Abstract
Contingency management (CM) has been found to be effective in increasing treatment retention in various outpatient substance user treatment populations; however, the costs of established CM protocols often exceed the financial resources of community-based, nonprofit treatment programs. The results of the present study provide initial evidence that a low-magnitude contingency management protocol can be effective in increasing both treatment attendance and completion rates in a sample of 54 urban, African-American, substance-using women on welfare, without creating undue financial or logistical burden on the treatment agency. The study's limitations and future research are noted.
Notes
1The journal's style utilizes the category substance abuse as a diagnostic category. Substances are used or misused; living organisms are and can be abused. Chief Editor's note.