Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age12-19
SponsorUniversity of Washington
About this trial
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.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Be enrolled in Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO)
Live within CNO tribal region for 12 months
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
Disqualifiers
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
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Curriculum
Treatment groups
176 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Washington
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov