Tests a nature-based health program for Choctaw teens
Tests a Choctaw nature program on activity, eating, and substance use in youth.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health
Key facts
- Where
- Durant and Seattle, United StatesSee the 2 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 12 and 19 years old?
Source: NCT05818384, who can take part
Where in United States
- Choctaw Nation of OklahomaDurant, United StatesTaking people
- University of Washington, IWRI, School of Social WorkSeattle, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Washington
- Trial code
- NCT05818384
- Record updated
- 30 September 2026
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Wakaya: Rising Up for Choctaw Youth Health
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.
Inclusion: 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).
Exclusion: 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.