The Hastiin Bidziil (Strong Man) Intervention

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Substance Use

Treatments: Behavioral: Hastiin Bidziil; Other: Control condition - vehicle maintenance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06559774

IRB00027710

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Hastiin Bidziil (Strong man) Intervention study is part of a larger project called, Community-Driven Indigenous Research, Cultural Strengths & Leadership to Advance Equity in Substance Use Outcomes (CIRCLE) Center of Excellence. CIRCLE aims to address drug use related health problems in collaboration with diverse Indigenous communities. This study is a randomized controlled trial study to measure the effectiveness of a secondary prevention program, called Hastiin Bidziil (Strong Man), aimed at reducing substance use among Native American Indian (AI) men ages 18-26.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 26 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-identify as American Indian
• Self-identify as a man
• Age 18-26 years at time of enrollment
• Screen positive for at least moderate risk on any substance, except for tobacco use only
• Reside within ~60 miles of a study community (Fort Defiance, AZ; Chinle, AZ)

Exclusion criteria

• Any condition that would affect successful participation (e.g., planned move)
• Profound disability that limits the ability to participate in assessments or interventions
• Participated in the preliminary phase of this study to adapt CETA for this project

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Hastiin Bidziil (Strong Man) intervention

Experimental group

Description:

CETA intervention adapted for AI men ages 18-26. Adaptation will take place leading up to implementation of the randomized controlled trial

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hastiin Bidziil

Active Control Group - Vehicle Maintenance

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Control condition was selected by the Community Research Council and includes five sessions on basic vehicle maintenance.

Treatment:

Other: Control condition - vehicle maintenance