Novel Extensions of Alcohol Contingency Management in People Living With HIV
In this project, the investigators will implement innovations to extend use of Contingency Management (CM) to facilitate alcohol use reduction among people living with HIV (PLWH). The investigators' approach to extending CM will use mobile health (mHealth) tools including a smartphone breathalyzer device with accompanying app and a wrist worn alcohol biosensor. Participants will be engaged in mobile facilitated CM for 30-60 days with follow-up out to 6 months.
• Frequent alcohol use in the past 30 days based on responses on the Timeline Followback (TLFB; Sobell and Sobell, 2003)
• HIV positive
• Fluency in English
• Willingness to attempt alcohol abstinence for at least 30 days and then to attempt alcohol use on fewer days than at baseline after that
• Willingness to use smartphone applications and biosensor devices (i.e., breathalyzer device and wrist sensor) for alcohol use reduction purposes in the study. If participants do not have a compatible smartphone to use, they will be loaned one by the study