Conroy Lab

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NIH R01 · 2025

A randomized controlled trial of an economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in Malawi

Project Summary/Abstract Heavy alcohol use has deleterious effects on antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and HIV clinical outcomes, and indirectly affects health by damaging the couple relationships needed for social support, economic survival, and well-being. Our formative research with HIV-affected couples in Malawi found that 50% of alcohol drinkers met criteria for heavy alcohol use. Male peer pressure, desires for friendship, and coping with poverty were common barriers to reducing consumption. Men expressed desires for an economic or peer- based intervention to reduce alcohol use, and women were very concerned with how alcohol drains family financial resources and causes conflict…

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