Qoyangnuptu: QI App Pilot for Assessing Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Health App for Adolescents in a Southwestern Tribal Community
Northern Arizona University
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of using a mobile health app, the Qoyangnuptu Intervention App (QI App) 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: * Receive daily guidance and encouragement to use the app from an anonymous, trained peer mentor * Be able to ask their peer mentors questions in a monitored one-on-one chat in the QI app or in a monitored group chat in the QI app * Log their mood and stress level on the app once per day * Practice mindfulness skills as directed in the QI app, including guided breathing, meditation, drawing, coloring, and walking * Practice Hopi cultural activities like running using the QI app to help track progress towards team mileage goals
Description
Indigenous youth face behavioral health challenges at much higher rates than non-Indigenous youth in the United States. Some of the reasons for these disparities include lack of culturally responsive behavioral health training and coping resources and lack of access to in-person behavioral health resources and interventions. This research seeks to investigate the impact that a mobile phone app that teaches mindfulness and provides opportunities for mindfulness practice might help adolescents from a Southwestern Tribal community increase measures of resilience. The mobile phone app, called the…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 14–25 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * 14-25 years old * Belongs to Southwestern Tribal community * Has a smartphone capable of running the QI App * Is able to access the Internet with smartphone at least once per day Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 14 or older than 25 * Does not belong to Southwestern Tribal Community * Does not have a smartphone capable of running the QI App * Is not able to access the Internet with smartphone at least once per day
Interventions
- BehavioralQI App Users
QI App users will be asked to complete a daily, 2-question mood and stress survey. They will be encouraged to use the QI App to practice mindfulness skills including meditation, drawing, coloring, breathing, and walking. They will be encouraged to use the QI App to help them participate in asynchronous group running activities.
- BehavioralParents/Guardians of QI App Users
Parents/Guardians of QI App users will be informed that their child is using the QI App for a 6-week period.
Location
- Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona