This federal Project Grant award of $206,856 from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) will fund the development and pilot testing of a digital intervention called "Digitally Prompted Parenting" (DPP). The DPP program will deliver tailored text message prompts to parents of incoming college students, encouraging them to send risk-reducing messages to their child during the critical first semester transition to college. This aims to leverage parental influence to help mitigate alcohol-related risks, as existing parent-based interventions have had limited effectiveness without financial incentives. The project will involve designing and optimizing the DPP web platform and text messaging system (Phase 1), then conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the shorter- and longer-term impacts on first-year student drinking behaviors (Phase 2). The work will be performed by Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university in Los Angeles, from August 2024 through July 2027.
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