Clinical trial NCT06254872: Qoyangnuptu: Peer Mentor
Official title: Qoyangnuptu: Peer Mentor Pilot 1
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
Keywords: American Indian / Alaska Native
peer mentor
Lead sponsor: Northern Arizona University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Colorado, Denver
First posted: 2024-02-12
Enrollment: 4
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 30
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of participating in a peer mentor program in a Southwestern Tribal Community. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* In American Indian/Alaska Native communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of behavioral health?;
* How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment?

Participants will:

* Be trained as peer mentors
* Be trained in how to use the QI App to communicate with mentees
* Guide daily conversation prompts with a group of 3 mentees via the QI App
* Provide daily encouragement to mentees to engage with mindfulness activities on the QI App


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Member of Southwestern Tribal Community
* Has a smartphone
* Has access to the Internet with the smartphone at least once per day

Exclusion Criteria:

* Has not completed GED/High School Diploma

Primary outcomes:
measure: To measure the acceptability of the Peer Mentorship Program
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on attitudes towards seeking professional mental health assistance.
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
measure: Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of depression.
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
measure: Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of stress.
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
measure: Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of mindfulness.
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
measure: Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of quiet ego.
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
measure: Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of social connectedness.
timeFrame: Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Flagstaff
country: United States
facility: Northern Arizona University
state: Arizona
city: Flagstaff
country: United States
facility: Northern Arizona University
state: Arizona
Study officials:
affiliation: Northern Arizona University
name: Morgan Vigil-Hayes, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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