Staying Connected: Trauma Center to Tribal Community Linkage for Physically Injured American Indian Patients
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Injuries
In brief
The purpose of this study is to provide American Indian trauma patients, treated at the Harborview Level 1 urban trauma center, compassionate and culturally sensitive care and to link them to care in their distant tribal communities. The specific aims include 1) interview Native healers to gather information on culture-specific aspects of recovery from traumatic injury and on linking care to tribal communities, 2) conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the intervention. The investigators hypothesize that intervention patients will demonstrate greater improvement than controls in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, depression, functioning, diagnoses, and fewer new injuries during the 6 months after the index injury.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00938067
- Run by
- University of Washington
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2009-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2011-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-06-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Harborview trauma patient 18 years or older
- self identify as American Indian or Alaska Native
- speak English
You may not qualify if…
- non-American Indian or Alaska Native status reported
- monolingual non-English speaking status
- age < 18 years
- old head, spinal cord or other injuries that prevent participation in the interview
- any self-inflicted injury, active psychosis, mania, and victims of intimate partner violence who require immediate intervention
- currently incarcerated patients or a recent history of severe violence which will likely yield criminal charges
Where it is running
- Harborview Medical Center — Seattle, Washington, United States
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