Barbershop Talk: Reducing Excessive Alcohol Consumption Among Black Men

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Drinking Behavior; Drinking; Drinking Excessive
• Interventions: Behavioral: SBIRT

• Registration Number: NCT05609344
• Lead Sponsor: University of Arkansas

Brief Summary

Socially disadvantaged Black men are at increased risk for unhealthy drinking habits that may, in turn, increase preventable chronic disease. This project seeks to test the effectiveness of a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) intervention for use within barbershop settings to reduce average drinking days and the number of unhealthy drinking days. Data from this study will further our understanding of how to reduce the risk of alcohol-related morbidity and mortality among Black men. Data will also improve our understanding of strategies that can improve the implementation of evidence-based care models in non-clinical settings; thus, extending the reach of evidence-based care to communities with the highest need.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-01
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-08
• Study Start: 2023-06-26
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-04
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-08
• Primary Completion: 2027-07-31
• Study Completion: 2027-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

• self-identify as Black
• aged 18 or older
• low income as defined by any indicator (e.g., Medicaid; Earned Income Tax Credit; Children's Health Insurance Plan; subsidized housing; child care subsidies; food stamps; low-income energy assistance; free/reduced lunch program; supplemental nutrition program; Head Start program).

Exclusion Criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SBIRT	SBIRT	Each intervention barbershop, will hold screening days, where a trained community health worker will be onsite to provide Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT).
Usual-care	SBIRT	Six months after completion of Time 1, barbershops in the usual-care arm will receive the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Alcohol Use - number of unhealthy drinking days	3 months	At-risk drinking behavior measured as: number of unhealthy drinking days
Healthcare Utilization	6 months	Number of subjects who have utilized healthcare services
Alcohol Use - total number of drinking days	6 months	At-risk drinking behavior measured as: number of drinking days
Alcohol Use - total number of unhealthy drinking days	6 months	At-risk drinking behavior measured as: number of unhealthy drinking days
Mental Health - depression	6 months	The PHQ-9 is the depression module of the Patient Health Questionnaire (a diagnostic instrument for common mental disorders), which scores each of the 9 DSM-IV criteria as "0" (not at all) to "3" (nearly every day). The PHQ9 will be used for this outcome.
Mental Health - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)	6 months	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL5)
Social Support	6 months	Family, friend, and partner support (number of people in support network)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UAMS; 🇺🇸 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States