Biological and Behavioral Outcomes of Community Nature Walks
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Reclaiming Nature Intervention.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Stress, Psychological, Telomere Shortening, Stress Reaction. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Examining Anti-Racist Healing in Nature to Protect Telomeres of Transitional Age BIPOC for Health Equity
Overview
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
- Behavioral Reclaiming Nature Intervention
The purpose of the community intervention is to prevent health disparities in Black, Latinx, Pilipinx, and Pacific Islander communities of San Francisco, California.
Primary outcome measures
- Relative Telomere Length [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Hair cortisol concentration [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention]
- Self-reported stress (extent of) [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention]
- Positive mood (extent of) [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), during intervention, immediate post-intervention, 3 months after intervention]
Eligibility criteria
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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Sequential
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- San Francisco State University — San Francisco
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06056375 · X21-013