Brief Intervention for Substance Use and Partner Abuse Among Females in the ER

A Computer-based Intervention for Women With Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence in the Emergency Department

The purpose of this study is to target co-occurring problems of substance use and intimate partner violence (IPV) using a computer-based intervention, B-SAFER (Brief intervention for Substance use and partner Abuse for Females in the Emergency Room). This project will develop and test the computer-based intervention, examining primary outcomes of substance use and utilization of relationship safety resources.

Inclusion Criteria:

• ≥18 years of age
• English or Spanish language proficiency sufficient to understand and complete study procedures
• moderate drug use in the prior 3 months (by NM-ASSIST)
• IPV victimization in the prior 6 months (by WAST)
• access to a phone

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients who are:

• intoxicated
• medically unstable as determined by ED staff
• suicidal ideation
• psychosis
• combative
• in police custody