Community Connections Through Native Hawaiian Cultural Values to Strengthen Youth Resilience, Health, and Well-Being
This study is testing a community referral program called Kaiona Programs. These programs use Native Hawaiian cultural values and activities based in nature ('āina-based) to help youth. The goal is to see if connecting youth to these programs can improve their mental health and chronic health conditions, such as asthma or obesity. Researchers want to understand the best way for a health center to link youth with these cultural programs and if participating helps youth with their health and well-being. You might be able to join if you are 12 to 25 years old, live in the Wai'anae zip code (96792), use Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) for your healthcare, and have a health concern that could benefit from extra support. The study plans to enroll 100 participants, but its current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional pilot clinical trial that aims to enroll 100 participants. It uses a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial design.
- What's involved
- You would participate in a community program that strengthens connection to land and culture. Summer programs are 5 hours per day, 4 days a week, for 4 weeks. School-year programs are 2.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your responses will be measured at enrollment, immediately after the program (within 1-2 weeks), 3-4 months after program completion, and 6-8 months after program completion.
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Community Connections Through Native Hawaiian Cultural Values to Strengthen Youth Resilience, Health, and Well-Being
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- May M Okihrio, MD, MS · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
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Inclusion
What this trial measures
- Change from Baseline in Kaiona Survey Participant Responses4 time points: Baseline at enrollment, immediate endpoint within 1-2 weeks of completion of intervention program, 3-4 months after program completion, and 6-8 months after program completion
The Kaiona Survey is an instrument developed to measure health and wellness based on local community values, embodied in the Kaiona Framework. In this framework, wellness is embodied by four values: mauli ola, a balanced state of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and environmental health; waiwai, abundance and prosperity; pilina, mutually sustaining relationships; and ea, self-determination and agency.
- Change from Baseline in Harvard Adolescent Flourishing Measure3 time points: Baseline at enrollment, immediate endpoint within 1-2 weeks of completion of intervention program, and 6-8 months after program completion
The Harvard Adolescent Flourishing Measure is a 12-item survey to measure adolescent well-being around 5 domains - happiness and life satisfaction, physical and mental health, meaning and purpose, character and virtue, and close social relationships.
- Change from Baseline in PHQ-9 Modified for Adolescents Survey3 time points: Baseline at enrollment, immediate endpoint within 1-2 weeks of completion of intervention program, and 6-8 months after program completion
The PHQ-9 Modified for Adolescents Survey (PHQ-A) is a 13-item self-administered tool to screen and measure severity of depression based on the DSM-IV criteria. 3 items specifically screen for suicidal ideation or thoughts of self-harm.
- Change from Baseline in Pediatric Symptom Checklist3 time points: Baseline at enrollment, immediate endpoint within 1-2 weeks of completion of intervention program, and 6-8 months after program completion
The Pediatric Symptom Checklist is a 17-item screening survey for youth 11 years and older to facilitate recognition of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral concerns.
- Change from Baseline in Positive Childhood Experiences Score3 time points: Baseline at enrollment, immediate endpoint within 1-2 weeks of completion of intervention program, and 6-8 months after program completion
The Positive Childhood Experiences Score (PCE) is a 7-item survey to retrospectively assess positive childhood experiences, especially interpersonal experiences that serve as assets and resources for developing children.