Qoyangnuptu: Qoyangnuptu Intervention (QI) App

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of using a mobile health app, the Qoyangnuptu Intervention App (QI App) a Southwestern Tribal Community. The main questions it aims to answer are: In American Indian/Alaska Native communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of behavioral health?; How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment? Participants will: * Receive daily guidance and encouragement to use the app from an anonymous, trained peer mentor * Be able to ask their peer mentors questions in a monitored one-on-one chat in the QI app or in a monitored group chat in the QI app * Log their mood and stress level on the app once per day * Practice mindfulness skills as directed in the QI app, including guided breathing, meditation, drawing, coloring, and walking * Practice Hopi cultural activities like running using the QI app to help track progress towards team mileage goals

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of using a mobile health app, the Qoyangnuptu Intervention App (QI App) a Southwestern Tribal Community. The main questions it aims to answer are: In American Indian/Alaska Native communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of behavioral health?; How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment? Participants will: * Receive daily guidance and encouragement to use the app from an anonymous, trained peer mentor * Be able to ask their peer mentors questions in a monitored one-on-one chat in the QI app or in a monitored group chat in the QI app * Log their mood and stress level on the app once per day * Practice mindfulness skills as directed in the QI app, including guided breathing, meditation, drawing, coloring, and walking * Practice Hopi cultural activities like running using the QI app to help track progress towards team mileage goals

Qoyangnuptu: QI App Pilot for Assessing Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile Health App for Adolescents in a Southwestern Tribal Community

Qoyangnuptu: Qoyangnuptu Intervention (QI) App

Condition
Mental Health Wellness 1
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Flagstaff

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, 86011

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 14-25 years old
  • * Belongs to Southwestern Tribal community
  • * Has a smartphone capable of running the QI App
  • * Is able to access the Internet with smartphone at least once per day
  • * Younger than 14 or older than 25
  • * Does not belong to Southwestern Tribal Community
  • * Does not have a smartphone capable of running the QI App
  • * Is not able to access the Internet with smartphone at least once per day

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Northern Arizona University,

Morgan Vigil-Hayes, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Northern Arizona University

Study Record Dates

2026-10-01