Summary

Eligibility
for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
Healthy Volunteers
healthy people welcome
Location
at San Francisco, California
Dates
study started
completion around

Description

Summary

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.

Official Title

Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity

Details

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.

Keywords

Stress, Psychological, Telomere Shortening, Stress Reaction, Stress Fractures, Psychological Stress, Reclaiming Nature Intervention

Eligibility

For people ages 18 years and up

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.

Exclusion criteria:

  • pregnant women (and other gender identities who are pregnant)
  • prisoners
  • cognitively impaired

Location

  • San Francisco State University accepting new patients
    San Francisco California 94132 United States

Details

Status
accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
Charlotte Tate
ID
NCT06056375
Phase
Phase 1 research study
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 200 study participants
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