Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 招募中
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Relative Telomere Length
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators will test the efficacy of our proposed intervention to reduce embodied stress in four racial/ethnic groups (Black, Latinx, Pilipinx, and Pacific Islander) as a preventative intervention for health disparities found in these communities. The intervention is comprised of two phases. The first consists of community nature walks in a pristine redwood forest for six months. This is followed by chosen nature activities with family and/or friends for three months. The investigators will test the ability of these activities in nature to reduce chronic stress that underpins many health disparities using validated biological, behavioral, and sociocultural measures. The use of these measures is in alignment with the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Framework, and will increase understanding of individual, interpersonal, community, and social level factors that lead to, and that can eliminate health disparities.
详细描述
The investigators will test the efficacy of our proposed intervention to reduce embodied stress in four racial/ethnic groups (Black, Latinx, Pilipinx, and Pacific Islander) as a preventative intervention for health disparities found in these communities. The intervention is comprised of two phases. The first consists of community nature walks in a pristine redwood forest for six months. This is followed by chosen nature activities with family and/or friends for three months. The investigators will test the ability of these activities in nature to reduce chronic stress that underpins many health disparities using validated biological, behavioral, and sociocultural measures. The use of these measures is in alignment with the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Framework, and will increase understanding of individual, interpersonal, community, and social level factors that lead to, and that can eliminate health disparities.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Sequential
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
Since the study is a waitlisted control, all participants are aware of which condition they are in at any time.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Inclusion critieria:
- •18 years or older
- •able to commit to a 9-month Nature Intervention (6-month walks; 3-month chosen nature activity)
- •spoken languages: English, Spanish, or Tagalog
- •able-bodied as in must be able to walk.
排除标准
- •pregnant women (and other gender identities who are pregnant)
- •prisoners
- •cognitively impaired
研究组 & 干预措施
Waitlist Control
Waitlist control; all participants receive the treatment but are in a control condition prior to the treatment
干预措施: Reclaiming Nature Intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Relative Telomere Length
时间窗: Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention
Relative Telomere Length in the name of the outcome measure.
次要结局
- Positive mood (extent of)(Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention)
- Hair cortisol concentration(Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention)
- Self-reported stress (extent of)(Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention)
研究者
Charlotte Tate
Full Professor
San Francisco State University