Abstinence-contingent wage supplements to promote drug abstinence and employment: Post-intervention outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Substance use disorder, unemployment, and poverty are interrelated problems that have not been addressed adequately by existing interventions. This study evaluated post-intervention effects of abstinence-contingent wage supplements on drug abstinence and employment.

Methods

Unemployed adults enrolled in opioid agonist treatment were randomly assigned to an abstinence-contingent wage supplement group (n = 44) or a usual care control group (n = 47). All participants could work with an employment specialist throughout a 12-month intervention period. Those in the abstinence-contingent wage supplement group earned stipends for working with the employment specialist and, after gaining employment, abstinence-contingent wage supplements for working in their community job

SUBMITTER: Novak MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8885832 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature