Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Program for American-Indian Youth



Status:Active, not recruiting
Conditions:Depression, Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:13 - 15
Updated:4/25/2018
Start Date:April 2014
End Date:September 30, 2021

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Program on Psychosocial, Behavioral Health, Educational and Economic Outcomes Among American-Indian Youth

This study will use a randomized controlled design to evaluate whether a youth
entrepreneurship/life-skills intervention for reservation-based American Indian adolescents
(ages 13-15) improves psychosocial, behavioral health, educational, and economic outcomes
from baseline for up to 3 years follow-up as compared to a recreational sports league control
condition.

Intervention activities will be held over a 3 night/4 day residential camp and 6 weekend
workshops during the academic year. The control condition will consist of a recreational
sports league held on 3 Saturdays, also during the academic year.

Inclusion Criteria:

- American Indian ethnicity and primary residence within the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation.

- Participants must be 13-15 years old, enrolled as a student at one of the
participating high schools, and must have parent/guardian consent for participation in
the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Youth that are currently enrolled in foster care will not be eligible to participate
in the study.

- Those unable to participate in any of the evaluation assessments or intervention
components will also be excluded.
We found this trial at
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Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health - Whiteriver Office
Whiteriver, Arizona 85941
Principal Investigator: Allison Barlow, PhD, MPH, MA
Phone: 928-338-5215
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