Native Spirit: Significant Aim 3: Intervention

Part of paid clinical trials in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Sponsor
Arizona State University
Study ID
NCT06785311
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
12 Years - 17 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Native Spirit After-School Program — BEHAVIORAL
    Native Spirit is a culturally-grounded after-school program that is community-specific. The program is 10-sessions/weeks long and each session is 1.5-2 hours in duration. Each session is guided by a local cultural knowledge holder and is focused on a different cultural value and accompanying cultural practice. Native Spirit aims to promote self-esteem, cultural efficacy, awareness of cultural connectedness, and resilience while preventing and/or slow down the initiation of substance use.

Study Details

The proposed research will used community-based participatory research methods in an urban-based American Indian (AI) community to adapt, implement, and evaluate an after-school program, called Native Spirit (NS), that seeks to improve cultural identity, self-esteem, resilience, and prevent substance use by increasing cultural engagement. Prior research suggests that AI youth that are culturally engaged experience better health outcomes. Additionally, the use of culturally-specific after-school programs has been shown to increase feasibility and sustainability of prevention programs. In order to achieve the goals of this proposed study, the Principal Investigator (PI) will work with local community members and existing tribal partners to implement the 10-session culturally-grounded after-school program and evaluate the program with the following aims: Specific Aim 3 (R00): Examine the effectiveness of NS (increases exposure to local cultural values and activities), a program that seeks to prevent or decrease substance use by strengthening self-esteem, resilience, and cultural identity with 2 Indigenous communities in Arizona using a wait-list control design with 3 data collection timepoints and participant interviews.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 9, 2025
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Aug 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention Group
    The intervention group will receive the intervention (Native Spirit after-school program). Each intervention session is based on an Indigenous cultural value and cultural activity/practice that is specific to the community. The intervention is 10, 1.5 hour sessions that occur once/week from January-May 2025. After the Crossover the Intervention group will engage in "usual programming" August-December 2025.
  • Active Comparator: Wait-List Group
    The wait-list group will receive control or "usual" programming. Usual programming includes a life skills program that focuses on financial wellness for teens, called "Money Matters" (Usual Practice). Participants will learn valuable financial life skills. Control sessions will be facilitated by the research site partner (after-school program employees) who typically implement their usual programming. Control sessions will be held at the research site. Each control session will last for 60-90 minutes, once a week for 10 weeks taking place from August 2025 - December 2025 After the Crossover the wait-list group will receive the intervention January-March 2026 (Cohort 1) and September-December 2026 (Cohort 2).

Primary Outcome Measure

Past 30-Day Substance Use [ Time Frame: Baseline, Immediately Post-Invervention, 3 months follow-up post-intervention ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Way of Life FacilityScottsdaleArizona85256
Tori Paukgana
[email protected]
(480) 362-7914
Pascua Yaqui Tribe Boys & Girls ClubTucsonArizona85746
Deina Pino
(520) 883-7128

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