MBSR in a Hispanic Immigrant Population in St. Louis

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Conditions studied: Mindfulness, Emotional Well-being

In brief

Hispanics are the largest ethnic group in the US as well as the fastest growing. Yet, despite being such a large population group, Hispanics are under-studied and under-represented in most studies of health, psychological well-being, and mind-body interventions. For many Hispanic immigrants, life in the U.S. carries multiple socio-economic stressors, which places them at higher risk for depression and other poor health-related quality of life outcomes. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a group-based training shown to reduce stress and improve overall well-being. There is a quality gap about adaptation and implementation of MBSR programs in community settings and among Hispanic immigrants. This K23 seeks to adapt and test the implementation of an MBSR intervention among under-resourced Hispanic immigrants in St. Louis guided by methods and frameworks from the field of dissemination and implementation (D\&I) science as applied to community settings. Implementation research of mindfulness-based interventions among Hispanic immigrant populations is justifiable under several conditions, including ineffective clinical engagement with this population, risk or resilience factors that are unique to the Hispanic community, and lack of cultural relevance of many evidence-based MBIs.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03839589

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

35

Starts

2017-11-26

Expected to finish

2018-12-26

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Non-institutionalized adult Hispanic men and women attending community centers in St. Louis that serve the immigrant population, under resourced (those earning less than twice the federal poverty line)42, less than five years of having immigrated to the United States, low to normal English literacy, and no history of cognitive or physical disability that would prevent participation. Participants must not be currently involved in any other type of mind-body intervention.

You may not qualify if…

• participants with a history of cognitive or physical disability that would prevent participation.
• participants currently involved in any other type of mind-body intervention.

Where it is running

• Washington University in St. Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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