Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health

NCT05818384 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 176

Last updated 2025-02-20

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Summary

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

  • Obesity, Adolescent
  • Healthy Nutrition
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Drug Abuse

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Curriculum

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Michelle Johnson-Jennings, PhD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-28
Primary Completion
2027-04-30
Completion
2027-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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