Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Adolescent, Healthy Nutrition, Sedentary Behavior, Drug Abuse

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05818384

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

176

Starts

2023-04-28

Expected to finish

2027-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-20

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be enrolled in Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO)
• Live within CNO tribal region for 12 months
• YES to one of the following:
• 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
• Physical activity - spend <60 minutes/day outdoors or <2.5 hrs per week in moderate or vigorous physical activity OR spend <60 minutes a day in moderate or vigorous intensity aerobic activity; OR
• Engage in any T.V., small screen/video game recreation (> 2 hours/day)

You may not qualify if…

• 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
• inability to follow directions
• psychotic symptoms

Where it is running

• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma — Durant, Oklahoma, United States (enrolling)
• University of Washington, IWRI, School of Social Work — Seattle, Washington, United States (enrolling)

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