Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poverty, unemployment and substance abuse are inter-related problems. This study evaluated the effectiveness of abstinence-contingent wage supplements in promoting drug abstinence and employment in unemployed adults in outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder.

Methods

A randomised controlled trial was conducted in Baltimore, MD, from 2014 to 2019. After a 3-month abstinence initiation and training period, participants (n=91) were randomly assigned to a usual care control group that received employment services or to an abstinence-contingent wage supplement group that received employment services plus abstinence-contingent wage supplements. All participants were invited to work with an employment specialist to seek employment in a community job for 12 months. A

SUBMITTER: Holtyn AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259020 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature