Clinical trial

Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health

Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT05818384

Recruiting nowNot applicableInterventional

What this study is about

Investigators will conduct a two-group randomized waitlist-control trial to assess the efficacy of the Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health program on improving physical activity, reducing sedentary behaviors and improving healthful eating habits as well as delaying or reducing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use. Wakaya is an experiential, outdoor, nature-based program grounded in Choctaw values. It is a multi-level intervention that increases individual motivation and leadership skills to make healthy behavioral choices for behavior and exercise.

A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.

Basic eligibility

Age12 Years to 19 Years

SexAll

Healthy volunteersAccepted

ConditionObesity, Adolescent, Healthy Nutrition, Sedentary Behavior, Drug Abuse

Full registry criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Be enrolled in Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) * Live within CNO tribal region for 12 months YES to one of the following: * Consumed sweetened beverages or processed/fast food 2x or more per week; OR * Engaged in excessive sitting or lying around (\>540 min/day) or engage in small screen recreation (\>2 hours/day); OR * Physical activity - spend \<60 minutes/day outdoors or \<2.5 hrs per week in moderate or vigorous physical activity OR spend \<60 minutes a day in moderate or vigorous intensity aerobic activity; OR * Engage in any T.V., small screen/video game recreation (\> 2 hours/day) Exclusion Criteria: * opioid/methamphetamine drug use (2 times or more in past month) * allergic reactions to food (e.g. peanuts), plant (poison oak or ivy) or insects (e.g. bees, fire ants) that caused difficulty in breathing or necessitated hospitalization or caused an anaphylactic reaction * disability that prevents student from walking or from engaging in exercise * aggressive, violent, combative or inappropriate behaviors * inability to follow directions * psychotic symptoms

Treatments and study arms

Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Curriculum

Behavioral

An experiential, outdoor, nature-based program grounded in Choctaw values. It is a multi-level intervention that increases individual motivation and leadership skills to make healthy behavioral choices for behavior and exercise.

Primary outcomes

Change in physical activity assessed by self-reportBaseline; Immediate post-intervention (month 3); 3 months post (month 6); and 6 months post-intervention (month 9)

Assessed by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ) for youth and young adults. Results can be reported in categories (low, moderate or high activity levels) or as a continuous variable (MET minutes a week). MET minutes represent the amount of energy expended carrying out physical activity.

Change in physical activity intensity associated with movement, measured by accelerometerBaseline and 6 months post-intervention (month 9)

An actigraph accelerometer measures vertical acceleration in counts per minute. It will be worn for 7 days. Mean counts per minute are calculated by dividing the sum of activity counts for a valid day be the number of minutes of wear time in a day for all valid days. Greater number of counts per minute indicates higher physical activity intensity. Change in mean counts per minute from baseline at 9 months will be assessed.

Change in sedentary behaviors over timeBaseline; Immediate post-intervention (month 3); 3 months post (month 6); 6 months post-intervention (month 9)

Measured by the Youth Leisure-time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (YLSBQ) adapted for Choctaw Youth

Change in food and beverage habits over timeBaseline; Immediate post-intervention (month 3); 3 months post (month 6); 6 months post-intervention (month 9)

Assessed by the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) 2023.

Change in beverage habits over timeBaseline; post-intervention (month 3); 3 months post (month 6); 6 months post-intervention (month 9)

Assessed by the Modified Healthy Home Survey (2005- Beverages). It assesses the number of sweetened drinks consumed per week.

Study locations

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Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma🇺🇸 Durant, Oklahoma, United States

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Christian H AndersonContact

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University of Washington, IWRI, School of Social Work🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States

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Tee BenallyContact

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