Evaluation of an Entrepreneurship Program for American-Indian Youth

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

449 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-04-30

Study Completion Date

2019-06-25

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Depressive Symptoms Substance Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arrowhead Business Group Curriculum

The Arrowhead Business Group (ABG) Curriculum is a 22-session youth entrepreneurship/life-skills intervention delivered by trained American Indian paraprofessionals from the community to mixed-gender groups of approximately 25 youth. The intervention is delivered over a 3 night/4 day camp along with weekend workshops once a month for 6 months during the academic year. Depending on the time of enrollment, subjects will receive follow-up assessments at 6-month intervals for up to 36-months post-intervention. (Subjects in this cohort will also receive the activities associated with the control condition.)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Arrowhead Business Group Curriculum

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Arrowhead Business Group (ABG) is a culturally tailored entrepreneurship/life-skills intervention, which features instruction from American Indian paraprofessionals in an effort to decrease drug use, depressive symptoms, hopelessness and other high-risk behaviors among youth while improving their school performance and college/career aspirations.

Recreational League Control Condition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The control condition will consist of a recreational sports league that will be led by local American Indian study staff who are experienced with Johns Hopkins camps and community-based Apache sports programs. Activities will be conducted on 3 Saturdays during the academic year to mixed gender groups of approximately 50 participants.

Recreational League Control Condition

The Recreational League Control Condition will be led by local American Indian study staff who are experienced with Johns Hopkins camps and community-based Apache sports programs. Sports and recreational activities will be conducted on 3 Saturdays during the academic year to mixed gender groups of approximately 50 participants.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Recreational League Control Condition

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The control condition will consist of a recreational sports league that will be led by local American Indian study staff who are experienced with Johns Hopkins camps and community-based Apache sports programs. Activities will be conducted on 3 Saturdays during the academic year to mixed gender groups of approximately 50 participants.

Interventions

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Arrowhead Business Group Curriculum

Arrowhead Business Group (ABG) is a culturally tailored entrepreneurship/life-skills intervention, which features instruction from American Indian paraprofessionals in an effort to decrease drug use, depressive symptoms, hopelessness and other high-risk behaviors among youth while improving their school performance and college/career aspirations.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Recreational League Control Condition

The control condition will consist of a recreational sports league that will be led by local American Indian study staff who are experienced with Johns Hopkins camps and community-based Apache sports programs. Activities will be conducted on 3 Saturdays during the academic year to mixed gender groups of approximately 50 participants.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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.

Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes