination of messages from groups 2 and 3. Outcomes will consist of: proximal - 90 percent response rate to all messages, and distal - urinalysis, Drug Court daily attendance, absence, treatment length and cost. Both treatment length and cost are dependent on compliance. Shorter, less-costly, more effective treatment is anticipated. The cost of the study is reduced by the fact that all distal outcome data is drawn from the court's standard database. With more than 2,400 Drug Courts nationwide, many closely linked by their common task, this product will have substantial market potential. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Drug Courts reflect the cutting edge of new, innovative treatments for substance abuse. A text messaging system integrated as part of the Drug Court's treatment program holds the promise of improving treatment outcomes and has positive market potential. Shorter, less-costly, more effective treatment may be possible with the addition of a telephone texting system of reminders linked to Drug Court treatment objectives.

描述（由申请人提供）：毒品法院反映了针对药物滥用的新创新治疗方法的最前沿。作为药物法院治疗计划的一部分集成的文本消息系统具有改善治疗结果并具有积极的市场潜力的承诺。通过添加与药物法院治疗目标相关的提醒系统，可能会较短，更不可能，更有效的治疗方法。目前，美国有2400多个药物法院，在美国每个州和地区至少有一个毒品法庭运营。这些法院已被证明有效地减少了毒品使用和犯罪累犯，并且具有很高的成本效益。文本消息传递 - 使用移动电话和相关设备发送简短书面消息的能力 - 自二十年前首次引入以来，它已经迅速扩展。在美国，据估计，每年有1.82亿用户每年发送超过1.5万亿的短信，并且使用呈指数增长。我们建议开发，实施和评估互动文本消息干预措施的影响，该干预措施将纳入法院授权的治疗计划，纽约布鲁克林治疗法院。在试点研究的基础上，有200名参与者每天将收到三份经过评估的短信，共计一个月。他们必须响应并评估每个消息的有用性。消息将由两个由法院工作人员和消费者组成的焦点小组选择；由第三组混合员工和消费者进行定量评估。 200名参与者将被随机分配给四组之一：1）标准，恢复导向的信息，2）避免复发和制裁，3）对家庭，社区和毒品法庭计划的承诺，4）第2组和第3组的信息组合。目前的结果将包括：近端-90％的信息对所有信息的差异 - 90％的信息，远距离的 - 远端 - 尿液分析，毒品，药物，不适时，毒品，不适用，不适时，不适用。治疗长度和成本都取决于依从性。预计将较短，较少，更有效的治疗方法。从法院的标准数据库中得出所有远端结果数据的事实，研究的成本降低了。在全国范围内有超过2400个毒品法院，许多毒品法庭与他们的共同任务紧密相关，该产品将具有巨大的市场潜力。公共卫生相关性：毒品法院反映了新的，创新的药物滥用治疗方法的最前沿。作为药物法院治疗计划的一部分集成的文本消息系统具有改善治疗结果并具有积极的市场潜力的承诺。通过添加与药物法院治疗目标相关的提醒系统，可能会较短，更不可能，更有效的治疗方法。