Developing Community Partnerships Through Research to Define Community Well-Being With Three (Diné) Navajo Communities

NCT05937087 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: University of New Mexico
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 61
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This community engaged research pilot project begins a process of engaging Navajo community members from the communities of Counselor, Ojo Encino, and Torreon chapters in northwest New Mexico in critical dialogue and praxis to address longstanding health disparities. The research design is based on a Tribal Crit theoretical framework that aims to explore the perspectives of community members' understandings of wellbeing from a Diné centered paradigm using a community based participatory research approach integrated with a Diné-centered scientific research methodology. The proposed aims include using the Diné conceptualization of K'é (kinship) to define community wellbeing with future plans to build upon this knowledge by developing a community profile survey for obtaining baseline community health information that can be used to inform future research studies. A long-term goal of this mixed-method, community-based participatory research (CBPR) study is to create a community-university research partnership in an Indigenous context by establishing a multi-dimensional, Diné-centered research infrastructure with the capacity to improve mental/behavioral health outcomes and reduce health disparities. The creation of this infrastructure is a critical first step that will make it possible to use health research to positively transform the health landscape in Indigenous communities

Conditions

Behavior, Health; Mental Health Wellness 1; Community

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Developing Community Partnerships

  This community based participatory research project was designed as an intervention process to demonstrate an increase in community capacity in doing research using an Indigenous centered approach to engaging with community members in Indigenous contexts by drawing upon their cultural perspectives about partnership, collaboration, trust, reciprocity, and respect. A primary outcome will be the application of a community engagement survey will be used to measure these aspects of developing community partnerships in research especially with Indigenous communities. The community engagement survey tool had 91 items using a likert scale that asked specific questions about how community members were engaged in the process of research.

  4 months

• Defining Community Well-Being

  This community based participatory research project was designed as an intervention process to enable the development of a behavioral/mental health framework using key cultural aspects of K'é related to affirming relationships at the familial and community levels. By emphasizing these aspects drawn from local cultural practices and knowledge for community engagement, the study aimed to define community wellbeing with community partners. A primary outcome will be the development of a wellbeing framework for use in future behavioral and mental health research.

  4 months

Study Arms (1)

TOC community advisory research team

Participants were given a pre-and post community engagement survey.

Other: Community engaged research

Interventions

Community engaged research OTHER

The university is working with Navajo communities to conduct an intervention study integrating community based participatory research using an Indigenous research paradigm. The innovative proposed project uses two approaches to build a research partnership to create capacity in the community for community-engaged multilevel behavioral and mental health research. Members from the three Navajo communities have never previously been involved in health research focused on wellbeing. Integrating CBPR with DCSR methodology becomes a powerful innovative intervention as the: 1) the community is driving the research to identify culture-based solutions for health related disparities; 2) the community is provided opportunities through research to center their perspectives and understandings about behavioral and mental health interventions; and 3) the community draws upon their collective community Indigenous knowledge.

TOC community advisory research team

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 102 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The main requirement for participation in this study is self-identifying as a Navajo community member (adult or elder over the age of 18) from one of the three Navajo communities. Also emphasized in this study are community tribal and (possibly) non-tribal members who are service providers and/or tribal employees who work with the local community schools, behavioral health or social service organizations..

You may qualify if:

• Navajo community member
• Adults over the age of 18) from one of the three Navajo communities
• Local community health service providers and/or tribal employees
• Local tribal leaders and/or educators

You may not qualify if:

• Community members who are under 18

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of New Mexico: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 31, 2023
• First Posted: July 10, 2023
• Study Start: March 17, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2019
• Study Completion: June 30, 2019
• Last Updated: May 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)