The AHA Oneida Study

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Oneida Nation Members

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Blood work; Behavioral: Health Wellness Coaching; Diagnostic Test: Carotid ultrasound; Behavioral: School-age nutritional education program; Diagnostic Test: Cognitive Testing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07139132

SMPH/NEURO SURG/NEURO SURG (Other Identifier)

FA (Other Identifier)

Protocol Version 10/2/25 (Other Identifier)

2025-1171

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn whether a cultural nutritional program can change stroke risk factors, cognitive decline, and learn how school education programs about nutrition can improve health in the Oneida Nation.

Participants will undergo:

• A carotid ultrasound
• Cognitive testing
• Health assessment
• Blood work
• Health wellness coaching

Participants can expect to be in the study for 1 year.

Full description

The specific aims for this study are: 1) to determine if a cultural nutritional program across generations can change stroke risk factors in the Oneida Nation; 2) to determine if a cultural nutritional program across generations can change vascular cognitive decline in the Oneida Nation; and, 3) determine how structured culturally competent school education programs about nutrition influence knowledge of health. The intervention used is health wellness coaching. All individuals enrolled in this study will have opportunity to interact with an Oneida Nation employed Health wellness coach to find out about Oneida resources that they can use to modify their stroke risk factors.

Enrollment: 85 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 7-85 years
• Receiving healthcare though the Oneida Comprehensive Health Division

Exclusion criteria

• Not Native American

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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85 participants in 2 patient groups

School-age Native Americans

Experimental group

Description:

Participants who are age 7-17 and live with adult parent or guardian will answer a 10 question nutritional knowledge questionnaire.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Cognitive Testing

Behavioral: School-age nutritional education program

Diagnostic Test: Carotid ultrasound

Behavioral: Health Wellness Coaching

Adult Native Americans

Experimental group

Description:

Adults age 18-85

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Cognitive Testing

Diagnostic Test: Carotid ultrasound

Behavioral: Health Wellness Coaching

Diagnostic Test: Blood work