Testing and Evaluation of the Returning to the Land Intervention to Address and Prevent Substance Misuse
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Summary
This study aims to test the Returning to the Land intervention in partnership with a tribal community. The program is designed to address caregiver substance use and child emotional and behavioral development.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 14–19 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * Reside on or near the Rocky Boy Reservation (\~50-mile round trip); * Aged 14-19 years; * Parent or primary caregiver to at least one child who will be age 1-5 years at the start of the intervention. Exclusion Criteria: * Any condition preventing meaningful participation (e.g., lacking capacity to consent or planned relocation precluding attendance).
Interventions
- BehavioralReturning to the Land - Biodiverse Outdoor Setting
Returning to the Land is a land-based healing substance misuse intervention for young Native American caregivers and the caregiver's children. The intervention will take place in a bio-diverse outdoor setting
- BehavioralControl
The control condition is the Returning to the Land program that takes place in an indoor classroom setting
Location
- Rocky Boy Health CenterBox Elder, Montana