The effectiveness of a substance use and substance-related HIV prevention programme

• Register: PACTR
• Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
• Main ID: PACTR201301000458308
• Date of registration: 19/11/2012
• Primary sponsor: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit
• Public title: The effectiveness of a substance use and substance-related HIV prevention programme
• Scientific title: The effectiveness of an evidence-based workplace substance abuse and substance related HIV-related prevention programme within a service industry in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Date of first enrolment: 2011-10-03
• Target sample size: 325
• Recruitment status: Completed: recruitment & data analysis complete
• URL: HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201301000458308
• Study type: interventional
• Study design: Factorial: participants randomly allocated to either no,one,some or all interventions simultaneously,; Randomised,; For the one division we used a simple randomisation using a table created by a computer software programme; and for the 2nd division we used coin tossing ,; Allocation was determined jointly determined by the reseacher and statistician,

Countries of recruitment

South Africa

Contacts

• Name: nadine harker burnhams
• Affiliation: Senior Scientist

• Name: Nadine Harker Burnhams
• Affiliation: Senior Scientist

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Company and divisions were selected along the following criteria:
1. The company should have a workforce between 200-300 employees.
2. The company should be located within the Western Cape.
3. The company should have an on/off site Employee Assistance/Wellness Programme (EAP/EWP) and should be open to participating in the intervention study.
4. The company and its employees should be conversant in English as the intervention will be conducted in English although the questionnaire will be translated into the vernacular.
5. There should be stability in the workforce, in other words a 75% or more retention over a one year period. This is to ensure the likelihood that all employees who participate in initial data collection will be there for follow-up.
6. The company should have a formalized substance abuse and HIV/AIDS policy.
7. The project should be endorsed by Management, Human Resources and the trade unions.

Exclusion criteria: None

Age minimum: 18 Year
Age maximum: 70 Year
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Substance abuse

Primary Outcome(s)

Participation in Team awareness is associated with a positive change in team drinking climate from

Participation in team awareness will be positively associated with a reduction in last 6 months call in sick episodes because of hangover from

Participation in team awareness will be positively associated with a reduction in last 6 months going to work with a hangover from

Participation in Team awareness will be positively associated with a reduction in negative stigma perceptions from

Participation in team awareness will be positively associated with improved responsiveness in encouraging and reporting substance use problems

Participation in team awareness will be positively associated with reduced tolerance of co-worker AOD use from .

We hypothesise a positive change in employee perception of their substance use policy in respect of i) fairness and ii) effectiveness from

We hypothesise that group cohesion amongst employees will have increased from

We hypothesise that individual employee experience of group stress will decrease from

We hypothesise that team awareness will have reduced past 30 day risky alcohol use (? 5 drinks on one occasion) amongst the employees studied from Time1 ? Time 2 ? Time 3.

We hypothesise that willingness to use EAP for a personal or work-related problem would have improved from

Secondary ID(s)

REC433/2008

Source(s) of Monetary Support

MRC Research Capacity Development

ADDRF