Actively Recruiting
Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health
Led by University of Washington · Updated on 2025-02-20
176
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
209 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Washington
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial 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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be enrolled in Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO)
- Live within CNO tribal region for 12 months
- Consume sweetened beverages or processed/fast food 2 or more times per week; OR
- Engage in excessive sitting or lying down (>540 minutes/day) or small screen recreation (>2 hours/day); OR
- Spend less than 60 minutes per day outdoors or less than 2.5 hours per week in moderate or vigorous physical activity; OR
- Spend less than 60 minutes per day in moderate or vigorous intensity aerobic activity; OR
- Engage in TV or small screen/video game recreation more than 2 hours per day
You will not qualify if you...
- Use of opioids or methamphetamines 2 or more times in the past month
- Allergic reactions to food, plants, or insects causing breathing difficulties, hospitalization, or anaphylaxis
- Disability preventing walking or exercise
- Aggressive, violent, combative, or inappropriate behaviors
- Inability to follow directions
- Psychotic symptoms
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Durant, Oklahoma, United States, 74571
Actively Recruiting
2
University of Washington, IWRI, School of Social Work
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
T
Tee Benally
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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